New build thread; 48 Plymouth

[falconvan]

I’ve got a four speed sitting here; if the trans has to come out again I’m seriously thinking of adding another pedal and shifting for myself.

[53 Chevy5]

I re-read your transmission noise from your ealier post and my 82 Z28 made a noise similar to your only not as severe
It went away on its own, not a lot of help for you but i think I know the noise your talking about. Mine also sounded like it was coming from the converter.

[falconvan]

Yeah, starts as a chirp, chirp as the car warms up and then ends up sounding like a belt squealing just at idle and finally stays steady through the whole rpm range. Goes away when everything cools off.

[falconvan]

Well, trans has to come back out. So this is going in.

[53 Chevy5]

Sweet, what are you going to do for linkage and pedal?

[falconvan]

Sweet, what are you going to do for linkage and pedal?

It’ll be hydraulic; as far as pedals I’m not sure yet. I’ve got a few different sets I’ve accumulated so I’ll make one of them work. The pedal that’s in there now was from a full size Chevy truck.

[Dave Severson]

It’ll be hydraulic; as far as pedals I’m not sure yet. I’ve got a few different sets I’ve accumulated so I’ll make one of them work. The pedal that’s in there now was from a full size Chevy truck.

A hydraulic throw out bearing really makes the swap easy!

[falconvan]

A hydraulic throw out bearing really makes the swap easy!

That's the plan, Dave. Speedway has a conversion kit for about $100. From what I'm reading I should be able to use a 4.8 LS flywheel along with an LS7 pilot bearing and it will be a bolt in.

[falconvan]

I think I’m going to use these pedals; came from a Fiero.

[falconvan]

Fiero pedals didn’t work out; they ended up being too short. I used a set of Jeep CJ pedals in my 51 Plymouth and they worked well so I’m going that route again.

[Dave Severson]

Nice looking set of pedals! Thanks for doing all the searching and leaving us a good tip on what to look for!

[falconvan]

No problem; the Jeep pedals seem to work really well in the fat fendered cars. I've used them in a few different cars. I am going to have to lose the brake booster and go to 4 wheel manual disc because there's not much room on that side of the firewall for a brake and clutch master cylinder. I did the same with my 51; used a corvette master for four wheel manual disc and they worked fine.

I tried to turn that picture right side up but its not cooperating.

[falconvan]

Starting to look positive

[randyr]

No problem; the Jeep pedals seem to work really well in the fat fendered cars. I've used them in a few different cars. I am going to have to lose the brake booster and go to 4 wheel manual disc because there's not much room on that side of the firewall for a brake and clutch master cylinder. I did the same with my 51; used a corvette master for four wheel manual disc and they worked fine.

Have you considered hydraboost since you don't have room for a booster? I put hydraboost with 4 wheel discs on my 66 F100 and I love it! I no longer wonder if I'll be able to stop in LA traffic!

[falconvan]

I thought about it but I had the same basic setup on my 51 Plymouth with Explorer four wheel disc brakes and a Corvette manual master cylinder and was pretty happy with it. Stiffer pedal than power brakes for sure but it stopped well.