I have a 68 Mustang coupe that currently has a 200ci 6cyl, auto in it and I plan on swapping it out for a 351w manual trans. My question is what need to be done and how hard is the swap, also how hard is it to swap the auto for a manual trans and what is a good manual trans for the 351w? Sorry for all the questions</P>


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if you don't know those things alreadyyou're probably not going to be able to do it

It's a relatively easy swap, however, there is a lot of work involved: You would need the 351 motor,motor and frame mounts,a complete V-8 front suspension,braking system and rear end,not to mention the different underhood wiring for the V-8. </P>


For the manual trans, you would need: the tranny(recommend a 4-speed or newer model 5-speed),bellhousing,tranny mount,driveshaft,complete clutch assy,flywheel,associated clutch linkage/springs,clutch pedal assembly,pilot shaft bushing,and misc. parts.</P>


It would basically take you a whole parts car to do the swap correctly and to get all the necessary parts involved. A lot of work. Why don't you just either keep the 200 and wait to find the right V-8 equipped car, or go to www.cliffordperformance.com (http://www.cliffordperformance.com)and check out what they have to hop up the six to be as powerful as an 8(it can be done to the 200-it's a strong motor). Also check out www.fordsix.com (http://www.fordsix.com), they talk about this stuff all the time.</P>

hey man ur in for a long trip. you have to replace everything, motor mounts, battery, rear end, driveshaft, axles, EVERYTHING unless you want to find pieces of your mustang in the middle of the road after you take off with the 351. If you don't care about being original, put a T5 or Tremec T56 manual, otherwise do the original 4 speed used on Mach 1s.

thank you <SPAN class=bold>bob emmerich for all the information, and as for <SPAN class=bold>Jugador, while maybe you actually might know something, or you just use stupid a$$ responses like that to make it seem like you do, its stupid $hit responses like that that are the reason I stick to my MOPARS. NObody knows everything contrary to what you may think and having the ability to ask is smarter than just being an a$$, maybe you just think your freakin god, but I can pretty much guarantee that I know just as much if not more about cars in general than you could ever comprehend, your brain is probably just a little too small and we all know what brain jacka$$'s like yourself think with so that certainly isnt saying much for you manhood<IMG src=smileys/smiley19.gif border="0">. Out of all of the forums that im on,I never had to deal with such a jacka$$ on my first freakin post. Somehow I hope this really doesnt speak for the forum.</SPAN></SPAN>

yeah i hate stupid responses like that to but still, if youre a MOPAR guy why r u on this site.