Side Shift Tranny Installion Quesitons, from a newbie Options

[Arizona 914]

Please pardon my ignorance. My brother is deaf and internet limited in another state with his cars and I'm posting for him but I don't know what he's really talking about. I find information for him from time to time, that's how it goes. He's restoring a 911 and a 914 and this is big stuff to him and me.

He has a tail shift tranny out of his 914. He needs to install another tranny he has, a side shift tranny. So the transmission going back into the car is a side shift but the car is set up for a tail shift.

- - - What does he need to adapt the car to the new tranny?

- - - Are there conversion kits for installing side shift trannies? Where do I go for those?

- - - Which threads on this site are helpful? (I used search, but don't know what I'm really looking for.)

I PM'ed Mr. Evil who seems like a go-to guy.

Thanks everybody.

Cory
Pleasanton CA

[CliffBraun]

Great list, I'd point out a couple things: You can get away with not using the conversion bushing, my 914 had a copper sleeve around the shifter for a while until I accidentally ran across a conversion bushing. Also, there may be serviceable bushings on his setup. IIRC there's one in the shifter, but not outside of it, up front; the firewall bushing, which you noted; and the bronze looking one at the tranny.

The sideshift conversion is well worth the time. Not only do you actually get to pick the gears you go into, the engine mount design is smarter.