Sideshift Conversion, How far must the gearbox be stripped Options

[ber914]

I have a tailshift gearbox that is in great condition. If I had a donor sideshift box, how far would I have to strip the tailshift box down to convert it to a sideshifter? I am happy with the shifting but the tail shift rod does not clear my Bursch headers on my 6 conversion. Either I modify my tail shift rod or convert to side shift and hopefully further improve the shifting.

Robert

[brant]

Its very do able..
I can't do the description justice so I'd recommend that you find a manual or even the wonderful tech article written in laymans terms.

but basically you have to open both boxes and put the internal shift selector rods from one box into the next.

All the while not messing up the delecate shim-gasket on the tail shifter box that is responsible for the R/P adjustment. (if you do loose this setting, you will have to pay a shop to reset your R/P depth)

I think its about a 2-3 hour job for a layman like myself.

brant