stockgp Posted June 27, 2003 Report Posted June 27, 2003 anyone know if a corsica 5 speed would work in a gp 3.1? i don't know that the crosica was ever made with a 3.1 5 speed package Quote
Robby1870 Posted June 27, 2003 Report Posted June 27, 2003 The swap into a W-body is going to be 10x easier if the 5spd came from a W-body Robby Quote
Guest TurboSedan Posted June 27, 2003 Report Posted June 27, 2003 anyone know if a corsica 5 speed would work in a gp 3.1? i don't know that the crosica was ever made with a 3.1 5 speed package yes they were available, i used to have a 2.8/Getrag 282 5-speed in my '88 Corsica CL. and definately get your 5-speed from a W-body like Robby said. much easier... joshua Quote
phantomFE3 Posted June 28, 2003 Report Posted June 28, 2003 so its easy to swap in a 5 spd from a wbody to a wbody, or is it just easIER? is it hard in the first place? how much does it cost? Quote
Robby1870 Posted June 28, 2003 Report Posted June 28, 2003 It is some what easy to swap a five speed into a 88-93 W-body. 94+ Is going to be harder, because in pre 94 there is a spot for the clutch already there. In a pre 94 swap, you have make the clutch hole bigger, and drill a hole for the shifter linkage. Then basically the rest is puttin the tranny on, gettin the motor/trans in, the changhing wiring harnesses and ECM. When I say tranny, I mean the axles too, cuz those are def. needed Robby Quote
midstar Posted July 2, 2003 Report Posted July 2, 2003 My 96 still has the stock computer and wiring harness. I just had to do some wire jumping with the park/neutral switch plug. Has any one ever measured the intermediate shaft off another GM transmission that wasn't a W-body or was the W-body the only one to receive a intermediate shaft? Quote
Guest TurboSedan Posted July 2, 2003 Report Posted July 2, 2003 My 96 still has the stock computer and wiring harness. I just had to do some wire jumping with the park/neutral switch plug. Has any one ever measured the intermediate shaft off another GM transmission that wasn't a W-body or was the W-body the only one to receive a intermediate shaft? you have a 5-speed in your '96? i go to j/y's often and will measure the intermediate shafts from a w-body and a corsica if i can. i remember also that Eclipse5302 once said the intermediate shaft bolts on in some different way?? mine uses 3 bolts. i don't see many J-body 3.1/5-speeds in the j/y's for some reason, but i rememer thier was a guy on the old w-body mailing list named Johnathan (Brian P do you remember him?) that used a 282 from a '94 Cavalier or something in his Lumina. i dunno, but next time i hit the j/y's i'll do some comparing.... joshua Quote
midstar Posted July 2, 2003 Report Posted July 2, 2003 My tranny came out of a 90 STE and it only has 2 mounting holes for the intermediate shaft at the end of the shaft where the half axle snaps on and 3 studs at the base of the tranny. I have seen a few J body trannys that had an intermediate shaft like mine but I didn't think to measure it. Other wise everything works great, except a heavy duty clutch is a must. Now I live with the smell of burnt clutch instead of tires. here is my incomplete website: http://www.geocities.com/gtp96_5speed/index.html Quote
spacecadetz26 Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 did anyone ever find out if the beretta/corsica shaft is the same length as teh w body shaft? Quote
slick Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 did anyone ever find out if the beretta/corsica shaft is the same length as teh w body shaft? Pretty sure there different lengths. Quote
Guest TurboSedan Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 i've seen L-bodies in the salvage yards with the W-body style bolt-in intermediate shaft and also the slip-in type (and that trans still had 3 bolt holes drillled and tapped for the bolt-in intermediate shaft). from what i've seen, an L-body 282 will swap into a W-body no problem. i believe Jay's 5-speed TGP has a (broken) 282 from an L-body. you probably can't use the axles or intermediate shaft though. Quote
brianteel Posted April 1, 2005 Report Posted April 1, 2005 the 5 speed swap is not hard but it is not easy. you have to pretty much remove the dash. other then that you just have to make the clutch hole bigger. I am also in the look out for another trans. i need to rebuild Quote
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