Speedeuphoria
08-28-2006, 12:30 PM
I have seen a couple of people writing about this(maybe on another site) so I figured their was an interest.
So I have an 89 Spirit
I had rusty wheel wells and floor(not any longer) and when I put new metal in I cut the floor where the cable went and replaced it w/ a solid peice(doesn't really matter, just giving my motive)
I also swaped to 11" vented rear brakes
I stole the center counsole from a 91 Daytona/Lebarron since its the only one that came w/ a hand brake and an Auto trans.
I got the center counsole, shifter, hand brake, and the metal mounting plate underneath it.
I took the old stuff out, noted that the new one wouldn't fit, so I cut the metal that sticks up from the floor then pounded it flat(kinda) enough for the new metal peice would fit.
I also had to drill 2 holes in it where there were studs in the floor. Sits good, so I also screwed 2 more screws to the floor.
I bought some new parking brake cables for a 91 Daytona(the equal length ones) then put them on the brakes. The Daytona runs the cables through 2 rubber gromets in the rear floor, well the Spirit had the same holes w/ rubber plugs, so I drilled holes in those for the cables to fit(3/4" I think) the cables pass through them great w/ the extra rubber sleeves on them makes a great seal also. Hooked it up to the hand brake and I'm in business. Just some ripples in the rear carpet from the cables.
I also have an aftermarket ratchet shifter so I had to do some other work for that as well
I believe the 5spd swap should be the same as long as the center counsoles are similar.
The tricky part is that the Daytona center counsole doesn't go all the way up to the dash and is offset more. The best I could come up w/ so far is to cut the factory counsole off right around where the shifter is, then do some trimming and fitting(in and out of the car). The main problem in my case is w/ my shifter, I have to bolt the shifter down and then the 2 merged counsoles won't fit in place because of the shifter lever(its curved forward) this is why I can't mold them together and paint to make it look like one peice.
I will have pics up soon.
So I have an 89 Spirit
I had rusty wheel wells and floor(not any longer) and when I put new metal in I cut the floor where the cable went and replaced it w/ a solid peice(doesn't really matter, just giving my motive)
I also swaped to 11" vented rear brakes
I stole the center counsole from a 91 Daytona/Lebarron since its the only one that came w/ a hand brake and an Auto trans.
I got the center counsole, shifter, hand brake, and the metal mounting plate underneath it.
I took the old stuff out, noted that the new one wouldn't fit, so I cut the metal that sticks up from the floor then pounded it flat(kinda) enough for the new metal peice would fit.
I also had to drill 2 holes in it where there were studs in the floor. Sits good, so I also screwed 2 more screws to the floor.
I bought some new parking brake cables for a 91 Daytona(the equal length ones) then put them on the brakes. The Daytona runs the cables through 2 rubber gromets in the rear floor, well the Spirit had the same holes w/ rubber plugs, so I drilled holes in those for the cables to fit(3/4" I think) the cables pass through them great w/ the extra rubber sleeves on them makes a great seal also. Hooked it up to the hand brake and I'm in business. Just some ripples in the rear carpet from the cables.
I also have an aftermarket ratchet shifter so I had to do some other work for that as well
I believe the 5spd swap should be the same as long as the center counsoles are similar.
The tricky part is that the Daytona center counsole doesn't go all the way up to the dash and is offset more. The best I could come up w/ so far is to cut the factory counsole off right around where the shifter is, then do some trimming and fitting(in and out of the car). The main problem in my case is w/ my shifter, I have to bolt the shifter down and then the 2 merged counsoles won't fit in place because of the shifter lever(its curved forward) this is why I can't mold them together and paint to make it look like one peice.
I will have pics up soon.