WARNING: Impala lovers with heart conditions should not look at the attached photos!
We just finished installing a Tremec TKO 600 5speed transmision in the 62. http://5speedtransmissions.com/tr-3550.html The good news is this thing works absolutely terrific. bang The bad part is you've got to cut out a pretty big chunk of the floor pan hump in order to make it fit. It's not really all that bad though because the pan looks stock when it's done. The Tremec's a couple of inches longer than the Muncie/T-10 and it's about the same width, no problem there. But it's also higher and bulkier on top so it hits the transmission hump. You've got to cut out the part that hits, shaping it with a big hammer won't do. I cut out a big chunk of floor and made a new pannel to replace it. I saved the piece I cut out so that I could weld it back in if I ever decide to do a proper restoration. I used pop rivets to install the new pannel because I didn't want to burn all the paint off by welding. I'll post some step by step photos.
1 Tremec beside Super T-10
2 Stock floorboards
3 Shifter hump removed
4 large section of floor removed, Tremec is in place.
5 Cardboard template
We just finished installing a Tremec TKO 600 5speed transmision in the 62. http://5speedtransmissions.com/tr-3550.html The good news is this thing works absolutely terrific. bang The bad part is you've got to cut out a pretty big chunk of the floor pan hump in order to make it fit. It's not really all that bad though because the pan looks stock when it's done. The Tremec's a couple of inches longer than the Muncie/T-10 and it's about the same width, no problem there. But it's also higher and bulkier on top so it hits the transmission hump. You've got to cut out the part that hits, shaping it with a big hammer won't do. I cut out a big chunk of floor and made a new pannel to replace it. I saved the piece I cut out so that I could weld it back in if I ever decide to do a proper restoration. I used pop rivets to install the new pannel because I didn't want to burn all the paint off by welding. I'll post some step by step photos.
1 Tremec beside Super T-10
2 Stock floorboards
3 Shifter hump removed
4 large section of floor removed, Tremec is in place.
5 Cardboard template