Gearbox Tunnel Mod

[Nailen666]

Hi the I have a mk1 cavy and am changing it from a 4 speed to 5 speed does anyone have any templates or info on cutting the new gear stick hole. Thanks chris

[spiney_norman]

Speak to paulmanta on here, he makes gear lever brackets which allow you to keep the tunnel standard and re-use part of the 4 speed lever so it all looks original.

[Nailen666]

Do you have any pics of what it will look like in car ??

[spiney_norman]

Nope, I didn't worry about it when I fitted mine. You have to use the top section of the 4 speed lever but it comes out of the same hole because it's a shorter bracket on the box. I'd get a picture of mine tomorrow but my coupe's been in bits for a few years now. It really does look standard though

[paulmanta]

Hi,

It looks exactly the same as it does now but has 5 speeds to choose from ! same console, same lever, same knob, everything looks standard inside.

[Nailen666]

Hmm sounds good but was thinking the shorter stick would be better for quicker gear changes. But what would you guys prefer??

[spiney_norman]

Doesn't matter what we prefer, it's your car! I'd go for Paul's bracket if I was doing a conversion again, but I'm kinda perverse and always liked the 4 speed gearchange anyway.

[Nailen666]

I do like it aswell but am going for a quick car and gear change is important was yours nice and close together

[mantadoc]

The centre console mounting screw behind the lever is in the same place in the auto and the manual.

That means instead of just taking the inserted panel for the 5 speed if you take a couple of inches around it AND the screw hole I mentioned that when you get it home you can drill out the spot welds to separate the part you want, pull the plastic plug for the screw out of the piece of tunnel top and the tunnel, drop it in place in the car, insert the plastic plug through both for alignment, then draw around the inside of the hole the panel you want came out of to mark the tunnel.

I did this in the reverse direction.

This is just what I did on mine, I do not recommend it to others.

[rutts]

use the original 4 speed hole so looks standard.

make a quick shift lever by increasing the lower part of linkage by 20mm and you have quick shift.

perfect solution.

[Nailen666]

Well boys think I solved my problem went and cut section of manta tunnel to weld into cavy. So think my problems solved thanks for all your help guys