How hard is the 5 speed swap?

[GTU89]

Okay, I found a 89 GTU 5 speed at the junkyard complete minus the trans, and I found a 5 speed out of a 88 Beretta for $100, don't know when I'm gonna do the swap since I JUST put a new auto trans in my GTU, but I really want to do the swap. How hard is it? Anything I should watch out for when I do do the swap eventually?

[ronaconda]

Mounts!!! ALL of the mount brackets change as well as the rear engine mount...

[beretta]

when i swapped my 88 2.0 L automatic to a 5 speed. i had a 91 cavy donor car, all the engine mounts and trany mounts bolted right up, i think the only mount i had to swap was the front lower dog bone, i used cv shafts from the cavy as well. i used the cavy clutch cables and shifter. but you do need a beretta master cylinder, the pedal could be the same but i would grab that from a beretta too.

newer then 91 would be a different story... i think im actually missing a rear lower dog bone but i have yet to see a picture of a pre 91 beretta v6 5 speed to find out what im missing and where it bolts, im pretty sure my trans as a bracket for it but the car doesnt. its been like that for 3 years

[heavywoody]

It's pretty straight forward. Like Ron said, mounts and brackets are key.

[woody90gtz]

There is no rear dog bone, but there is a bump stop that would contact the subframe and a front dog bone.

Swapping an 88 trans in an 89 car should be pretty easy...you don't even have any welding to do!

[Barry]

Bolt in and go, other than drilling 5 holes for clutch pedal

[weba]

Also get the memcal or ecm if it's different.