5 speed cutlass supreme at the junkyard

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5 speed cutlass supreme at the junkyard

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i seen a 5 speed cutlass supreme at the junkyard the other day, it was a v6(couldnt get the dam hood open... :( ) but it had a 5 speed in it, it wasnt the international series, or anything, just a regular looking 2 door cutlass supreme, i did some research and it yeilded little to no results, i wanted to know if this is factory? if so, whats the gear ratio in the transmission and how rare is it?
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W-bodies did come with 5spds, but they are very few and far between. There were those that had the 3.4 TDC engine with the HM-284, which is the more commonly known about 5spd W-bodies.

However, the 3.1/2.8 cars also got the 5spd, it's an HM-282 with the same 3.61 FDR that we got. Only real difference that I can remember is that the jackshaft is a little longer to accomodate the wider body, about 1" longer from what I remember. I think the case was slightly different to where the slave cylinder bolted to the case instead of a bracket coming off the upper trans mount area.

Chazz used a W-body 5spd in his 5spd swap. We had to find a shorter jackshaft to use because his was too long.

I had a 90 Grand Prix STE 3.1 5spd back in college... bought it from a long time Beretta owner/friend of mine.
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Was going to say - I remember chazz having issues getting that w-body trans into his car.
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Yeah, the trans mount brackets, slave cylinder, jackshaft and speedo sensor are different then the L-body 5spd. Pain to use for a swap. I also think the gearing is different. 1st and 2nd "feel" closer then or other factory V6 5spd Berettas I've driven.
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Chazzman wrote:Yeah, the trans mount brackets, slave cylinder, jackshaft and speedo sensor are different then the L-body 5spd. Pain to use for a swap. I also think the gearing is different. 1st and 2nd "feel" closer then or other factory V6 5spd Berettas I've driven.
Here is some info on it...

It's Rumored to have a different ratio... but you can check it yourself to see. If its true yours should be, 13.6 crank turns for every 1 on the axle vs 12.6, and 7.9 crank turns to 1 at the axle for 2nd vs 7.4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getrag_282_transmission
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