Good afternoon. I have a 69 camaro that I am rebuilding during my time at the air force academy. Currently I am redoing the interior. I plan on putting in a new console from Ricks or Year One. The car has the original four speed, but in the future I plan on installing a tremec/richmond or similar 5 speed. Will I still be able to use the console with the 5 speed or will the shifter hit when i go into 5th or reverse with the tremec/richmond? Thanks alot

-Brian

Tremec, yes (but...) Richmond, no.

Do yourself a favor and run a search on the subject. You'll find page after page of great info as this has been discussed plenty of times before.

By the way, welcome to Team Camaro.
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Rick.

I'm in the process of finishing up this install in my 68 big block with richmond 5 gear...

David Pozzi's website shed a lot of light on this subject Richmond Five Gear (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Pozzi/first_gen_camaros.htm#Transmission)
you'll need to alter the modifications needed for the shifter if you're going with a big block. email me (or David)if you like for further info...

the new tremec tko 5-speed is said to to have eight shifter locations and 2in.offset that i think you will have to use .i to want to change from a th 350 to 5 speed. this trans is said to be much stronger than richmonds ''600hp''.check out www.ttcautomotive.com,kinda (http://www.ttcautomotive.com,kinda) costly though at about 3 grand for the whole kit.