Not hard at all. When I put the t56 in that part of it only took a couple minutes with a rotozip. Just make sure your cutting in the right spot.

 

^Where is the right spot, lol?

 

It's easy to find once the tranny is in the car (without the shift mechanism that is).

It's been over a year since I did the swap but the backside of the hole was right before the tranny tunnel forms a U-shape. Hard to explain now that I try but there's a flatter section of the tranny tunnel and the hole I cut was at the back of this.

 

All I would be doing is widening out the hole, right?

 

Well you don't technically widen it. If you car originally car was originally a 5-speed you just extend the hole back a inch or so, so the shifter doesn't hit the tunnel when you're in 2nd, 4th, and 6th.

 

i believe its 2" and the hole is the same between the 700's and t-5's

 

Well if you have a 5speed car you just extend the hole. If it was an auto car then you have to cut the entire hole because they wasn't one to begin with.

 

autos still have a shifter that need to go just as far front to back, i believe the auto shifter hole is the exact same as the t-5

 

The autos only have one circular hole about 1" in diameter near the front of that flat spot (for the shifter cable). Nowhere near big enough for even a t5 shifter. The auto shifter is just a bracket with a cable attached, it doesn't go through the floor.

 

Ok, thank you

 

No prob. Any more questions post or PM me. I always like helping another guy get a manual trans going.

 

^Ok, will do
BTW.. I already have the T5, just looking for a T56