Want to verify something as I prepare for the auto to manual tranny swap. Here's the question - the car, clutch and transmission are '71 vintage, the engine is '83 and the flywheel will be something like a '77 or so. I see numerous flywheel bolt choices, can I assume I need bolts to match the flywheel ('77 or so)? Or the engine ('83)? To me, matching the flywheel seems most logical.

since the bolts don't actually "thread into" the flywheel, but do "thread into" the crankshaft.................To me, matching the crankshaft seems most logical.

True, but I'm wondering about the length of the bolts. Different flywheels MIGHT be different thickness.

The bolts will be the same length. I just used a 77 flywheel and an '82 tranny, on a 83 engine(it had an auto tranny)-just be sure to remove the spacer, and add the bushing...

WIll

The bolts will be the same length. I just used a 77 flywheel and an '82 tranny, on a 83 engine(it had an auto tranny)-just be sure to remove the spacer, and add the bushing...

WIll

So which bolts did you use, Will? The ones from the '83 flex plate?

I always use new bolts because they stretch like crankshaft bolts.