Talk:Manual Transmission

ive recently aquired a 71 510 auto. that im swapping to a 4 spd. manual from a 77 280z (free)someone told me a 4 speed is a good chose for racing. Looking around nobody seams to be using this combo, is there a problem with it. also measuring things up it looks like the shifter will be 3" further back than factory, whats that going to work like. maybe i should be using a 5 spd. from a 280zx like everybody else???