What flywheel bolts?

[Arne]

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.

[montoya_fan01]

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

[Arne]

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

[hls30.com]

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

[Arne]

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?

[Curtis240Z]

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