[BigD9146gt]

Hey Daniel,

I think the conversion is the best way to go. I'm pretty sure that you need to keep the 3.0 flywheel and buy the conversion kit. Your 3.0 should have 9 bolts instead of the 6 bolts the 2.2 has. the 2.0's to the 2.7's all had the 6 bolt pattern. But what they changed was the flywheel size. Your 2.2 has an early 2.0 flywheel so that the push type 901/914 trans will work. Once you go 3.0 or 3.2, you cannot backdate (with one exception, i think there was a Euro 3.0 with a 6 bolt pattern). At the 3.0/3.2 level, you either have to have go the old school route where the 9 bolt pattern was machined out and the 6 bolt pattern was put in, or the easy Kennedy conversion which adds the starter ring and push type clutch and throwout bearing to the stock 3.0/3.2(up to'86) flywheel

As for the pull type clutch Clay is talking about, I'm not convinced that its any cheaper than the Kennedy conversion. Plus, the different pivot ball has a history of being weak/wearing fast. Although the part has been upgraded, its still a weaker design than the stock 914 901 box.