5 speed swap

[biggreen292]

took the truck to the swap meet yesterday which is a couple towns over by way of a secondary highway, i'm not really diggin the 3000ish rpm at 50mph. my buddy has a 92 1500 with a 4.3 and a 5 speed, hes pulling that for an lt1/4l60e and i'd love to put that tranny in mine. i know i need to get a tranny crossmember, mine has the cast iron bellhousing so the tranny just hangs out in space, not sure if i can use my mechanical clutch linkage or have to make it hydraulic, also not sure if the 5 speed is longer or if it has a different output shaft. hell i'm not even sure what it is its either a borg warner or the gm cast iron unit, most likely the borg being behind a 4.3.

anyone done this or something similar? theres no way an auto is going in there, so sick of driving automatics.