no, not at all! extremely well made. i inherited the car with both your front mount and ****** kits installed. it had a bad t-50 in it and i just swapped in a t-5. my 1st experience with an aftermarket manual behind a flatty. i always build my cars, always flattys, with an auto, usually an aod. this set-up has a hydraulic master and slave pushing a standard t/o bearing. suggestions? thanks