this 5 spd conversion has been hell...!!!!

Missing parts, waiting for parts, Breaking the SHIFT LINKEAGE, companies sending wrong pedals.... it's been a rough 2 weeks.. but i'm almost done! The manual tranny is mounted, got new pedals, and shift linkeage today. Jjust need to wire things together, put up the clutch pedal, bleed the clutch, and i'm almost done. if i had all the parts ready... it would've been done in 2-3 days! argh! ooo well...

Here are some picture of the beginning to present...












check out that shift linkeage.. if was bent 90* and i had to torch it to bend it back and reinforce it with a steel rod.. but i decided to just get a new shift linkeage.

 

that is BENT!



manual tranny mounted!

 

Good job Brian, did you end up getting a 01 manual ECU?

 

nope.... don't plan too until i do smog

 

Very nice pics A33. I too will be doing a 5 speed swap, but I think I'am going to wait until I see how my auto tranny will hold under boost.

Good luck wit that....

 

nice calipers

 

looks sweet brian...! 5spd is def. fun!

 

good progress brian!

 

Wow, thats awesome. I don't think I have the fortitude to do that kind of work to my car, but I'm glad you do, and it looks like it will turn out good.

 

Great pics! How much did this cost you so far?

 

and this thread is proof that a aouto to manual conversion can be done to a 5th gen.

 

Of course it's possible! People have been doing this since a long time ago.

Congrats on the swap A33VQ30DEK. Car should be more fun to drive when it's finished.

 

i know that so that is why this thread os be in the faws or a sticky becasue there are people on this forum that ask this question all the time. its gets annoying .

 

Hey Brian, Congrats so far. Maybe you can come up with a parts list on doing a 5spd conversion...

 

hey brian nice work,
how much did it cost you? and was it hard to do it, any big modifications that u have to do? and do u happen to have a list of items needed to do the swap.
thx, huso

 

Thanks!


Thanks.. i like them a lot also.

dude for sure! if i ever get this **** done! hopefully tomorrow!


thanks to matt and couple other friends.


about 1200 so far.

Thanks Omar, parts list is in the all motor forum

As listed above about the price and parts. Big modifications... cutting holes, assembling the tranny, pedals.. stuff like that... but if you have questions PM turbo95max, he's doing the conversion for me.

 

Don't think people said it wasn't possible, just not cost effective vs just buying a manual.

 

wow this swap has been hell!

the tranny we bolted up doesn't work! it's stuck in gear... my buddy had a spare 4th gen tranny laying around.. so we took it apart and put in the new differential... and sealed it back up and it still won't go into gear. WTF!?

the detense (spelling) are messed up or something. someone know how to assemble a tranny in california?

 

ohh man thats some f'ed up ****zzz right there. sorry to hear about ur situation...

 

Whats up.. PM me y@ hoser maybe i can skip work and fix your tranny... Actually I should be able to come help thursday night into Friday... drop me and PM and let me know what yall have done... Or you can AIM me... LANAddictPenguin

 

woo! got the car running after 3 trannies! decided it was better off spending about 900 dollars for a fully rebuilt tranny with warranty. Car runs really smooth! man i love it! i'll take a video when i get a chance!

 

aw man, you mean I missed it? damn, I shoulda blown off work to stay and help finish so I could finally see it start, hahaha.

 

Ha, damn, that would had been cool seeing the car run today. I thought u had another bad tranny.

 

so i guess it was TWO bad trannies.. that sucks. hope u didnt have to pay much for it or it was under warranty from junk yard or whatever

 

Hey Brian, I'll let you drive my car. You tell me if you feel any difference between the two.

 

Good chit man. Sounds like you got money to burn. Big balla

 

nah man! it's chinese new years... yadadamean!

 

my car would feel way different. I have polyurethane bushing and a short shifter.

 

good job, now only if someone would do the 6speed conversion......

 

I will Around June it will be done.. Either by Tilleys99 or Vasyamolov......

 

hook me up with some? along with ss clutch line?

 

Good Job. I've been to a couple swaps and all you guys buy that same short shifter with that pain in the but clips to install, unless you have the clippers for it.

 

damn you youngun's... I don't get shyt nowadays. Gotta play mahjong to get any sort of money

 

car drives great! =)

 

lol, this guy thinks he's keak da sneak!!
nice work though man

the swap that people like to say isn't possible is the 6spd swap...

 

I'm not sure it would be worth it anyways. 6 speeds doesn't always make you a faster car over 5.

 

dont even start with that

 

The 6 speed swap is a waste of time, since the 5 speed drops right in and the car was made to use it. No advantage of the 6 speed over 5 speed, as the ratios weren't made closer for racing or anything.