Im planning on swappin my tranny to a 5speed on my 2001. WIll i need to swap the ecu?
Also do i need to swap both axles or just the drivers side... i read in the sticky that just the driverside, but thats for the 4th gen....

 

you need to get 5 spd ecu, and better is change axles if they are allready out

 

I just did the swap last saturday, and I still have the auto ECU in the car. I also runing both auto tranny axles at the current time only because my mechanic forgot to change it but to our surprise, it work with out any problems!!!!!! But friday I will swap the left side...

The ECU I will do later.

 

I am thinking about doing this also. How much did he charge you?

 

My mechanic is also a friend of mine, so he gave me a special price of $600 and only took him 5 1/2 hrs to complete. Some places charge $1000 or more just for the labor.

 

Thanks ghase, i was mostly worried about the ecu. And i'll wait to swap the axles later on also if the auto ones work.

 

If you don't want a CEL you will have to change to a 5spd ECU. If you are your vehicle licensing department/inspection station don't mind the CEL, stick with an auto ECU.

 

Not bad! I was quoted alot higher.

 

LOL....We all got higher quotes then $600.

 

I ment $3500.00, but thats parts included. Maybe I would be better off coming up with the major parts myself? 3500 just seems steep, thats all.

 

the auto ecu won't effect anything, you'lll just have the CEL on all the time.

If you wanted to change the ecu, you would have to bring it to the dealership and have the keys reprogrammed.

 

I'm under the impression that you only need to be changing the driver's side axle if you're changing from an open differential to VLSD tranny, that auto to MT shouldn't need that axle changed (unless you're putting in a VLSD MT.
Could be wrong about that, but surprised that none of the "maxi-experienced" guys on the org have piped in on that one, just several guys repeating what I think is bad info.

 

That is correct, I confirm it yesterday when I change the left axle. The auto is axle 3/4 or less, longer than the manual axle.

 

awesome Ghase, can't wait to check out your car now. btw there is one more mod that i have specifically for your case, i'll pm you about it.

 

Cool I was waiting on you're pm.