stamar

I was wondering if anyone ever did this?

My auto is working but its not new and i have 197k miles on it.

Id much rather have a mt, I just wonder if theres anything different about it?

essential1

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Same exact thing as a maxima.

exsjulio

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i did it.

ChrisMan287

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You could always try to find an I30T. Those came in manual.

stamar

certain years there were and certain years there were absolutely no i30s with a manual sold in the us

i challenge you to show me one for sale anywhere, do a craigslist search for the whole US, ebay whatever. You might find one but you might not. I bet there are more homemade manual conversions out there.

essential1

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http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/search...=1274719291194

There's 8 on autotrader alone.

A32 i30s always had an option for the 5 speed. (96-99) A33's didnt. (00-03). Swaping to 5 speed is not that hard of a process. If you've ever droped a tranny before, you can do it.

stamar

Oh ok well I stand corrected sort of. I wasnt specific on the models because I dont remember them but i did look at the consumer guide on the i30.

What Ive never looked up is the breakdown of production, for the us market.

Having it be an option is way cool but the thing is there are some years where its so rare....

All Id say is the same thing youd say, finding a manual i30 on the used market is going to be difficult.

If anyone wants to trade plus cash Id do it. Hard to describe my i30 but its in better condition than most any 98 and it has a rebuilt motor with 50k miles, all maintenance current. Its a gem but Id trade it with cash? no takers?

guysohigh

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I know it's been done. I'm debating doing it as part of my 3.5 swap, but still not sure.

Blackwind

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so are you gonna do the swap? or do you need help on how to do it?

HomerMAC

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i bought mine 96mt.

Its truly the best platform for modding. from electrical to trans + all the lux. options.

i30dvr

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i'm swapped....never going back to autotragic lol

EsQueue

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Getting swapped as we speak. S/C blew the tranny in 2-3 weeks.

beermonkey9417

mine came with manual, there was no way im going back to autotragic after my th350 on my elky blew an then a month later the 4 year old trans on my 94 satty died. no thank you!

VQ'rInWLA

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Im 5spd swapped. And correction, its gen 1 I30 not gen 4.

JDM BOIIA32

dam vq that i30 is ****in sick man...and same here my i30t was 5spd also

VQ'rInWLA

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Sig quote!!! And thanks. That really means a lot to me. Ive put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into restoring her. She sat for five years when I was gone.

And what do you mean your I30t WAS 5spd? Did you sell yours?

ef9

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So those of you who have an I30 that came with the factory manual trans.... does that mean you have the LSD trans?

VQ'rInWLA

iTrader: (83)

^ Curious to know this as well although maybe I can yield faster answers via wikipedia.

Drakaine

Yeah I think I might just do the 3.5 swap and get a manual with it in my 2000. I really wanna supercharge it too . Any suggestions on a good site that has supercharged modded motors for sale?

JDM BOIIA32

yea factory manual tranny n yea also with a lsd
haha yea i ment is but yea im sellin the car