(OK, anyone know a trick to get that **** to be straight?)

 

try rescrewing it on there

who did your conversion? not bad.. details son, details! as i will be doing this soon

is that your auto console piece on there?

 

About 4 of us NW guys all did it together....mtrai760 being the biggest contributor.

<thanks again, bro>

That is the auto console piece...I didn't have an aluminum trim piece for 5spd, so we just reused it and glued the leather boot to the bottom of it...looks good, works great.

(It only screws on one way)

ACT Clutch
Fidanza Flywheel
**** engraved by www.knobmeister.com

Reverse lights working
P/N switch working
Cruise control working

what else do you want to know?

I was so happy when it started up and we tested all the gears and they all worked.

I think I peed a little.

 

im probably gonna go with the fidanza from matt, as far as clutch i dunno yet but im leaning toward Exedy..

I could have it done at a shop for ~900-1000 but if i can round up a buncha helping hands and do it myself then im all for it

did you by all parts individually or did you have a donor? Heres my donor Only problem is that mine is abs, donor car is not so im still unclear as to what needs to be changed

Starting it up and diving it after your all done realizing it shifts perfectly has to be the best feeling..

 

congrats!!!

i'm jealous!

now clean the inside of your car...

 

damn joe you got a knack of looking at detail.. but its true.. you would have the first sideways shifting tranny maxima

 

damnnn, im so jealous. I hope to join the club SOMEday..... LOL how were u sitting when u took the pic? looks like u were straddling the armrest, i dont' know if i could get into that position. any way back to the topic the auto trim still works w/ the manual shifting? hwo much for all parts?

 

So,Iansw you finally did it,congrads bro.Now go break into 13 sec.j/k!

 

get a copper bb and put it in the **** before you screw it on so it will take up some room inside until it gets straight

 

arty:

 

Oh nice..

 

Thanks everyone....

I'm going to spend the entire day today driving around downtown Seattle......just to break it in.

IanS

 

Congrats... and keep those rpm down...

 

Congrats,

hmm..... whos up for a second round???

 

drive over here to Bellevue ian, and show off to me. pretty please??? heheheh

 

All I can say is I'm never doing another one of these again...

 

another what? 5spd?

 

Nice

DW

 

WHere did you get that ****? its awesome, congrats on joining the good side!

 

looking good.

you've been added...

 

I knew the tranny would work...

 

Yep, second conversion Ive done...

 

how long it takes you

 

Congrats! I bet your stoked. You're going to have soo much fun with the new transmission. There will be times where you get tired of shifting but you will NEVER regret it. I love my 5spd 10 times more then my old auto to this day.

 

3 weeks because the tranny wouldn't shift at first, then wouldn't shift into only 3rd, then we were misssing the banjo bolt for the clutch lines and had to wait 3 days to get it, then I was working f'ed up hours, etc, etc.

Mtrai760 did his first one in 2 days, mostly by himself.

To the person that asked about the ****, I think it says in my first post - but goto www.knobmeister.com

 

And all that worrying you did about the shifting...told you bro..


I also didnt have a banjo bolt. But my guy found one from another car that worked....

 

Man, I'm so jealous. I'm still looking for lsd/abs axles and waiting for my clutch/flywheel from the Exedy clutch group deal.

-Ben

 

what does the banjo bolt look like? I have a bag full of parts so I just want to make shure I have it while I still have time to get if I need one

 

A bolt with a hole in the side of it, and a hole in the bottom of it. Goes on the clutch lines on the brass block between the 2 rubber hoses.

 

by the slave cylinder