auto to manual trans swap
12/29/14, 02:03 PM
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auto to manual trans swap
Does anyone know if this is hard to do, got an auto becausw my wife did not know how to drive stick, want to swap trans for manual is this possible to do? If yes how much work and how much would it cost?
12/29/14, 02:10 PM
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I dont know to be honest but it will range from 5-10K parts and labor, in the end. It would of be probably smarter to trade in and get another car with manual, thats what everyone says if you go around and google people that did so ,or tried to make a swap.
12/29/14, 02:11 PM
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I'm sure it's possible but you would be much better off just trading the car for a manual equipped one. I'm not sure the level in which the auto tranny computer is integrated with the engine ECU. Guessing the integration would cause a lot of headache though
12/29/14, 04:29 PM
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If you go to the trouble to do it, do it right, and run the new T56 with the shifter all the way at the back of the housing, direct mounted traditional setup...expensive, but worth it, no remote mount issues...or go with the TR6060 from the GT500 - but, that's still remote mount, so, who knows...
12/29/14, 04:43 PM
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That's a huge unnecessary job when you can simply buy a manual trans car. It would be like converting my coupe into a convertible. Could it be done? Sure, but it would still be nuts imho.
12/29/14, 07:08 PM
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Would be cheaper and significantly less headache to trade rather than try and convert yours. Otherwise the only feasible way would be to get a salvage donor car to swap the parts out of.
12/29/14, 07:17 PM
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To do this right, you need to acquire the following items:
Manual transmission, from bellhousing to output shaft.
Manual transmission crossmember
Manual transmission flywheel
Clutch assembly, and throwout bearing.
Manual transmission engine computer
New correct length driveshaft.
Shifter linkage, boot, and handle/ball.
The trans, well, for a '13-'14, that's an MT6, I think. Although nothing's keeping you from getting a T56 Magnum XL if you wanted.
It would be somewhat easy, if a car's there or they've yanked the parts already, to get to a junkyard and acquire all items. Or scour the internet for a donor car with the right parts and hopefully intact.
New? This is about, what, $10 grand in parts and labor, as a rough estimate, for new? But you can offset that by selling the parts you take off. And you could again go the junkyard/ebay way. I looked up a 2013 compatible MT6 around here and they're only 1600. But that's just the trans.
Still not sure it's worth it. I probably wouldn't...
Then again, that being said? Awesome would get an automatic in a **** hurry if I couldn't work the manual/clutch anymore, rather than sell her and get another. Forget that noise.
She's. MINE.
Manual transmission, from bellhousing to output shaft.
Manual transmission crossmember
Manual transmission flywheel
Clutch assembly, and throwout bearing.
Manual transmission engine computer
New correct length driveshaft.
Shifter linkage, boot, and handle/ball.
The trans, well, for a '13-'14, that's an MT6, I think. Although nothing's keeping you from getting a T56 Magnum XL if you wanted.
It would be somewhat easy, if a car's there or they've yanked the parts already, to get to a junkyard and acquire all items. Or scour the internet for a donor car with the right parts and hopefully intact.
New? This is about, what, $10 grand in parts and labor, as a rough estimate, for new? But you can offset that by selling the parts you take off. And you could again go the junkyard/ebay way. I looked up a 2013 compatible MT6 around here and they're only 1600. But that's just the trans.
Still not sure it's worth it. I probably wouldn't...
Then again, that being said? Awesome would get an automatic in a **** hurry if I couldn't work the manual/clutch anymore, rather than sell her and get another. Forget that noise.
She's. MINE.
Last edited by houtex; 12/29/14 at 07:21 PM.
2/9/15, 01:27 PM
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I did it years ago with a pinto and a donor car sitting there. Pretty simple actually. Not sure about the computer end of it nowdays though. Probably can get a tune from Bama or someone else to flash correctly if needed. I can just imagine the cost of the donor car though. Can't be too many of those out there.
2/9/15, 02:25 PM
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I did it years ago with a pinto and a donor car sitting there. Pretty simple actually. Not sure about the computer end of it nowdays though. Probably can get a tune from Bama or someone else to flash correctly if needed. I can just imagine the cost of the donor car though. Can't be too many of those out there.
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2/14/15, 07:14 AM
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2/17/15, 11:16 AM
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I guess it depends if you prefer to be as one with the car and enjoy those held revs and upshifts and noisy fun downshifts, carving up a back road in the low gear of your choosing, or if you prefer to just have a go and stop pedal and have no say in what the car is doing.