Automatic To Manual Conversion
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From: QUEENS NYC
iight so i have been bragging that i was gonna do the conversion over spring break and nuffin happened. I had the money saved and my car was out of commmision so i had to spend $320 just to get it started (including a tool set..car was flooded).. so after i finish paying off my insurance i will get it done for $150 .. its cheap though but i really dont have money.. SO ONTO THE QUESTIONS
1. ) WHen i do the conversion i have to add that new pedal for the clutch is that hard. I will have to cut some of the metal to put the pedal in??
2.) I have to add the clutch resovior into my car. IN the manual FCs it is located on the right hand side towards the firewall. On my FC there is a vacant spot so it will fit so do i have to run any lines??
3.) when buying parts now for my car like the complete exhaust from racing beat do i have to get the presilencer for the manual or the A/T??
Things like this confuse me and i dont know if should buy parts for a A/T or a M/T becuase the car was once auto. So i know the engine is not different but they have different starters and presilencers what other things differ.. Do i have to change all of these things when i convert it or am i just too paranoid.
My boy didnt mention none of this to me so im assuming its okay then. Just want to double check. By the way he is giving me the tranny, counter weights, flywheels plus the labor for $150..... and ima sell my tranny to his boy for $100 for his automatic rx4 conversion....
Your help will be widely appreciated thanks
1. ) WHen i do the conversion i have to add that new pedal for the clutch is that hard. I will have to cut some of the metal to put the pedal in??
2.) I have to add the clutch resovior into my car. IN the manual FCs it is located on the right hand side towards the firewall. On my FC there is a vacant spot so it will fit so do i have to run any lines??
3.) when buying parts now for my car like the complete exhaust from racing beat do i have to get the presilencer for the manual or the A/T??
Things like this confuse me and i dont know if should buy parts for a A/T or a M/T becuase the car was once auto. So i know the engine is not different but they have different starters and presilencers what other things differ.. Do i have to change all of these things when i convert it or am i just too paranoid.
My boy didnt mention none of this to me so im assuming its okay then. Just want to double check. By the way he is giving me the tranny, counter weights, flywheels plus the labor for $150..... and ima sell my tranny to his boy for $100 for his automatic rx4 conversion....
Your help will be widely appreciated thanks
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From: QUEENS NYC
Originally Posted by ethannyc1' date='Apr 29 2003, 10:54 AM
good luck bro...better you than me...but dont worry, i have enough issues to keep mazdatrix in business for years e
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From: Toronto, Canada
I did this with a friend once. All the pedal stuff etc. was pretty easy.
The hard part that made us give up and scrap the car ($0 budget) was the mounting points on the chassis for the tranny cross brace were different. It is do-able for sure, especially if you have access to a hoist instead of lying on a freezing cold floor in winter.
We did make a brace, I didn't like his idea, and it was awful; make it strong.
I think the shifter also sits further.
The hard part that made us give up and scrap the car ($0 budget) was the mounting points on the chassis for the tranny cross brace were different. It is do-able for sure, especially if you have access to a hoist instead of lying on a freezing cold floor in winter.
We did make a brace, I didn't like his idea, and it was awful; make it strong.
I think the shifter also sits further.