can anyone do this swap for me, that lives around los angeles... tell me how much and we'll see... ill supply parts and material... and yah... get back to me

 

not that hard... i can make mounting adapters for a s5 manual for you

 

i have an S4 would that matter o.O

 

that's basically the subject of most of my posts on this thread... all that info is here. basically you need a S5 manual transmission regardless of what year car you have for this swap to go smoothly using the adapter bracket method.

 

hmmm i bought the car and he threw in the manual tranny.... i wonder if the trannys from the s5.... ehh ill figure it out.. i guess i gotta read through this post agian...

how much do u want from the brackets? + shipping to 90065

 

i read a couple pages back... lets say i have a s4 tranny... what do i need for this to work....

 

if you read that far back, then either you know what you need to do or you missed it.

i just don't have time to spoon feed you the info... you need to study this thread.

look at the post about the cross member and mounting point differences... auto 2nd gens are only compatible with certain s5 transmissions when using these straight stepped down bar adapters... otherwise there's other stuff you have to do that makes it worth it just to go ahead and get a s5 transmission.

it's all here in this thread! just read!

 

You where right, i did miss it....

at least now i know what i fully need to do ;-) thnx mang

 

Hey, since you done it w/ a s4 Tranny... whenever you have time or if ur car is ever up in the air for no reason hahaha, would u mind taking a picture of how u did it... so i have an idea on how to do it correctly... if it aint to much of a problem ofcourse.... but yeah, thnx for the help...

 

i'll try to get a picture when i put in my new drive shaft this week.

the auto-x season is here! gotta get it done in time...

 

Having followed this article and not even started the job yet. I find myself worried that both of these methods seem slightly less than perfect espescially the crossmember adaptor method am I correct in that there is not side mounting at all in this method?

Is it possible to combine the two methods?

Unfortunately I dont have the welding experience to weld the original mounts from a donor car. Can anyone give experiences/testimonies on living with these conversions.

I just cant see how there can not be side effects with a highly modded car and the crossmember adaptor method?

 

The method with the fabricated brackets works fine. Just use 1/2 inch steel instead of 1/4 inch.

 

Very nice thread. Wish I would have had all this info when I did my swap two years ago. I could have had it done in one day instead of two. I like your idea of the fabricated mount extensions but I also like the other way which was pulling off the mounts from a donor car. Both are sturdy. It just depends on how much time you want to spend. Either way you go it hardly seems that either would be half assed. Anyways, EXCELLENT thread. Should help ALOT of people.

 

Damn this thread is old. Anyway follow the tranny bracket instruction's to the tee i used this writeup to do my swap and everything is legit. The hardest part was installing the new pedal assembly other than that i did this swap in 2 day's have fun!

 

What is the cost for all of this? Estimated?

 

$6000

Not really

I was wondering though, if the mounting block is a part from mazda, what is the part number? Or what part of the catalog would i find it in?

 

sorry this question has probably been asked a bunch of times in this thread. but what are all the parts you would need to swap into a manual? I have a 89 Auto that my parents just bought me.. this will probably be my first project on this car..any help will be appreciated. thanks.

 

Tranny
MC
SC
Lines hard and soft
Pedal Assembly
Shifter
Driveshaft
Tools etc

 

God this is old.

Tranny (obvious)
Shifter with interior trim type stuff that goes around the shifter
Pedal Pack (need that 3rd pedal)
Clutch Master Slave Cylindar
Driveshaft
Manual Computer (I think? been a long time)
The Brackets mentioned in this thread or something similar

Your best bet, buy a wrecked donor car and put them side by side and do the swap

 

we are doing this swap this weekend. i will provide pics and everything into one thread as a writeup.

 

do i need a manual or auto crossmemebr i have both in hand for it only thing stoppin me from skids

 

wow!, that is an awesome write up, im saving it on my computer

 

just got some 304 at 3/4 and 1.5... maybe i will need some major chamfering...

 

here is my auto to manual swap piece MORE then strong enough for the turbo II


lemme know what you think please

 

For a stock-ish car, using 1/4" thick flat iron is more than sufficient. I used 1/4" thick by 1 1/4" wide flat iron from Tractor Supply Company for my brackets. For the year that they were in use on my S4 GXL, I didn't notice any distortion at all. Also, this design should work with both S4 and S5 cars. For the record, V8kilr switched to 1/2" thick stuff when introducing nitrous and/or forced induction