chris zitzelberger

Hi i'm new here, i was just wondering if anyone had any info on changinging transmissions i have an 89 GTU that was originally an auto and i want to put in a 5spd. has anyone here done that or had anyone do that for them? please help me i wanna get my car back on the road.

My Junx

Hey bro, I have a 90 GXL that was auto and I converted it to a 5. Actually I had Kevin Landers do it, on the forum he goes by hypntyz7. it was pretty quick and easy. The tranny only cost 350 and with all teh extra parts i needed to get and the labor to have him do it, it cost me 725. Only took about 3 or 4 hours to do the whole swap, except we also put in a 4.1 rear end so that took a few hours more too. You will need the tranny, drive shaft, flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, pedal assembly, clutch master cylinder, line and slave cylinder, shift lever and starter. Do a search for a thread called "auto -> Manual" You will also need to custom make a cross member adapter, because the mounting points of the two tranny's and their crossmembers is different. They are very easy to make, but for more info just find teh thread I mentioned before. Also try my thread "auto -> manual: done" for more info and more details. HAVE FUN

hypntyz7

That would be me :-). Pretty much what he said. IF you got any more questions just ask. I can also do it for you if youd like.

bingoboy

hehe i want it done too, can you come to hawaii to do it for me :P

RX7BEAR

It is the best thing you will ever do !!!!!!!!!! I did it and the only thing I had to find was a piece of steel from Lowes 12 inches by 4 inches and drilled 3 holes . Every thing else bolted right up. just make sure you get the right flywheel for your year car and you will have no problems at all .

Flyby116

Getting it all done right now

chris zitzelberger

Thank you guys so much, i'll keep you guys updated and hopefully have some pics soon

FC3AZ

What about going from an 86-88 N/A tranny to a TII tranny and complete driveline? Direct swap? Need any custom stuff? I might eventually need to do this with the new 87 SE.

PaulC

I helped RX7_Ragtop put a T2 drive train in his Convertable, It was basicly a direct swap with adozen trips to local parts stors for small stuff liek differnt length bolts. washers the T2 starter was another small oversight for us if I remember correctly It didnt require much just a lot of patience. And doing it in the rain wasnt helping us any at all either

Oh yea we swapped everything from the fly wheel to the yokohamas.