premo459
5/1/2008 12:59:54 AM
AMYONE HAVE ANY WISE WORDS ON THIS TOPIC?
I have a b5 Avant Wagon..... Efn auto... Jsut wanted to hear from someone who has done or know someone who hs done?
Can someone direct me to a thread?
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No. If you searched, you'd already know the answer
powersmokin
5/1/2008 6:01:33 AM
chaos92287
5/1/2008 7:20:02 AM
its gona set you back a bit, but it can be done. you need a new crankshaft, tranny, clutch, shifter assembly. unless your doing all this yourself, your better off selling yours and buying a manual. but if you got the skills, time, and tools. go for it
crsf29
5/1/2008 1:00:27 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: klum00
buy a new car.
ditto.
I pulled it off once on a Mitsubishi Eclipse AWD, and I will NEVER do it again. And those cars are cheap and easy to work on.
Get a new car.
chaos92287
5/1/2008 2:09:44 PM
no one likes getting their hands dirty...
crsf29
5/1/2008 3:23:14 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: chaos92287
no one likes getting their hands dirty...
? ? ?
I don't know if you have ever tried such a thing, but it is waayy too much work for the benefits. If you intend on keeping the car stock, you have to take a lot more time than you would otherwise.
I did the first conversion on a car (4g63 AWD Eclipse) that was being rally prepped, and it was fairly easy. Granted, I got to use hole saws and hammers to get the job done. Having done that, another guy asked me to do the conversion on his daily driver. I thought, "No big deal, I can do anything. I'm in High School, and I kick ass..." So I said "yes", and proceeded to waste more than 2 weeks of my life on that car.
On a car like these, it is just better to sell off the auto to someone who won't mind and find one that suits you. It would be worth the wait.
Cory
dombombBMX
5/1/2008 9:55:34 PM
yo premo... what size rims you got on that wagon.. they look bigger than usual.
chaos92287
5/2/2008 12:14:00 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: crsf29
quote:
ORIGINAL: chaos92287
no one likes getting their hands dirty...
? ? ?
I don't know if you have ever tried such a thing, but it is waayy too much work for the benefits. If you intend on keeping the car stock, you have to take a lot more time than you would otherwise.
I did the first conversion on a car (4g63 AWD Eclipse) that was being rally prepped, and it was fairly easy. Granted, I got to use hole saws and hammers to get the job done. Having done that, another guy asked me to do the conversion on his daily driver. I thought, "No big deal, I can do anything. I'm in High School, and I kick ass..." So I said "yes", and proceeded to waste more than 2 weeks of my life on that car.
On a car like these, it is just better to sell off the auto to someone who won't mind and find one that suits you. It would be worth the wait.
Cory
like i said, if you got the time, tools, and skills to pull this off, why not do it? incidentally on these cars its much easier to change a stick to an auto, just need a little trimming where the crank would hit the torque converter, but auto to manual could still be done, you can even swap in a 2.8 tranny for the same price as the 1.8 tranny, or a s4 6 speed tranny for a little bit more
klum00
5/2/2008 5:46:26 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: chaos92287
no one likes getting their hands dirty...
hey, i'm all for getting my hands dirty. sh*t i'm wrenching almost every weekend, but i still don't understand swapping trannys. just buy a car with the tranny you want. you could put that money and time into so many better projects, like going BT or saving for a SC...
just my 2 cents.
feerocknok
5/2/2008 2:36:06 PM
Changing the crank is kind of a big deal. That's the part that would set me over wanting to do it.
