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Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:46 PM
Some of you have seen these photos on FB today, decided to do a thread here as well.

Back story for those who don't know, I blew auto tranny after my 4th dyno run, vid Here. Lost 1st and 3nd gear after producing 328hp.

After many frustrations and wanting to give up I came to my senses and decided on a manual swap, those of you who know me know I repped the auto forever lol and refused to switch over ha. I realized my auto was eating up a lot of my power, so manual it is.

I just started tearing apart the car today.

Will do
Getrag manual swap
clean up engine bay of old wiring
Enjoy the damn thing

This will be a slow progress thread even though i have 90 percent of the manual parts, im taking my time.

Day started like this


Middle- Buttload of wires you see IS the harness


End- Old wiring that is no longer needed


Next on the list is to drain all fluids, then pull everything out the bay

Stay tuned.










~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
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Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:51 PM
baaaaaaah! Do we get a vote in this?

auto4life!



Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:04 PM
YAY! Best thing I did to my Z. Will be a completely different car.







Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:08 PM
loving this!!



FU Tuning



Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:39 PM
I still want to know if they actually build the auto....

Glad your moving forward man.




PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:45 PM
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RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...



Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:46 PM
All I gotta say is, u better let me know when you re-dyno/tune the thing, I wanna be there!!!!




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Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:04 PM
Also wondering when you will have the trans out and apart to see how screwed you got... The shop taking care of you in any way?


The manual will make you love it all over again. Being that more in feel with the car will make you smile from ear to ear.

Oh and suck it up take your time and it will be ready soon enough.



Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:45 AM
I am curious what condition the auto is in myself. The good thing is the LSD in it can be reused in the Getrag!!




Jason
99 Z24

LG0/LD9 for Life
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Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:25 AM
David, I have a suggestion that you are going to HATE! lol
Run the hotside charge pipng under the car now since you will have plenty of room. That will clean up the bay sooooo much.



Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:40 AM
Thanks guys.

Yep I can not wait to tear about the transmission to see if I can find anything with my unexperienced eyes. The guy who did my tranny was not a shop, he rebuilds them in his garage. I was referred to him by a friend, so we shall see soon enough.

Lol, Darren, thats a good idea. Looks like my hot side charge pipes will have to be re-made with 2.5", instead of 2 1/4 like pictured










~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
______________________
WHITECAVY no more
2012 numbers - 4SPD AUTOMATIC!!
328 HP
306 TQ

Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:52 AM
Love this.



Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 7:23 AM
im gonna be that guy and say since your rewiring....go standalone lol







RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...



Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 7:38 AM
I'm glad this car is staying around. It's one of my inspirations for my car. When my auto goes though I think I'll just beef it up instead of manual swap though. Good luck with it all man!


2004 Cavalier Sedan
Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 2:35 PM
Didn't realize you started this David. I've been busy lately, but if you need some help give me a heads up and ill try to get free.


Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 3:45 PM
Like!





Supercharged 2002 Cavalier Z24
Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 3:57 PM
Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 5:49 PM
finally


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Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 8:06 PM
I have a header for you! lol

Shouldnt cost too much to get an ld9 flange welded on it but it has a t4 flange!





Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:00 PM
took you long enough.

look forward to seeing the progress!


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Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Monday, May 14, 2012 3:48 AM
Roofy wrote:All I gotta say is, u better let me know when you re-dyno/tune the thing, I wanna be there!!!!

Agreed!

WHITECAVY wrote:Thanks guys.

Yep I can not wait to tear about the transmission to see if I can find anything with my unexperienced eyes. The guy who did my tranny was not a shop, he rebuilds them in his garage. I was referred to him by a friend, so we shall see soon enough.

Lol, Darren, thats a good idea. Looks like my hot side charge pipes will have to be re-made with 2.5", instead of 2 1/4 like pictured

I might know someone that might want to buy that hot side if you do reroute it.




PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO

Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Monday, May 14, 2012 5:11 AM
Wait YOU know how to drive manual?????




Sweet man, I may even make a trip out of it when you dyno.


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Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Monday, May 14, 2012 10:36 AM
JR, that header would be nice, but damn id have to cut the T4 flange off as well. Id have 500 into it before it will even fit LOL.

Ill let ya know Mike about the pipes.

LOL Jeffie, I do know how to drive a manual, but NEVER driven a turbo manual lol. This is going to be funny lol.

I will have updated pictures later this week of progress.










~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
______________________
WHITECAVY no more
2012 numbers - 4SPD AUTOMATIC!!
328 HP
306 TQ
Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Monday, May 14, 2012 11:32 AM
Enjoy, I just got done with mine.
Its a fun project!
I blew up my auto during a street tune on 22psi last summer.
Re: Said F it, doin a manual swap
Monday, May 14, 2012 2:37 PM
WHITECAVY wrote:but NEVER driven a turbo manual lol. This is going to be funny lol.


you can do this




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