i want an MT more than i want food

[Muppet]

hi all i have an interesting Q for you, what kind of trouble is it to do a AT(auto trans) to a MT(manual trans) conversion on an 88' rx7. obviously it's a large job but is it ultra costly or impossibly difficult?

 

[melicha8]

Buy my tranny and you're already half way there. After that it's just a matter of buying the shifter surround and pedal. I also have for sale the clutch master and slave cylinder with a braided steel clutch line

 

[Roywhitep5]

hi all i have an interesting Q for you, what kind of trouble is it to do a AT(auto trans) to a MT(manual trans) conversion on an 88' rx7. obviously it's a large job but is it ultra costly or impossibly difficult?

where do you live? you can buy my rx7 for probably as much as a tranny swap costs

 

[Roywhitep5]

http://510garage.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=249&pos=71

 

[Muppet]

i would melicha8, but it has too many miles on it, it would be a good place to start but im sort of reconsidering the the darnd job. i wanted to do a small amount of track time but that would mean new struts and wheeles plus a tranny swapp. my mom drove the car like last week and loved it, so i may just sell it to her and get a miata but thanks for the offer. i may still do it (depends if i want to eat, honest im a student working two jobs to support my two cars)(88' rx and a 69' elcamino) so it will consume all of my income for a good amount of time. im in carmichael california roy. what do you have (im at work so photos are all but blocked)

 

[Roywhitep5]

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=693158

 

[Signal 2]

Buy my tranny and you're already half way there. After that it's just a matter of buying the shifter surround and pedal. I also have for sale the clutch master and slave cylinder with a braided steel clutch line

Never done the swap myself, but aren't the drive-shafts different from MT to Auto? What about a flywheel, and transmission mounts, and maybe speedometer/odometer hook-ups? And aren't the ECUs different?

 

[Muppet]

check this out http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/2ndgen/tech_auto_to_5speed.html has some good info. also imhome now so i had a chance to see the photos roy looks pretty good, but i don't know my ass from a rock at the moment so im not going to make anny committments