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Old 07-07-2010, 08:59 PM
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Pics aren't that great but they are all I have so far.

Just some wiring left to do, most of the parts are now installed. Clutch lines, master cylinder, brake pedal, clutch pedal, transmission and clutch are all installed.

The shop is now working on wiring the ignition and then the ECU back in (had to switch to a 2004 manual engine harness and am reflashing the ECU back to a 2004). Because of the engine harness switch I need to go with old style o2 sensors on the exhaust manifolds. The wideband ones will not work.

Once it's all done I'll get a parts list assembled.
 
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Old 07-08-2010, 12:02 AM
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Damn dude, good luck! Hard to believe your doing this!
 
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Old 07-08-2010, 12:12 AM
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Nice. Welcome to the 6MT club
 
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Old 07-08-2010, 12:27 AM
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u could have just used your stock AT ecu by reflashing it to a 6MT one.
 
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Old 07-08-2010, 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr_pharmD
u could have just used your stock AT ecu by reflashing it to a 6MT one.

That's what I'm doing. Can't do a rev up ECU so I had to do an 04
 
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Old 07-08-2010, 01:47 PM
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Should have done Valve body upgrade and torque converter while you had the auto trans, unless you already tried that before deciding to do this..
 
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Old 07-08-2010, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveBlake
Should have done Valve body upgrade and torque converter while you had the auto trans, unless you already tried that before deciding to do this..
Had a fully built auto with valve body and torque converter upgrade. These don't do anything to help overheating on the track, even with the largest cooler I could possibly fit on my car.
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 11:59 AM
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Just wanted to do a little update...

Don't have any new pics right now but all the mechanics are done. Clutch lines routed, pedals installed, shifter installed, drift shaft installed. We ran into a problem with the shifter fork not working but it turns out I had the wrong throw out bearing and sleeve. Got that taken care of thanks to Carbonetics quick shipping.

Just now waiting for a new ECU which should be here on Friday. Once that is in they're hoping to get the car started this weekend, do some clean up and HOPEFULLY be done next week. Will update with pics sometime this week or this weekend.
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 12:07 PM
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Wow sex change!

I want to know how much this is going to cost you
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 12:52 PM
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i know the real reason for doing this, he just wanted to listen to the BOV during shifts
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 01:09 PM
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wow , great progress . Best of luck.
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 01:18 PM
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Nice! Great Job
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 01:26 PM
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awesome conversion.

conversions always cause trouble issues down the line and owners end up selling their cars.. Lets hope this all works out for you.
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LightsOut
awesome conversion.

conversions always cause trouble issues down the line and owners end up selling their cars.. Lets hope this all works out for you.
Besides the amount of work it takes, the conversion is relatively simple. I'm using all OEM parts, there is nothing that can really go wrong besides what could normally happen to any car.

Everything is being done to OEM quality. Of course parts can fail but that can happen with any factory car.
 
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Old 07-22-2010, 01:35 PM
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Btw people have been asking how much this is all costing. Once it's all done I'll figure it out but I'm not going to be posting it publicy. If you want to know send me a PM. I'll reply to you once the car is done 100%.
 


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