Well its been over a week, car is finally back from the shop. 5spd LS tranny is in.

Needless to say it was hell for them, between getting shafted from people on here with parts that weren't what they said they were, to mounts, and throttle cables not fitting.

Cruise control no longer works, my egt and boost gauge dont work right now. Reverse switch is bad, so I gotta replace that. Have to take the stupid D4 and P bulbs out cause they just constantly blink or are on.

I also swapped in a 95ls 5spd ecu (obd1) and holy christ, it feels weird driving around without the check engine light on..... its amazing, I almost miss it since Its been like that for about 7 months.

All in all the car is now SOOO much more amazing its disgusting. I recommend it to anyone that doesn't or is too past the option of selling their car for a manual.

Parts used:
LS tranny
Action stage 2 ks clutch (little stiff, but other then that feels like stock)
Stock LS flywheel
Everything else is just parts.....

 

Congrats! I knew you'd finally do it.

Now you can get that pathetic 1/4 mile time down! Hehe.

So when are you comin over? I charge $50 an hour for 5-speed lessons, y0!

 

i wish i had money

 

glad u enjoy the manual.

 

man, its a TOTALLY DIFFERENT car now!

i can't believe you went through with it, definately have to give you alot of props for all of that hard work and $$ invested.. the guys at RPM too!

is the clutch any lower to the floor/firewall than the stock one? hows the engagement point?

 

Congrats on ur new tranny... so how long did it take at the shop and how much did it cost ya in parts n labor?

 

was your car a turbo automatic???

 

It's about damn time man.

What's it been, like a year...? lol

BTW: What's up with the reverse light switch?

 

Awesome! Congrats Man!

Where did you have it done? I am in NY and am looking to do this too

I am way too attached to my car to sell it and hearing you say how much it changes the car makes me what to do it even more now!

 

Yes I had a turbo automatic car.

I had it done at RPMNYC (www.rpmnyc.com)

The clutch engagement is smooth, have to get used to the brand new throttle cable tho, it gases it good when you just tap it. I love the clutch, its just a tad stiffer then a stock integra.

I don't wanna talk about that labor+parts costs, due to all the fitament and wrong parts problems it was ALOT lets just say that, not the shops fault, people who sold me the axles and shift boot fucked me basically, but I rigged up the shift boot (ultra ghetto) but it looks nice and works for now till I get a stock one.

JV: its broken, they said the actual contact in the tranny is shot so I need to buy one. The VSS works fine tho :D. One other thing, its grinding reverse mabye I just suck but its grinded twice so far, but all the other gears are fine.

And to the guy that wanted to get a 5spd swap done, just make SURE you get all the RIGHT parts and in the corresponding year of your car, IE a 99 tranny for a 99 car......

 

another member joined the 5 sp. club

---i would rather walk then drive auto---

 

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Damn that sucks.

I'll hit you up on AIM and well talk about the reverse switch costs...

 

how did the auto tranny hold up with the turbo???

and it probaly grinds when you put it in reverse b/c you have to put in it a low gear then go to reverse. something about how reverse isnt synchonized or some ****.

 

nice swap

 

JV you are the man!

Don't knock boosted autos till you've been in one :D

 

Auto tranny held up just fine, about 20k miles and a year on it before I took it out. It took the boost to the end and is still in fine working condition..... hopefully I can sell it Only has 56k miles on it from a 99 teg if anyone knows anyone lemme know :D

 

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I might be interested.

 

time to get new times to compare auto and manual in the SAME CAR with the SAME DRIVER congrats

 

i'm just glad gsr's come with stick...

 

Eh? I thought that if you switch an auto to a manual it would be bad. But I guess not, but **** thats a lot of things you have to fix.

 

 

nice

i remember you lol

glad you have a manual now

 

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That would be me I think......yeah I talked to the buddy of mine who I was going to have do the swap and he said he was still game to do it....

I am glad that you like it so much makes me want to get mine done now

 

I'm swapping my auto LS to a manual JRSC LS. Its almost done too. I just have to put the drivetrain back in the car. Hasn't been nearly as bad as I expected, although I still haven't tackled the wiring yet, but this is something that almost anyone could do given enough time. I have just been doing it really slowly and only worked on it two days a week for like 3-4 hrs. Anyway it should be fun taking my auto beater and makin it S/C and 5sp. I'm also doing the suspension, brakes, and body work on it. Don't worry I've got about 200 pics of the progress, and I will start an album when the project is running.