Ive read up on this before and from what ive read it seemed quite easy. I was told in the EF forum that the eg is the worst to convert from auto to manual. They tried to tell me the mounts dotn sit right and the EK is easier to do this to. WTF is this guy right? Id like to do a LS with manual swap in the future and was hoping the manual swap was easy and everything would line up good

 

auto to manual swap in an EG....I don't think it can get easier.


Took me and my friend about 4 hours total to do it this past weekend.

First we dropped the auto tranny, torque converter and the flex plate and the auto shift consoler. Then, remove the pedal assembly.

There is a plug on the firewall for the clutch master cylinder which needs to be removed, and then the master cylinder bolts in like stock. We had a wrecked EG we took parts off, so we used the stock hardlines for the clutch also.

We put the tranny on with 2 bolts, and then raised up the tranny with the manual mount on the frame rail- drilled the old auto mount off obviously. We leveled the engine with the car, and then tack-welded the manual mount on the frame rail and lowerred the tranny back down.

Welded in the manual mount, ground down the welds, painted, and it looked stock.

You need to use a manual frame mount because it sits about an inch forward on the manuals and is slightly different. You also need the manual tranny mount and the manual front torque mount. You can use the same rear mount.

After welding the mount on, bolted on the flywheel/clutch/tranny and the mount, everything lined up perfectly. Then we took the stock D series shift linkage, bolted and pinned to the tranny, and lifted through the hole from the old auto console.....centered up the shift, and drilled 2 pilot holes for the stabilizer bar, then drilled the correct size, and bolted it up. Running a stock manual p28 ecu and all.

Turned out perfect for our first swap. This was for c-speedracing.com's new race EG...picked up an auto hatch....the swap was really simple. Dropped the tranny about 4 times since the weekend, and everything lines up just as nicely as it does in any other factory manual car.

The thing to remember is that every shell is the same, wheteher auto or manual, it's just a matter of getting the correct manual parts to convert it, and they will bolt right up...such as the pedal assembly, master cylinder, clutch line, linkage, tranny, mount, etc.

Sorry, I kinda rambled....oh yeah, search

 

this is the easiest swap to do. The Ek chassis needs some cutting where the shifter sits and on the eg there is no cutting needed. Maybe they said that the hard part is swapping mounts coz the ek mounts you can reuse and just but a bracket. If you need help hit me up i also have most of the parts for this job

 

i did the conversion on my sol, pm me if you have questions.

 

excellent, i'm about to do this and was wondering the difficulty.

what about the pedals? drilled them in?

 

Dont forget to wire up the back up lights.!

 

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i have searched for this as well. i found pretty good info on this but i will like to see some pic if posible. just to get everything right

( i have and eg also)

 

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i have searched for this as well. i found pretty good info on this but i will like to see some pic if posible. just to get everything right

( i have and eg also)</TD></TR></TABLE>

wish I had a camer to document it. If I get my hands on one, I'll snap some photos and kinda give you a guide

 

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what about the pedals? drilled them in?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no drilling, just bolt them up.

*BE WARNED* installing the pedal assembly is a PAIN IN THE ***!

 

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no drilling, just bolt them up.

*BE WARNED* installing the pedal assembly is a PAIN IN THE ***!</TD></TR></TABLE>


how do you know.. cause i did it ***.. haha

 

the only mount that needs to be welded is the pass side frame mount? the front and rear just bolt up then? Thanks a lot for all the info thus far.

 

which wires "color" do you wire the reverse sensor on the trans to under the shifter console and same for back reverse lights?
thanks in advance for your time