i have a 94 mitsubishi 3000gt sl its a automatic tranny.yesterday my tranny went to s#!t. i was wondering if anyone knew the cost to swap my car to a manual trans if i have all the parts to switch it over. anyone know any places or anyone that wont screw it up. and a price would be helpfull.
Honestly, the price to have something done right, more than likely will exceed more than half the cost of the car, if not the full value of the car. Your best bet is to find a junk yard auto tranny, throw it in and, then sell the car and buy a car that is originally 5 speed.
^ Word, it’s not worth the money
For a simple car an auto->manual swap is easy. That swap in my project Miata, for example, took a couple of evenings and a Saturday or two.
3000GT… IIRC, AWD, All-wheel steering, etc… I think that swap might be an awful lot of work to get right.
I’m with the others on this- fix/replace the automatic and then sell it if you must have a manual.
His 3000GT is not a VR4, regardless, it’s pointless to swap, just buy a 5-speed one.
if this was a simpler car it wouldnt be soo bad. My accord I swapped in a 5 speed in less than a day. Relatively easy, but that is a much easier car to work on than a 3000gt
SL’s are pretty worthless,I bought one on here a few months back that was in excellent mechanical condition for like $2K.It would be best to toss a used auto trans in it and call it a day or sell it as-is for a parts car.
i cant find a automatic trans in a junkyard
where have you called? I know at least a few that will get it in if they don’t have it as they’re part of a bigger group. call all over WNY.
car-part.com lists a bunch, with the closest (2 hours away) being around $660.
There is one here in the junkyard. it’s a 5 speed though. You’d have to pull it yourself since it’s a u-pull. It’ll be crushed in a week ot two.
^^^ any clue how much it would cost for the whole car? i might just say screw it and do the swap
Most Junkyards in NY will not sell a whole car. Period.
Its against the law, not saying said junkyard will follow the law, but i know everything around here will not sell you a whole car.
if they cut the roof or doors off they’ll sell it if you let them have the shell back when you’re done gutting it.
That’s from your for sale thread for this car… why not just take up that offer?
x2 thats a hell of a deal
thats what i was gonna buy but im not gonna do it if its gonna be a pain in the ass
lol. You are changing a car from automatic to manual transmission…how easy did you expect it to be?
Do you really go through with anything? or do you just make hypothetical threads about every A.D.D. thought that blasts through your brain?
Isn’t that the exact point of most car forums?
Just swapping an auto in will be a pain in the ass, but if you can change all the parts on that list, you could probably swap to a 5 speed.