hey guys. been pouring through the threads and have found a little bit of info on auto to manual changes. just wondering how many have done it and if there has been any ongoing problems at all and how much? i have just bought a 98 Verada Xi and wanna do a swap eventually.

Theres heeps of AMC people who have done the conversion.

A 5 speed Verada, that would be pretty cool!!!

-Daniel

Theres heeps of AMC people who have done the conversion.

A 5 speed Verada, that would be pretty cool!!!

-Daniel

there's already one in qld...sitting on 20s.

there's already one in qld...sitting on 20s.
I've seen it it first hand and it looks HOT. Goes hard too.

I believe there is an issue with Auto axles fitting into Manual boxes. Something about one is slightly shorter than the other.

Search under "Manual conversion" for all your answers. :D

cheers for the replies guys. i tried the manual conversion search and got bugger all. only new to the site so i'll go and have another poke about. exhaust just got hole in it today. only picked it up on thursday. son of a... might be time for a newbie it seems.

how much is the conversion??

If you got the parts from a wrecker it shouldn't cost you more than $1500 for everything needed to do the conversion.

Then just find someone who will do the labour.

here's the thread i posted on converting mine to a manual, its not a verada, but the principal is the same

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12665&

no wonder your name is asylum.....that ****'s crazy mate. good on ya for steppin in and gettin it done though. how is it now?? still cruising along?? wondering also myself if you could just get a wrecked manual and just go for it that way. would be great having a manual verada. especially with the new exhaust too :badgrin: :badgrin:

I convertered my te to a manual yesterday. All the parts will basically fit in fairly easy. We did it all in a day with only a few minor dramas but that was because we swapped the ecu aswell.

oh ok. sweet as. how much was it all up? i am really keen but i'm not that keen i'd throw heaps of money at it. any differences in the verada set up? be pretty much the same i'd imagine.

my conversion was pretty expensive, but mainly due to the lack of parts available at the time (stuff was stripped out of a TJ VRX, so they charged more :confused:) and the fact that i did the LSD and ECU, BCM and loom etc all at the same time, which were all brand new (other people have done without these since)

many others have since done a basic conversion for around the $2000 mark, with little to no hassles.

oh yeah, mine is still driving fine, excluding the LSD which is a completely different story!

I did mine for 1100. We had my car and the donar car sitting in the garage and just swapped all the necessary parts over.

since talking bout manuals does it matter if you have a 3L box in a 3.5?

i know of a few ppl with 3L box in 3.5L and to me it dosnt feel that right or smooth to a 3.5L box in a 3.5L car or 3L box in a 3L car