R33 Auto to Manual conversion?

[MirKz]

Hey guys,

im new here as you can probably tell, but im planning on buying a skyline next week or the week after (If all goes to plan).

The car i am lookin at is very nice, but theres one problem, its an auto, i prefer to drive manuals as i feel i have alot more control over the car and its speed (ie. changing into a certain gear for certain speeds, etc etc u know how it is)

i have no problem driving the car as auto - because im jus so amped that i have the car i wont care ... but when and if the time comes, how much would it roughly be to drop a manual gear box in it?

or.... how much would it be just for a good quality gearbox and parts needed etc ? (im soon to be an apprentice i hope and can probably put the new gearbox in myself with a bit of help from someone experienced.)

thanks for your time, sorry if i rambled on a bit.

[RB20LagWagon]

Most people will say just buy a manual. i gotta agree but hey you cant always get what you want.

Hardest part is finding an r33 box, expect a minimum of 1.5k for one. Next is clutch at least 500 bux then pedal box master slave cylinders, so even without labour your looking at 2-2.5k

Have a good one

[MirKz]

hrmm, nasty .... oh well thanks for that, will have to see how things go before i do that cus its a hefty price to change it.

[zanda]

Mirkz,

meggala's site has a run down of what's involved.

do a search for meggala - he's on the forums and there's a link in his sig, or alternatively, just google it.

I went through this when I was thinking about a soarer - cause the cost of conversion seems to sit in the order of three grand but the cost of buying a manual in the same condition can be up to 5k.....

anyway I ended up buying a manual line because I wanted a drivers car not a weighty battleship..

the cach is that whilst you can buy an auto and convert it, most people get their auto cars here and end up tossing up between a dog box and a new turbo...or a computer and intercooler package..

basically you can make an auto go a lot faster for the same price as a manual - but the catchn is it's still an auto.

either way you end up paying......and so most people just buy the manual to start with and save the hassle...

..but each to their own, and if you're in a position to be able to do most of the work yourself, you may find that it's most cost effective to do the conversion yourself...give meggala's site a rinse and suss out what's involved.