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[RotaryBobby]

hi all i want to say first off im not much of a Honda guy so please don't flame me LOL. second, i do like a few Honda's though, and I own a 97 civic ex coupe that was given to me by my stepdad. he had to let it develop some problems due to some economic problems, but i have been bringing her back to life. so far it runs fine now but it still has some slight problems. it is an automatic transmission and i wanted to convert it to a manual transmission,so i wanted to learn more on how to do it. i have been doing all the work on her myself and i feel confident doing the conversion myself. i will be getting an other car so i will have the civic to work on with out being "carless".

 

[XpL0d3r]

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Auto to manual swap isn't too bad. Took me and a buddy a weekend to do.

 

[RotaryBobby]

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Auto to manual swap isn't too bad. Took me and a buddy a weekend to do.

thanks for the welcome. yeah ive been reading on doing it and it doesn't seem outrageously hard. once i get my RX7 in a few months ill start saving up for the parts and do the swap. in the mean time ill be doing a lot of research on it to make sure i know what i need

 

[mymmeryloss]

What gen rx7 you looking at? Im a rotard myself! Welcome to cc!

 

[Bhikku]

Welcome!

 

[RotaryBobby]

What gen rx7 you looking at? Im a rotard myself! Welcome to cc!

im getting an FC S5 TII. possibly a S4 TII if the S5 is just impossible to find. i know the S5 TII is harder to find but its worth the look ill say LOL. so far i have 2kUSD im trying to save at the very least 3k but around 5k would be my optimum goal.

 

[mymmeryloss]

Sounds good.

 

[stupidhard]

welcome! YAY more rotor hedz! go with an s4, grab up some s5 tail lights and other trimmings and call it a day! the s4 turbo engine was a little less powerfull from the factory than the s5 but its a little more forgiving by my understanding. nough bout that, you're going to have a lot of fun with your honda!


-chris

 

[yevangelis]

Hi! auto to manual is fun and pretty simple when you have all the parts!

hey I just stumbled upon the DIY writeup - click here

 

[RotaryBobby]

Hi! auto to manual is fun and pretty simple when you have all the parts!

hey I just stumbled upon the DIY writeup - click here

thanks this is perfect

 

[TokyoSkies]

So long as you're proficient with working on cars, auto to manual isn't terrible. Just get all of the necessary parts, and take your time! Hondas are very simple cars to work on. If you do need help, just browse the forums.