tranny question

Lude98 · Post by **Lude98** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:48 am

im going to do an auto to manual swap in about 2 weeks. who does good work around the stl.

also since my other tread got locked thought i would update... i went with tanabe lowering springs and agx shocks. im having gds 4x4 do the custom welding for it. they do great suspen work if you guys ever need anything done.

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:57 am

Custom welding? WTF?

Lude98 · Post by **Lude98** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:00 am

idk the guy at agx said custom welding was involved. i talked to some guys on pp.com and they said they didnt need to weld anything, gds said they would take a look at it for me, but they said the same thing. they didnt think there was any welding involved at all.

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:16 am

having a shop do something like an auto to manual swap means $$$... have fun with that, i'd do it myself.

Lude98 · Post by **Lude98** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:18 am

money ive got... time i dont have... and ive never done a swap before just a rebuild. its my daily driver to. so if i mess it up i have no car to drive

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:20 am

lol, just do the work yourself or bring it to me..

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:20 am

Lude98;80753 wrote:money ive got... time i dont have... and ive never done a swap before just a rebuild. its my daily driver to. so if i mess it up i have no car to drive

If you've got money, just buy a manual car and sell yours.

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:41 am

Lude98;80753 wrote:money ive got... time i dont have... and ive never done a swap before just a rebuild. its my daily driver to. so if i mess it up i have no car to drive

if you pay a shop to do it you are still without the car for as long as it will take them to do the swap, so how does that save time?

I was broke, and did an auto to manual swap as my first automotive project ever when I was 17... on my daily driver... with two friends who were following my lead.

research research research... its that whole "measure twice, cut once" philosophy

Lude98 · Post by **Lude98** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:31 am

There is no doubt in my mind I am fully capable of doing the swap. But I don’t have time, or the resources anymore. I moved into an apartment so I have no garage. I work 30+ hours a week. I’m taking 18 credit hours in my 3rd year of my mechanical engineering degree. All I asked was if anyone knew of a good tranny shop. So stop telling me to do it myself. Some constructive feedback about a good shop would be helpful.

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:31 pm

Lude98;80777 wrote:There is no doubt in my mind I am fully capable of doing the swap. But I don’t have time, or the resources anymore. I moved into an apartment so I have no garage. I work 30+ hours a week. I’m taking 18 credit hours in my 3rd year of my mechanical engineering degree. All I asked was if anyone knew of a good tranny shop. So stop telling me to do it myself. Some constructive feedback about a good shop would be helpful.

mike93hatch;80754 wrote:lol, just do the work yourself or bring it to me..

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