My manual journey begins...
So, as some of you may know, my auto tranny finally succumbed to the heat and mad powah! of boost, which was aided by my laziness to install a tranny cooler.
I was going back and forth debating wether to:
stay auto, and get the tranny cooler in plus a high stall torque converter, but risk another failure as the *stock* auto tranny hasn't had much luck on the V6 galants.
or go manual - see I live in the San Francisco Bay area, with lots of traffic and lots of hills, so I've been pampered by having an automatic.
In the end, I felt going manual would be the better choice for me as:
1. the auto tranny is a lot bigger, and comes *very* close to the turbo, almost touching it - there is barely any room there and I think may have also contributed to the auto tranny demise (read lots of heat from the turbo).
2. better gas mileage
3. more freed up horsepower
Yes, the last time I had to drive a stick was a rental car 6 years ago on my honeymoon in Tahiti, so I'm going to have to get used to it again.
Anyway, I just procured a manual transmission from an '02 Stratus coupe (the Dodge sister car to the 3G Eclipse) and hopefully that should arrive early next week.
Now I gotta source the other parts from other junk yards, as the one I got it from only had the transmission.
Shopping list:
[r] used V6 manual transmission $675 Shipped (http://www.car-parts.com)
[r] manual transmission mount (Local Dealership)[*] cylinder block plate (Thanks Russ!)[*] Spec Stage 2 Clutch Kit $349 (Club 3G Group Buy)[*] Fidanza Flywheel $344 (http://www.tearstone.com)
[r] Clutch Hydraulic Line Assembly (Local Dealership)
[r] new clutch master cylinder $64.94 (http://www.partsamerica.com)
[r] new clutch slave cylinder $34.95 (http://www.partsamerica.com)[*] clutch, brake, and accelerator pedals $45 (http://www.msrecycling.com)[*] Megan Racing Short Shifter (Club 3G Group Buy)[*] manual shifter assembly $75 (http://www.msrecycling.com)[*] shifter cables $75 (http://www.msrecycling.com)[*] 2 new axle seals (Local Dealership)
o = On Order
r = Received
* = Installed
Sources/References:
http://www.car-part.com
RippMods.com - 6g72 5-spd manual Galant w/SDS
TGC - Perfect 8g V6 Tranny Swap
TGC - 8G Auto to Manual Conversion DONE!
Club3g.com - Sporty to 5spd trannsmission swap
1994-1998 Mitsubishi Galant Auto to Manual Transmission Conversion
Pic of complete swap parts from Tearstone:
http://tearstone.com/eclipse/07220501.jpg
Parts List thread:
https://www.thegalantcenter.org/viewt...pic.php?t=49781
Re: My manual journey begins...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DryBear)</div><div class='quotemain'>
Yes, the last time I had to drive a stick was a rental car 6 years ago on my honeymoon in Tahiti, so I'm going to have to get used to it again.</div>
Don't worry, it's like riding a bike... at least it is for me. Lots of pedaling! Ahaha.. kidding, I kid. Seriously, I go for long times without manual transmissions and do fine... it's like a 60 second reacclimation period.
Edit: and congratulations! Lots of pictures when you get going, yes? Of course.
Re: My manual journey begins...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DryBear)</div><div class='quotemain'>So, as some of you may know, my auto tranny finally succumbed to the heat and mad powah! of boost, which was aided by my laziness to install a tranny cooler. Â*
I was going back and forth debating wether to:
stay auto, and get the tranny cooler in plus a high stall torque converter, but risk another failure as the auto tranny hasn't had much luck on the V6 galants (leicoolya on TGC had a level 10 tranny that turned to soup).
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Sorry bro thats total bullshit, never had level 10 tranny, my stock trans turned to shit, I have a fully built auto thats running VERY strong. make sure you get your story straight
Re: My manual journey begins...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(leicoolya)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DryBear)</div><div class='quotemain'>So, as some of you may know, my auto tranny finally succumbed to the heat and mad powah! of boost, which was aided by my laziness to install a tranny cooler. Â*
I was going back and forth debating wether to:
stay auto, and get the tranny cooler in plus a high stall torque converter, but risk another failure as the auto tranny hasn't had much luck on the V6 galants (leicoolya on TGC had a level 10 tranny that turned to soup).
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Sorry bro thats total bullshit, never had level 10 tranny, my stock trans turned to shit, I have a fully built auto thats running VERY strong. make sure you get your story straight</div>
Sorry bout that - I stand corrected. Looking back at the posts, I got you mixed up with Shane, who had a Level 10 tranny that died rather quickly.