6g72 5-spd manual Galant w/SDS (with pics to prove)

[roni]

btt ^^

post #1 has been updated..
and calm down everyone. there are plenty of questions that can be answered.

[Jet Black]

Roni I can't thank you and your boyfriend enough for the information.

[6g72-5spd]

Hows the SDS doing under the boost, once I upgraded to stage 2 thats where the problems began...hence the removal of my SDS. How long the Stage 2 been in?

I had the sds installed in Dec. sometime. Started out with stage 2 but it kept hitting about 14-15 psi wich is not safe for stock internals. So i went down to the stage 1 pulley kept the boost cooler and added the gts manifold. Now i'm at 8 psi. This new setup feels stronger than stage 2 with the auto tranny. I've had some problems with it also but Ripp has been great about working on anything that comes up. I'm fortunately am only about 45 minutes away from there.

[6g72-5spd]

so my question is...does the car actually drive...have you tested the transmission yet? just curious

Ask the guy in the 350z i raced the other day if it moves :twisted: .0-80 i had him by about 4 car lengths. Also the swap has been done for a little over a month so there has been plenty of road testing. This is also my daily driver. My round trip to and from work is about 70 miles every day.

[6g72-5spd]

The car is also bone stock outside, a real sleeper

Even stock header back exhaust

[6g72-5spd]

What about the number of splines on the axles? Are they exactly the same in both trannys?

Never counted the splines to see if there are the same amount but it fit and it drives so i would assume they are the same.

[Jet Black]

The car is also bone stock outside, a real sleeper

Even stock header back exhaust

Wow thats really great to hear. Now are you also using stock muffler?

edit: I understand its sorta a dumb question, though Ive never been a big fan of aftermarket exhausts.

[6g72-5spd]

The car is also bone stock outside, a real sleeper

Even stock header back exhaust

Wow thats really great to hear. Now are you also using stock muffler?

Yes. As far as i know its the original muffler. The car is a 2000 and I've had it for 2 years. I know i never changed it.

[Jet Black]

The car is also bone stock outside, a real sleeper

Even stock header back exhaust

Wow thats really great to hear. Now are you also using stock muffler?

Yes. As far as i know its the original muffler. The car is a 2000 and I've had it for 2 years. I know i never changed it.

WOW, that is very big suprise for me. That's really good to hear.

[Cali]

im just stating the obvious. if you dont like it fine, that's your opinion and i respect that, but i never crossed the line and insulted you. like hsinya said, if you dont know what else is needed SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH. you think i have a tutorial on doing the swap? please. Stewi's been a big help but it's not like he's giving me step by step instructions because either way i'm not doing it the same way he did. buy a manual for both cars and compare that's really all you need to do.

Tell me, what should I search for? The differences between the auto and manual for a V6 for the swap that was just finished?
Hsinya, JUST posted about the other swap over at the 3G forums, which I wasn’t even aware of (despite the numerous searches over at club3g and neweclipse in the past). And if your so keen on doing the swap, why don’t you be useful and at least try to answer my original question.

now you calling me a clown, now i take that personal, and i will talk to you about that in person at the next meet i attend. just because i havent attended any meets LATELY doesnt mean i wont. i've known some of these guys (djplay, sillyazianz, rod, etc..) for while personally and each one will tell you i always try to help them out w/e i can. i'll leave it at that...

Granted your right I did insult you. I do apologize for that. Though don’t take this to mean that I’m afraid of meeting you in person. But if you still got beef with me calling you a clown online, we can discuss more about this in person on June 2nd. How’s that sound?

maybe you guys dont like people disagreeing with you?

WRONG. I don't like people giving telling me that I shouldn’t gather as much information as possible.

edit: Well looks like my question was answered. How about we drop this drama bs now?

Roni I can't thank you and your boyfriend enough for the information.

no harm done. i'm just rough sometimes when i speak.

hopefully my car will be finished by then (doubt it but we'll see) so i can finally go.


to add some kind of info, just make it simple and make sure you ask for the axles when you order the tranny makes things a whole lot easier.

[roni]

no harm done. i'm just rough sometimes when i speak.

hopefully my car will be finished by then (doubt it but we'll see) so i can finally go.


to add some kind of info, just make it simple and make sure you ask for the axles when you order the tranny makes things a whole lot easier.

:idea:
Axles, I updated the description in post #1. Make sure you specify ABS or non-ABS, they are different, and not interchangeable.

[Jet Black]

no harm done. i'm just rough sometimes when i speak.

hopefully my car will be finished by then (doubt it but we'll see) so i can finally go.


to add some kind of info, just make it simple and make sure you ask for the axles when you order the tranny makes things a whole lot easier.

Bro don't even worry about your car. Shit at the last meet I didn't even bother washing my car when I came (and this was MOD05). I think being able to get a few pics with your itself is enough satisfaction for many of the members.

no harm done. i'm just rough sometimes when i speak.

hopefully my car will be finished by then (doubt it but we'll see) so i can finally go.


to add some kind of info, just make it simple and make sure you ask for the axles when you order the tranny makes things a whole lot easier.

:idea:
Axles, I updated the description in post #1. Make sure you specify ABS or non-ABS, they are different, and not interchangeable.

Is there any specific reason you didn't go with a lightweight flywheel? This is basicly the last part of the desicion making process (so far I'm following your list, except I think im going to go for the ACT2100).
This is great, I can barely drive stick, and Im going straight to a heavy duty clutch. Im going to be doing burn outs everytime i take off from a stop sign.

BTW You got a reallly nice Mazda speed.

[roni]

no harm done. i'm just rough sometimes when i speak.

hopefully my car will be finished by then (doubt it but we'll see) so i can finally go.


to add some kind of info, just make it simple and make sure you ask for the axles when you order the tranny makes things a whole lot easier.

Bro don't even worry about your car. Shit at the last meet I didn't even bother washing my car when I came (and this was MOD05). I think being able to get a few pics with your itself is enough satisfaction for many of the members.

no harm done. i'm just rough sometimes when i speak.

hopefully my car will be finished by then (doubt it but we'll see) so i can finally go.


to add some kind of info, just make it simple and make sure you ask for the axles when you order the tranny makes things a whole lot easier.

:idea:
Axles, I updated the description in post #1. Make sure you specify ABS or non-ABS, they are different, and not interchangeable.

Is there any specific reason you didn't go with a lightweight flywheel? This is basicly the last part of the desicion making process (so far I'm following your list, except I think im going to go for the ACT2100).
This is great, I can barely drive stick, and Im going straight to a heavy duty clutch. Im going to be doing burn outs everytime i take off from a stop sign.

BTW You got a reallly nice Mazda speed.

they don't make an act 2100 for these cars. for the 4 cyl they do, but not the 6cyl

the lightened flywheel is a lot of money, and is not really necessary for any benefit. this car is not n/a, it is supercharged, so the benefit wasn't really there because,
i was looking at it this way, either:
-pay a little more then $1000 for the quaife, and stick with a stock flywheel,
or
-pay $400 for a fidanza flywheel and wait for them to make it and send it out, and still have an open diff with a supercharged manual galant.

the choice was easy to make.

thanks for the compliment but it's not really a mazda speed. just a nice handling mazda with speed added by yours truly..

[Stewi]

ahem...ahem Roni???? im gettin no props at all................

[Stewi]

Caution:
The clutch safety switch is not easily transferrable AFAIK, so be very careful not to leave your car in gear and try to start it, because it can accidentally be started without the clutch depressed. I am looking into a way to fix this, but as of now, it has not been completed.

Roni I went over that with you. You wire up the clutch safety switch so that when its not depressed it interupts the turn on lead for the starter. Just take the lead from the starter, use 16 ga. primary wire to the clutch switch, and then back to the starter. Personally I would wire it to like a toggle switch and put it somewhere discrete so you had to physically turn it on and off, because it would also act as an anti-theft device.

[roni]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stewi)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(roni)</div><div class='quotemain'>Caution:
The clutch safety switch is not easily transferrable AFAIK, so be very careful not to leave your car in gear and try to start it, because it can accidentally be started without the clutch depressed. Â*I am looking into a way to fix this, but as of now, it has not been completed.</div>

Roni I went over that with you. You wire up the clutch safety switch so that when its not depressed it interupts the turn on lead for the starter. Just take the lead from the starter, use 16 ga. primary wire to the clutch switch, and then back to the starter. Personally I would wire it to like a toggle switch and put it somewhere discrete so you had to physically turn it on and off, because it would also act as an anti-theft device.</div>

yep. that's why i said i was looking into it, just said that as far as i know it's not easily transferrable, but similar to the reverse lights, there is a way to make it work..

when we were working on this, i tried and could not physically get a clutch safety switch at the time with all the other parts i ordered. i plan to obtain one new from a dealership. thanks.

[Danger DANJ]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6g72-5spd)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FrankMB)</div><div class='quotemain'> The car is also bone stock outside, a real sleeper</div>
Even stock header back exhaust </div>
That's odd, because in your pic, I see what look like headers. Definitely not the stock manifolds. Besides, from what RIPP says, the stock manifolds will cause too much heat with the SDS. So, do you mean that you have stock cat-back exhaust or did you remove the headers and put the stock manifolds back on?

[Jet Black]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Danger DANJ)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6g72-5spd)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FrankMB)</div><div class='quotemain'> The car is also bone stock outside, a real sleeper</div>
Even stock header back exhaust </div>
That's odd, because in your pic, I see what look like headers. Definitely not the stock manifolds. Besides, from what RIPP says, the stock manifolds will cause too much heat with the SDS. So, do you mean that you have stock cat-back exhaust or did you remove the headers and put the stock manifolds back on?</div>

I think both him and I are a little bit lost on the correct definitions of the terms. When iread his post I only thought everything past the header, while cat-back I think everything past the cat (not including the cat itself). :?

[roni]

RIPP headers but everything behind that is bone stock exhaust.

[roni]

ahem...ahem Roni???? im gettin no props at all................

I wasn't mentioning names, didn't know who would want to be bothered with questions, etc.

Thank you for your advice along the way on this project Brian. Your guidance significantly influenced our confidence in attempting and finally completing this project. It took a few days to have it actually done, but took a lot longer to plan and piece together all the parts for this.

Feel free to chime in with any additional advice you may have to give to everyone.