Perfect 8g V6 Tranny Swap

[Yugo]

what would you say was the total cost of the swap?

[mrjaydeeone]

Good $hit Frank. I heard you now have a beast. I'm itching Roman. I am itching.

[mattalicslvr8g02]

Good $hit Frank. I heard you now have a beast. I'm itching Roman. I am itching.

lol Roman could make good money this way

[mattalicslvr8g02]

Good $hit Frank. I heard you now have a beast. I'm itching Roman. I am itching.

itching? to do the sawp?

[str8304]

i like i like

[rez887]

thats like a tutorial.

[dzulboytoy]

Good work fellas !!!!! Frank , just wait till you do all the motor work if you think you have a beast now !!!!

[FrankMB]

It better rev faster!

nah i was just saying, how is it to go from that heavy fluid filled torque converter to a 10lb flywheel!
your revs must be so smooth and quick now by comparison!!

LOL yeah it does too fast. 1st gear is useless.

[FrankMB]

what would you say was the total cost of the swap?

depends how much you get the tranny parts from the junkyard.

Junkyard parts : 950 -
Hard/Soft lines
Shifter cables
Shifter assembly with brackets
Brake pedal
Clutch pedal with clutch safety switch and cables
Passenger side axle
Tranny
Reverse light harness
Speed sensor harness
Tranny plate
brake booster - don't know why they gave me this
brake fluid reservoir and lines - ^^
master cylinder - good shape but bought new instead
slave cylinder - broken
immobilizer - not used
manual ecu - to be connected

New stuff I got :

Dealer parts :
New Slave cylinder : 65
New Master cylinder : 105
New tranny mount : 115

Misc stuff :
Brass underhood bushing kit : 33
Short shifter with bushing kit : 42
Quaife : 1125
Spec Stage 2 clutch : 240
Fidanza Flywheel : 240
Penzoil Syncromesh (3 quarts) : 20
Evo shift knob : 75
Evo shifter base with ring : 30

Wasting gas on stupid fun runs to break in the clutch : priceless

[glantv699]

5 speed V6, oh how I wish to join this TGC VIP Club someday...

Now the car has good power to backup its looks...it must be a sweet feeling.

just wondering too, what will it run the 1/4 in now? 15ish?

[shiznit013]

Any approximation on weight difference between the two transmissions?

[GOOSEY2099]

Any approximation on weight difference between the two transmissions?

about 75-100 pounds i would say, but could be more like 50-75

[SleekGTZ]

Hey Frank, so that's why my JDM goodie only got shipped today eh? You were busy doing that swap!

It's cool, I got your PM anyway. Nice work! Heh, I'm gonna catch up on you guys soon with my own swap! :twisted:

[Stewi]

It better rev faster!

nah i was just saying, how is it to go from that heavy fluid filled torque converter to a 10lb flywheel!
your revs must be so smooth and quick now by comparison!!

LOL yeah it does too fast. 1st gear is useless.

I can agree with that. The I4 trans and V6 trans use the same gears and even with mine revving to 8500, first gear is pretty useless.

[mattalicslvr8g02]

It better rev faster!

nah i was just saying, how is it to go from that heavy fluid filled torque converter to a 10lb flywheel!
your revs must be so smooth and quick now by comparison!!

LOL yeah it does too fast. 1st gear is useless.

I can agree with that. The I4 trans and V6 trans use the same gears and even with mine revving to 8500, first gear is pretty useless.

my dad says that he thinks the evo internals would fit in the 8g tranny

since you partially own a evo I figured id ask you

[dzulboytoy]

It better rev faster!

nah i was just saying, how is it to go from that heavy fluid filled torque converter to a 10lb flywheel!
your revs must be so smooth and quick now by comparison!!

LOL yeah it does too fast. 1st gear is useless.

I can agree with that. The I4 trans and V6 trans use the same gears and even with mine revving to 8500, first gear is pretty useless.

my dad says that he thinks the evo internals would fit in the 8g tranny

since you partially own a evo I figured id ask you

Matt thats not what I said .................. I said the evo internals should fit into the eclipse trans casing .

[Stewi]

either way, that sounds good, im gonna try getting a broken set of gears from one of the EVO guys just to do some sort of test fitting. i wouldnt use OEM EVO gears, however I know a company who makes longer EVO gears, all I really want is a longer 1st and 3rd gear

[SkylineG1]

Nice work Frank. I can't wait to see this beast in person.

[hsinya]

u jacked my shift knob and clutch!

one thing that needs a correction is that the 01 passenger side axle is like the 99-00 axles. the auto tranny axle is too long so u need the axle from the manual tranny.

i'm jealous u got the lsd. thats one thing i still need to get

[FrankMB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hsinya)</div><div class='quotemain'>u jacked my shift knob and clutch! Â*

one thing that needs a correction is that the 01 passenger side axle is like the 99-00 axles. the auto tranny axle is too long so u need the axle from the manual tranny.

i'm jealous u got the lsd. thats one thing i still need to get Â*:)</div>

I'm changing my shift knob again. I got a sick deal on the new MR one. I love this clutch, great minds think alike eh .... I have the stage 2 though. The pedal is really really nice.

Interesting note on the axle. The other guy here with a v6 swap.. 8gV65spd didn't replace axles, although his donor car was an 03 V6 Eclipse. Gotta love Mitsubishi and its different year parts.

Definitely get the LSD. A world of difference.