HP Gain: Intake vs Headers

[4g63lover]

you just contradicted yourself in that post. you said no it doesn't get better wheel hp but it gets the hp our cars already have better to the ground. which my translation of that is that the manual tranny is more efficient thus more whp

yeah I read it wrong chill.

[glantv699]

yeah I read it wrong chill.

hahaha, he has more posts than me and he just joined this year, you can't teach patience to that.

this is TGC, we all love each other :)

[4g63lover]

why what? why i can't do it myself? because i don't have a lift or all the knowledge i would need to do this.

you won't need a lift to do the 5-speed swap, If I'm not mistaken Len (Drybear) did his swap on the floor. My buddy did his 5-speed swap on his Volvo on the floor too. just make sure you have jackstands to hold the car up safely while you are under there.

ahhh, i would say get some jackstands and learn man. 8p

i want to do this as well, i dont have the knoledge either, but i am reading up.

it's actually pretty simple, I mean they all fit the way they are supposed to, the only thing that confuses me a little bit is the wiring for the ignitiopn, but Denver has kinda cleared it up for me. But I won't know 'til I do it. If you decide to do this let me know i'll give ya hand

not to mention i probably don't have the all the proper tools for this and all the tools i do have are at work

I would imagine you would need a full set of sockets, full set of screwdrivers, jacks, and stands. and some wiring equipment. would make things go faster if you had a impact tool i would guess. (I have that so this will be a walk in the park for me.)

can you tell I'm excited??

[fliegendaffe]

yeah this will be a while before i can do it because i don't have $2k laying around

[4g63lover]

yeah this will be a while before i can do it because i don't have $2k laying around

if you shop around and take your time finding deals, i'm pretty sure you'll be able to do the swap around 1000-1500. stock clutch and resurfaced flywheel of course. Aftermarket clutch and flywheel would be a little different.

[dwjp90]

yup, it helps to hae connections as well

[Fishboy55]

yeah this will be a while before i can do it because i don't have $2k laying around

Nobody does the swap all at once so having the money laying around is not a requirement. You buy the parts a little at a time, just like doing a turbo build or any other major upgrade. Once you have all the parts, then you start the project. A 5 speed swap doesn't require anything more than basic hand tools and some common sense. If you plan on working on your car instead of paying someone to do everything, you're going to need tools anyway.

[Fishboy55]

hahaha, he has more posts than me and he just joined this year, you can't teach patience to that.

this is TGC, we all love each other :)

You'll find you can't teach that one anything, because if he asks a question and the answer isn't what he thinks it should be, he'll argue you down until you turn blue in the face.

Feel the TGC love.....

[Joe (G8)]

i would buy a faster car, but im a student so i dont have that much money. I just purchased the InJen SRI.

And now you have even less money for a faster car.

[4g63mightymax]

You also have a link to my 5 speed swap write-up that I did in my driveway, with basic hand tools for less than $1000.
http://www.hotrodcoffeeshop.com/foru...topic.php?t=91

Like Fishboy was saying, I bought these parts over the course of several months so that I wasnt hit with a huge bill at once. I now have about 3k miles on the swap, and no regrets. It feels faster, gets 5 more mpg, and is 10X more fun to drive.
Enjoy!


-Jeremy

[rammor02]

more power to the ground due to less power loss through drive train.
Believe it from someone who knows from experience, do the swap.
You can build power but that auto won't hold for very long, my tranny took a shit a few days ago.

car-part.com is where i got my tranny complete, for 550 shipped.

[duh2150]

i got everything for about 1000 lol maby less, including bolts and starter, flywheel, clutch, tranny, linkages, mount, shifter, and yeah i one of them people that did theirs off jack stands 4g64lover.

[4g63lover]

i got everything for about 1000 lol maby less, including bolts and starter, flywheel, clutch, tranny, linkages, mount, shifter, and yeah i one of them people that did theirs off jack stands 4g64lover.

I'm guessing you used the stock clutch and resurfaced the flywheel?

[duh2150]

I'm guessing you used the stock clutch and resurfaced the flywheel?

Exedy Clutch i used, it is like stock OEM and a 8 LB Fidanza Flywheel. I got the Flywheel and Clutch for like 200 off Ebay lol