Automatic to a manual???

CRJpilot · 09-18-2007, 11:38 AM

I've found a couple NA mkIIs in my area with bad engines, but everything else is fine. I'm going to swap the engine anyway, so I don't care about the bad mills, but one is definately an auto & I'm waiting to hear on the other. I'm either going to drop in a 3rd gen or a V6, & a manual case. How difficult is it to convert the rest of the car to a manual?

On my 94 BMW 740 it's a bolt in modification, expensive but easy! how is it on the MR-2?

Oteck · 09-18-2007, 12:04 PM

aside from the pedals and shifter assembly the hard part to get is the hardline that goes under the body. it's too big to ship so unless your near a local whos parting out your out of luck. it's possible to get it from toyota...

TomsMR2 · 09-18-2007, 02:30 PM

i did write a sticky on this very subject

theres a really really good chance you can install the hardline without dropping the tank. if you dont drop the tank, its an easy swap.. marginally more work than a transmission swap alone.

Gairloch · 09-18-2007, 03:59 PM

Here's Tom's write up.

http://www.mr2.com/kb/index.php?article=7

CRJpilot · 09-18-2007, 07:30 PM

Cool, Are any of the needed parts shared with more common Toyotas? & what is the "hard line", just the cable/rod shifting system, or something larger?

TreyMR2 · 09-18-2007, 11:06 PM

PM MRtuned he just did a gen3 swap with a auto/manual conversion.

canadam · 09-18-2007, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oteck

it's possible to get it from toyota...

I believe it was obsolete, when I checked.

09-18-2007, 11:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
CRJpilot former MKI pilot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: minneapolis Posts: 39 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Automatic to a manual??? I've found a couple NA mkIIs in my area with bad engines, but everything else is fine. I'm going to swap the engine anyway, so I don't care about the bad mills, but one is definately an auto & I'm waiting to hear on the other. I'm either going to drop in a 3rd gen or a V6, & a manual case. How difficult is it to convert the rest of the car to a manual? On my 94 BMW 740 it's a bolt in modification, expensive but easy! how is it on the MR-2?

09-18-2007, 02:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
TomsMR2 Formerly Tom Brokaw Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pineapple under the sea Posts: 3,221 Thanks: 12 Thanked 279 Times in 197 Posts Blog Entries: 1 iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	i did write a sticky on this very subject theres a really really good chance you can install the hardline without dropping the tank. if you dont drop the tank, its an easy swap.. marginally more work than a transmission swap alone. __________________

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Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,198 Thanks: 137 Thanked 280 Times in 249 Posts Blog Entries: 4 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	Here's Tom's write up. http://www.mr2.com/kb/index.php?article=7 __________________ "Inside the car, the world beyond the driver's immediate horizon ceases to exist. Alone with the solitude of his desire, survival sense numbed by the speed, he's outrun the mediocrity of the outside world, slipped the shackles it tries to clamp on us all. He is running free, chased only by a fear of failure, for failure is to risk ejection into the real world." ~Mark Hughes 1mz build and install blog

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09-18-2007, 12:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Oteck RAAAGE! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Burnaby B.C. Posts: 2,816 Thanks: 9 Thanked 70 Times in 67 Posts Blog Entries: 2 iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	aside from the pedals and shifter assembly the hard part to get is the hardline that goes under the body. it's too big to ship so unless your near a local whos parting out your out of luck. it's possible to get it from toyota...

09-18-2007, 07:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
CRJpilot former MKI pilot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: minneapolis Posts: 39 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Cool, Are any of the needed parts shared with more common Toyotas? & what is the "hard line", just the cable/rod shifting system, or something larger?

09-18-2007, 11:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
TreyMR2 Gen3 swap DONE!! Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,518 Thanks: 30 Thanked 60 Times in 58 Posts iTrader Rating: (10/100% )	PM MRtuned he just did a gen3 swap with a auto/manual conversion.