Auto-to-manual Conversion For R34

[acmc]

Hi all,

I've found a few posts on SAU about doing an auto-to-manual conversion, but it seems in general not widely done.

Have asked a few auto shops if they can do it, but they've all told me they either won't do it, or to go find the parts myself and then come back to get a quote for labour.

I'm not much of a mechanic, so I'm not confident I could do it myself, plus it's also my everyday car, so I can't put it on hold for an indefinite amount of time without knowing when I'm gonna complete if (if I was to do some of the work myself).

Anyone have any ideas how achievable this is? N/A manual R34s seem rare.

Cheers.

[jrm]

Have you considered just buying a turbo manual - it'll probably just be cheaper and easier

[noely1]

i got my 34 done early this year (january i think it was)....

it's really easy?? all you need is 33 bits.... i used R33 GTST box ($1,200)

all up it cost me $3,000 with the shop sourcing the parts + labour... i know i could of saved alot sourcing the parts myself but was really lazy

if you need any help theres a thread on here im pretty sure somewhere that i was reading when i was getting my done it was a DIY tutorial on auto-man conversion with a full parts list.. if not man i have my recipets here i can easily dig up and get you a full parts list and a general price guide of each part..

Also a few places might tell you that you need to change your ECU however auto ecu works fine with a manual conversion... the changing of the ECU is compeltley up to you.. i left my Auto one in the only downfall is that your A/T light will stay on constantly (its prety hard to find a stock 34 manual ecu by the way) i searched for months no one has one... alternatively you could throw more money into the conversion and get a full aftermarket ECU + tune... which i eventually have done anyways...

cheers

[ShanO`]

I had a manual conversion done on my R34 about 18 months ago

It cost me about $1500 using a standard NA R34 Box with very low k's and as many brand new parts as possible (Mate works at Repco so got the clutch, master/slave cylinders and a lot of other fiddly stuff at staff pricing)

Labor cost me a couple of cartons of booze

I have also kept the Auto ECU and haven't noticed any issues apart from the A/T light on the dash

From what I have heard, a lot of people have trouble getting the speedo to work when using the R33 parts

It is the best thing you can do to one of these cars, you will not regret it if you go ahead...

[acmc]

Have you considered just buying a turbo manual - it'll probably just be cheaper and easier

Still on P's. :-/

I'm looking at just getting a manual imported and selling my current one; probably sounds like it'll be the easier way to go. I'd love to do the work myself/collect all the parts, but no time. :|!

Thanks for your advice; hopefully this might be useful to someone else in the future!

[GTXR34]

i got my conversion done just over a month ago and it all cost me around $3000..

yes it would have defs worked out cheaper to sell and buy a manual r34 but my car is mechaniacally perfect and i didnt wana risk selling my car and buying another one which might have mechanical issues..

i got most of my parts from general japanese parts in nsw. speak to patrick.. i got my gearbox on ebay but i wouldnt recomend doing that.. i was wuite lucky to get a gd one off an r33.

theres a lisst of the main things u need

Gearbox r33 or r34

Manual tailshaft

Manual gearbox cross member

Shifter (ive got one sitting around if ur interested)

gearknob

Clutch kit (id recomend getting a new one)

RB flywheel with all 6 bolts

Manual spigot bush (any rb25)

Clutch master cylinder

piping with master cylinder

slave sylinder with 2 bolts to bolt on gearbox

pedal assembly

manual ecu

Gearbox oil (dnt go cheap on that only have to be done once so do it right)

I used my auto suround cover aswell and got a gear boot trimed out for it

rubber boot cover for shifter

u'll also need a kit for the speedo to work (my mechanic got that sorted for me)

i think thats pretty much it.. il let u know if i come up with things ive missed..

anyways good luck with the conversion mate.. have been enjoying my car so much more since! its unreal how much difference it makes to the car!