Hi their is a mechanic in nissan that says that he can do a tranny swap from automatic to mannual he says he will charge me $400 plus parst he has the tranny. Is it worth it or just trade in for a new one with mannual tranny.

 

wow when i looked at it not long ago with my old Z i found out it was gonna be bout 3000+ to switch it out. I ended up just trading for a manual car that i liked better for less. but if it ends up being pretty cheap then i would do it. my auto Z was boring but i love the one i have now. sports cars should be manual IMO.

 

Becouse his from nissan but what im scared of that its going to be a botlegged job and since its not done by the dealer anything goes wrong i cant request nothing so thats my worry but ill see what his going to tell me. He does alot of things from what i heard i saw once a 300zx being converted to TT by him and plus since his always working on this cars maybe it will be done right

 

only if you can spell it.













manual

 

if you doubt him at all, dont let him touch your car.

 

i mean each time that i go for an oil change somebody is their trying to get him to install their mods. Ill see what he tells me on monday plus i dont think the ecu's are the same and the rear end either but will see.

 

have you seen his finished work, or talked to anyone who havs had serious work done by him??

 

not really but i know people always go to nissan to get their things installed by him. Once their was a asking for him and one of the managers told him that he had a master mechanic their and he was certified to do all that work but the guy said no that he wantedhim to work on his car. I guess he is pretty good even though ill go see what he tells me but i dont think im going to do it becouse is just not the tranny stuff but also i think computers are not the same dashboards not the same and i think differential so its a load of money that i can put down as a dowmpayment and trade mines in to see what they tell me.

 

lol

 

I don't believe $400 plus parts.

 

^^^^ yeah, dont sound right to me either^^^^^
do you mean 400 for labor and whatever parts it need for the conversion, and an even swap for the auto to manual tranny?

 

just a general question.

if an auto car is converted to manual, will it be as smooth and precise as a factory manual? i have found a lot of auto supras at car auctions, and i would buy them if they were manual, or if i could change it to manual.

 

400 for labor and then i buy all the parts needed but i think im going to try to get a new one

 

that just doesnt seem realistic to me...id would just try to find a 6sp and trade in ur car for it

 

sounds like it should cost more than that.