Manual Swap

[SFLS]

Manual Swap/Torque Converter

I am considering a manual swap on my car or a level 10 torque coverter. Any info will help with my research. Any recommendations, set-ups.

Future plans:
LS Vtech (for manual swap)

Level 10 (if I stick with auto)
Is anyone running a level 10 torque converter?

Spirited occasional drive
Mountain runs
Basic bolt ons

 

[Winki]

sell your car and buy a 5 speed
best advice. i no lie

 

[Spody02]

sell your can and buy a 5 speed
best advice. i no lie

X2

swap is ALOT of work and ALOT of money

 

[DailyDB8]

no its not a lot of money, but yes its a lot of work

iimo since its auto, keep it as a stock daily driver. you can save or sell. but if you have the resources to get it swapped, i say go for it nothing beats driving a stick shift. 8)

 

[SFLS]

What about Level 10?

 

[Winki]

What about Level 10?

seriously the money spent on building a level 10 tranny could probably buy you a whole 5 speed car

 

[Ominous G2]

The TQ converter is only $600, but what kind of power does the auto tranny stay reliiable to?

 

[Winki]

The TQ converter is only $600, but what kind of power does the auto tranny stay reliiable to?

where speedin at i think he know this shite

 

[Ominous G2]

I dont deal with autos.

 

[mteg]

An automatic tranny will hold 200+ whp. The top speed though, is only around 115-found that out last weekend. If your dead set on vtec, check this out. http://got-jdm.com/9395-jdm-b18c-gsr-dohc-vtec-engine-swap-ecu-auto-transmission-p-17.html

 

[SFLS]

I am more interested in level10. Is it worth it?

 

[mteg]

Yes, go with the stage 2, thats what I have. You should also install a tranny cooler.

 

[SFLS]

what kind of upgrade would the stage two be. I only plan on doing basic bolt ons

 

[mteg]

what kind of upgrade would the stage two be. I only plan on doing basic bolt ons

Stage 1 is barely noticable from what I'm told. Basically that delay when you stomp on the gas from a dead stop is drastically reduced. A stage 2 is perfectly safe to run on a stock tranny. I reccomend the tranny cooler because it will prolong the life of your tranny, but will also help maintain the performance of your tranny. You will probably be more satisfied with the gain from the tc, than you will with just a header, intake, and exhaust.

 

[SFLS]

how about running a stage two on a stock car?