97-3.0Man

how hard would it be to convert my 3.0 to manual... I dont care about the cost I can pay it

klepto

spoken like a true baller

Zerostatic

The 6 speed tranny from the CL-S should bolt up pretty painlessly. The biggest hurdle is the issues with the ECU working correctly. If you get a standalone Engine Management Unit like the AEM one, and you have quality people working on it then you should be fine, but it would probably take some considerable down time to work out all the kinks.

I believe two people on v6performance.net have performed the swap, and like I told you they both had issues with the ECU.

Also, jimmyrecluse (that's one of their names), has a comptech supercharger as well as the 6 speed tranny, but the clutch burned out in like 7 months so you might want to get the tranny rebuilt or something before you put it in.

I know you said money is not an issue but in case you haven't guessed already. This is an expensive endeavor.

It might be a better value just to swap the entire engine along with the tranny from a CL-S.

nippon_wa

if u don't care 'bout the price, why don't u get a better car w/ 6spd??

(our CL is good... but u know.. if u want 3.0 to 5spd..)

Hobo

really you dont care... then why the fuck are you driving a 7 year old middle of the line car?

go buy a Ferrari, or a SLR, or something cool, oh wait maybe you do care about the price

Mike 350Z

Yeah most people say it's more cost-effective in the long run to use the same money to put a nice down payment on an 03 CLS6spd instead of put a manual in our cars.

97Acura3.0CL

its been done to convert to the 6spd swap from the CL-S but its cost the guy like over 6500 to do teh conversion for just the conversion alone and then he ran into problems after that with the ECU not liking the new tranny and was idling funny

DanMan1464

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

"I dont care about the cost I can pay it"

And you drive a 3.0 CL......with big ballin talks you should be up in the Ferarri level, or at least BMW M3 E46 level

DanMan1464

but anyway, i'd have like 10k set aside for the tranny work etc.

97-3.0Man

Hmmm I had a 97 DB7 handed to me when I was 16 by my dad. But Im not into the whole European thing and to add to it... not many ppl in the Sac valley drive nething like that so we sold it and I got the money to buy what I wanted.

Slooo97CL

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waste of time

pebe

trade in the 3.0 for a 2.3 5spd and turbo the shit out of it.

jandj2204

u made a good choice wen u got to buy what u wanted, its all about the cl's. I almost put a nice chunk down on a G35 coupe,but dicided to keep the cl just cause no-one else really has em especially younger people.

DivineCL

I say "DO IT"!
Nobody has ever done this to a CL. You can be teh first.
Like DanMan said I would set aside at least 10k for the whole work.
I would rather like to see you do an engine swap using a CL-S
engine and of course with the 6spd tranny. Our CL's are lighter so
I believe that you would be sooo quick and fools will underestimate you
to find themselves left behind. Once again "DO IT"!

vansonrider

DB7? Aston Martin Correct?

ib_jimmy

how much did u get for that 97 DB7, and what was the milage on it?

ib_jimmy

i would of kept the DB7 and pick up mad hoes!

klepto

ghost_masterCL

you would get better results if you just did a full engine swap from a CLS-6. You could get the J32, 6 sp. tranny, nd engine ECU and have it installed for a negligable amount more than the tranny swap. You might even be able to do it for less than the tranny swap alone, because all those little kinks that need to be ironed out add up in cost. I'm pretty sure I saw someone got a 6.sp J32 w/ ECU for like $5k, so add maybe $2k for install and that's an easy $7k for install, plus little kinks here and htere, but there definitely won't be as many problems as with the tranny swap alone.

18anatak

16 yr old with a DB7? hmm, do you guys smell that?

pebe

i just looked at a few on the net, 1997 db7's go for upwards of 100k. and u got rid of it for a cl? wow......

DanMan1464

yeah he's obvious

babyloc86

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My wife's kid's father (second marriage for both of us) has more money
than common sense. He is also the king of the give them money not time club. The three teenagers have: 2004 Peugeout 206 hard top convertible (19 year old), 2004 Volvo 40 (18) and a 2005 Mini (16 year old daughter)

So I would not doubt him. I went to Beverly High Della Barris had a new 924 which was madly expensive for what it was in 1978.

baboya96

Yeah, true some kids can have 'nice' 'exotic' cars... but he goes out and trade it for 1st generation CL.. you got to wonder how much of this story is accurate... imo.. this is complete BS and even if he has the money to convert his CL, just donate that to a charity or something and save urself a lot of trouble..

agranado

hey man, I'll give you mad props. You swap that 5/6 spd into your 3.0 - be unique... that's what its all about. Dont let these guys tell you "but you can put that money towards xx car.." bah. fuck that, start showing some pride in your cars guys, its a 6/7/8 year old car, but its still your CL damnit.

-Alex

DivineCL

to everyone's motha...nukka's!

mfkitson

I love my 3.0CL, it's a Great car, but

if I had a DB7 to trade in I thinkI could find a car that is much faster and much nicer to love!

it sounds like BS to me too

97silver2.2CL

Nah, I know people from newport that own ferrari's

i dont think hes bs-ing IMO

Motohip

If I was rich, I'd start out with something with more potential. Most likely RWD. Like a 318ti. Swap an M3 engine into it and it'll be fast.

MENACEx818

lol david u started slangin or wut? mr. big baller, buy me a new tranny

bird10

He probably meant a RX7, not a DB7...

Yeah, we all love our CL's, but dumping $10k into a car that old is a little rediculous -

Motohip

Maybe he meant this DB7.

Motohip

or this one?

wilp99

was that a bentley continental gt?

2.2Clean

Ill take those rims!!

SiGye

"was that a bentley continental gt?"
-No that's the Aston Martin DB7