I had a half a day of me time today so I decided to get everything out and finally get the 6 speed swap going.
I hope it all its cracked up to be.

 

you wont be mad. lol

 

I hope this can help you out man.

https://acurazine.com/forums/second-...n-swap-905115/

 

^ Thats for a auto trans swap.
Im done messing with the autos.

I do have a higher stall convertor for sale out of my last trans and a 06 tl trans if anyone wants anything to do with it.

 

Awesome. Now get the 3.80 final drive gear and put that in before you stick the trans in

Clicky ---> https://acurazine.com/forums/perform...-drive-910949/

 

Def interested in that.

Pulled auto timming stuff off .
At good time,found crank seal starting to creap out and getting damaged by the pulley or guide .



Shifter and cable out.
No turning back now.

 

Good luck! In for results.

 

You won't be disappointed

 

Are you just using a CL-S6 ecu, or are you going to use the AEM unit?

 

i like how you did that shit not in the comfort of your garage but out on lawn/sidewalk/street.

and good luck!
always impressive when some one DIY's

 

in for results, where are you located by the way?

 

Just using the cl-s6 ecu first.

You would've love to see how I compressed my tensioner then.
I compressed it in between a floor jack and the frame of my truck.

New cam and crank seals installed.
CLS6 timing installed.
I had to shim the cam sensors a little more using the 6 speed stuff with the 08tls cams.

 

Got just about all I need today.
Just waiting on a PP and throwout bearing.

 

Getting things together.

 

Did you decide on a clutch?

 

Yeah I decided just to go oem with the p2r disc because I'm not going to be able to beat it with nitrous for a while due to break in.
It will be a try out thing while waiting for other options to come out.

Shifter is in.

 

 

clutch pedal spacer.



Engine bay side master cylinder.



Is this where the damper goes ?

 

Getting closer.

 

Yay, you got the pedal spacer I mentioned in a previous thread. It will save you mucho headaches. BUT I would put it on the engine bay side instead. This way the pedal still sits flush with the firewall. Otherwise the pedal bracket's going to flex from the space and probably eventually crack. It happened to me

 

Thanks,
I thought it would mess with the lines having me have to bend my new lines out of shape.

Put new trans mounts in today.

 

Strange, the stock 03 CL-S6 puts it on the cabin side.

 

Trans and engine mated.
Rear engine mount grinded and painted to clear auto headers.

 

 

thanks for documenting the swap. i know a lot of auto owners
have thought of this.

I like your workshop though(sidewalk) lol. I hope there are no joggers in your area.

 

Auto dash stuff out today.
Should have my dam axle seals today so I can drop engine and trans in.

 

nice progress! gotta love a 6MT DIY!

 

I gotta say I applaud anyone who has the courage and skill to get a task as daunting as a 6 speed swap done. Let alone on the sidewalk. That's just epic.

 

funny how we all at one time or another have felt brave taking on a task we havent done before with our cars....then you have this lol

 

Some more work in today.






And does the 6speed not have the coolent sensor in the head ?
Their was no plug for it.

 

Get rid of the damper for the clutch, and yes, the 6 speed doesnt have/use the coolant sensor in the head.

 

thanks now i can put the rest together under the hood.I thought i was going to have to rewire.
I just bought all the damper stuff.where were you when i was asking about what to delte from the clutch line stuff.
I think all i want to do is modify the slave just not sure how.

 

Removing the damper is easier. The slave can be a pita.

 

I got the radiator,belts,manifold, vac and fuel lines hooked up.

I went to do the J pipe and think one of my o2 sensors is hitting something.
It started raining so I did not get a good look yet.

 

Definitely cool you're DIY'ing. Also cool you found a 6MT trans to put in it (none near me.. )

 

...interesting...

 

dunno if this would work but ... you could try putting on a bent defouler which will give u some slack back and will reposition the o2 sensor to be parallel with the j pipe vs being perpendicular.

i did this when i did the xlr8 high flow cat. xlr8 sells the defouler which he reccommended and it gave me the slack i needed and got rid of the code it likely would produce from the emmissions being worse

 

My wide band o2 sensor is right under the engine and its a tight fit and I got it back on but I did order a 45 for the sensor and its already here.

Problem today is I cant turn the motor over by hand.

Finished up just about everything except the interior harnesses today and deceided to turn the motor over and its locked. With the cam covers off i can turn the shafts a touch in either direction so I dont think its binding there.
Blead lines to the slave and have a hard pedal.
removed starter

It just locked at the crank.


Does the motor stay locked if no one is pressing the clutch or do I have something installed wrong ?

 

Pulled the timing belt.
Cams will turn,crank wont.
It has to be in between the engine and trans.

I wonder If I installed the disk the right way.
I installed it with the longer side of the disc's shaft facing the trans.
Is that correct ?

 

Great project RP, love to see all the stuff you've done