Have i mentioned how much i like the sound of VTEC??? hahahaha Oh and rowing the gears is a blast!

 

Werd! Congratulations

 

man that is hot!!!! you will b getting plety of PM from me in the near future...congrats!!!!

 

CONGRATS! Probably the only 6MT 2nd gen TL around.

 

grats kris, i would never have the brains or steel in me to rip my car apart like you did

 

Thanks. Probably for now but i know it wont be for long.
It was a learning experiance but it was worth it!

 

Wow! Just awesome.

Congratulations!

Bob

 

WOOHOO! Now you and I gotta race at the Wisconsin Meet......

I can see the threads now...

"THE ONLY 2G 6MT TL vs. 3G 6MT TL"

 

Holy Shit, you did it. I can't even express any emotions, that's how shocked I am. This conversion better hold up and solve our dreaded tranny issue. lol

 

You are the man! I vote for you for Member/moderator of the year!!!!!!

 

Ledt me get some shakedown time and i will for sure I still want to get headers, im using the stock TL-P manifold and lower pipe and its smaller than the type-s so i know im loosing hp there. I need to find a way to get one of the other headers to fit cause im not spending 1200+ on the manual comptech header

It should, the manuals dont have clutch packs to wear out, just a single clutch thats supposed to be changed every so often. (plus i think the new upgraded parts for the autos may have worked)

Works for me!! fsttyms1 for teh win!!!

 

Kris, I meant to tell you I got a new program that has color wiring diagrams. I don't know if I can save them as a pic and send them to you but if you need some diagrams let me know.

 

Sweet. Thanks! Ill keep that in mind

 

Lets make this a three way dance since I am in the area as well. Lets see how my i/h/e/p TL-S does

 

Yeah Kris Congrats.

 

Congrats!

 

YES! I have hope once again!!! By the way, you do know that eventually you'll be the founding father of a future group-buy...right? lol

 

awesome, cant wait to see some pics of it fully reassembled. congrats man!

 

dam thats crazy kris i cant wait to see the videos of that VTEC roaring down the highway lol

 

group buy of....manual trannies for a 2nd gen TL???

i would love to see one of those

 

Heheh.....bring it on!

It's going to be a weekend of on the cars!

 

Soon!

Sounds good to me!!

 

Sweet... who needs power windows and door locks when you have a 6spd

 

Thats what im thinking! I can always go in to order food instead of using tghe drive thru, I have IPass for when going thru IL so i dont have to roll my window down to toss change out. and the key still works for unlocking the doors

 

Great Job Bro..... Looking Forward 4 Da Vid

 

Man, i read through 35 pages of posts and I'm speechless. I got a little nervous when you had the problem with the cam gear, but I'm glad you got it working.

The other info you provided along the way also helped me out (as I'm sure a lot of other people as well). The info on the pistons, timing belt, etc was priceless for me. I am about to hit 100k and was starting to wonder about the timing belt and the engine in general, but this kind of puts my mind at ease....

Way to go Kris!!! Have a couple cold ones now

 

Thanks.

 

Well i went to take the TL for a spin today.














































































and couldnt due to road construction, SO...........................................










































I did the next best thing





Hope the neighbors dont mind

 

no helmet.....

 

How do you think i became dumb enough to try this swap???

 

So, how was the USGP?

 

yea. actually when i crashed my dirt bike on the track last time, the saftey gear actually broke my collar bone. the hemet and chest protector broke the collar bone when i fell.


meh, sounds like you can drive it now right. thats a success story isn't it?

 

Great!
Yep, im still in the shake down phase, need to get teh windows and locks to work and get the air recharged. But sofar so good! It will probably be acouple weeks for more road tests since the road construction wont let me get the car out of the driveway

 

Well i got the seats figured out. I have them hooked up now so that they work. Now for the windows and locks. For some reason the drivers side window switch multiplex is always powered so that the drivers window always goes up and down, and that the switches are always lit. I need to figure that out and i think the locks will be easy.

 

Congrats Kris!

 

thats awesome man! Cant wait for more pics

 

Well i got the car over this this weekend after installing the header and took the car on a 300 mile road trip. No issues whatso ever. Runs great and is very fast. Way faster than the old tl-p was No issues with header resonance. It will spin the tires going into 3rd and passing is a blast. Now i just need to finish the interior work (if i ever get a chance to stay home and not have to run out of town for work all week)

Ths is the obstacle i had to get over to get the car out of driveway (about a 8 inch lip on each side)

 

please tell me you used boards or something similar to get over that

 

Got a running start and jumped it Used 2 pallets and some 2x6 nd drove right over

 

^^ rofl


nice job on the car, how long did it take?

its cool to own a 6 spd tl i bet...very nice again tho...u should work as a mechanic at a shop...lol