Check out what i just picked up for $1500

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Rebuilt engine and tranny, smooth and sleek

[cantdrv55]

$1500? That's a steal, no?

[jorian]

Wow. Smokin deal. A buddy has one and spent more than that refreshing his rear bumper!

[Aurel]

Sweet. How many miles on the chassis ?

Aurel

[Don Plumley]

Steal. You could sell parts for way more than that...

[masraum]

Sweet, the 635 csi was my favorite when I was 16. It's still a damn cool car.

[Jeff Higgins]

Is the other side caved in or something?

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

nope, very clean. 40,000 on rebuild.

Anyone know whats involved in swapping in a manual?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Damnation. He got any more at that price?

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
i've done the swap before, very easy.

you just need all the parts from a donor car. once you have all the parts, it's not much more work than doing a clutch replacement.

in a nutshell, you just change the flywheel to a manual flywheel, install manual trans and clutch like normal. You also need a driveshaft from a manual car since it's a different length.

you need the pedal box from the manual car, it just swaps right in. the clutch slave is attached to it, you just run a stock line from the brake fluid reservoir to feed the slave.

the only thing that isn't strictly bolt on/bolt off is a bracket to hold the shifter console in the center tunnel. That needs to be cut off the donor car. It can be welded onto your car, or bolted in. I simply bolted it in. All it does is hold the end of the shifter console in place, no biggy.

you have to rewire the trigger for the reverse lights. it was simple, although I don't remember the details. basically, you just jump a wire.

that's it. i did the conversion in one day in my garage working alone.

transforms the car. they are kinda doggy with their slushy automatics, but are very fun to drive with a 5 speed.

rough price? I figure that I should swap a manual in with all the money i've just saved.

[M.D. Holloway]

Didn't you just get a Datson not long ago? Very nice car BTW - if it was silver it would look like the car in Moonlighting starring Cybil Shepard and Bruce Willis!

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

yep, the datsun was sold to pay for this.

Has an awesome red/black interior that is nearly perfect as well. Red leather seats with red trim on the black doorpanels. Looks really cool

[fastpat]

Originally posted by Jared Fenton
nope, very clean. 40,000 on rebuild.

Anyone know whats involved in swapping in a manual?

Yes.

What year?

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

its an 85

[HardDrive]

Thats an insane deal. The old 6 series were great looking cars.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

it has a few issues, but nothing major

1. the speedo seems to fluctuate and not go past 80MPH, not sure if it's the speedo or the sender. it seems like it's strugging to get up there and the needle just wobbles a few mm in either direction. odometer also does not work, although he does have reciepts from N. Hollywood speedo for a previous fix. anyone have any ideas?

2. It needs a valve adjustment, probably a new O2 sensor as well. Overall it runs strong, but it needs a general tune up

3. new stereo/speakers are a given, while not in bad shape, they do sound old.

4. new accelerator cable, as the old one is stretched pretty bad, and doesnt have much adjustment left in it.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC

Finally, there are 3 different types of manuals used from 83 to 89, and 2 different types of shifter console/mechanisms (sheet metal in early, aluminum in later). I chose to use the latest version trans (forgot what it's called) and aluminum console. These are used in 86-89.

The 5 speed should be the same from the E30, right? As far as the clutch and flywheel, those should be the same as well, right? Id just need to match the pin for the motronic.

I may have a lead on a complete 5 speed from a 325 with linkage

[Jeff Higgins]

Dang. Were you holding a gun to his head? Did you have "pictures" he didn't want to get out? I'm trying to get to the bottom of this...

[fastpat]

Originally posted by Jared Fenton
its an 85

Good, that's one that shares many components with an E28, and is much more solid than the earlier ones. There were two years that were better, '88 and '89, but only the engines which had later fuel/ignition management systems.

There's a Sharkfest scheduled next month, you should consider going to it. Even if you can't bring your car, you'll learn alot about it. There's also the Big Coupe Group who have a lot of info.

Doing the manual tranny swap is moderately challenging, but many have done it. It's identical to doing the job on an E28.
The manual transmission swap into an automatic equipped car.


Picture of what you need:
http://www.terrysaytherauto.com/TransConv.htm

[fastpat]

Originally posted by Jared Fenton
The 5 speed should be the same from the E30, right? As far as the clutch and flywheel, those should be the same as well, right? Id just need to match the pin for the motronic.

I may have a lead on a complete 5 speed from a 325 with linkage

The E30 five speed bolts to the M20 engine, not the M30 engine in your sixer. If you want a 3.73 ratio limited slip you can get that from a six cylinder E30, changing to the E28 diff cover and stub axles is all that's required for that.