New car solution converting auto to 5spd. Some questions!

[Ven]

Yeah, I actually had the 951 for 3 whole days "test drive" but ended up giving it back. I know myself I would have gotten in trouble with it and I am to use to the low end tourqe of my S4.

I read a post couple days back of someone converting an auto to a 5spd and I re tooled my train of thought. What al needs to be swaped out to convert to 5 spd? My brother said it can be done and the hardest thing would be the clutch pedal.

Now my 944 is a late 85 and the parts car will be a 83-84. Does anyone know if such a trade will work? Can a early model trany be fitted into a late model? What about the trans mounts? What will have to be done to make that work? And what all needs to be changed? Driveshaft, flywheel etc...

thanks
Ven

[daly944]

I just got my car back from this conversion, and wow, it is so much faster!!! You need a whole lot of ****, and its not cheap, and its very time consuming. You will need to change out tons of stuff, I will try to get a full list for you, I ordered all my parts from parts heaven, most are new, and a shop did the work for me. I am very happy with it, and the difference is very noticeable. email me with further questions.

[adrian jaye]

HI,

As Daly944 has had it done. It's obvioulsy possible but. It's very heavy on your wallet.
And in my opinion really not worth doing

Your better off selling her and buying a manual

[Ven]

Well since I have a parts 944 with all the stuff needed and access to my borthers shop I wont have any money tied into it, just time.

I was just curiious if pre 85 parts would hum in a late 85.

It would be next to impossiable to find a manual 944 in the same mechanical/cosmetic condition as the auto I recived from my grandfater. It has all the bells and whistels and is in just to good a shpe to part with.

[85944na]

another problem you will encounter is with the gauges, the early cars have some cable guages, and I could be wrong, but I think the gauges in the later cars are electonic, if this is so you will have to switch sensors, and I dont know if they will fit... I dont know where all the sensors are, but I know some are around the tranny, or in it?

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[daly944]

YOU GOT YOUR AUTO FROM YOUR GRANDPA??? cool, so did i, mine is in mint condition with 28k miles, so thats why i did the conversion.

[Ven]

What was your total cost parts wise?