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Originally posted by EclipseTenzoR Before you even say.. USE THE SEARCH! I did thorougly for the past couple days. I may be buying the tranny and mtx ecu for my car soon. First My Questions -Anyone In The Southern New Jersey Area Do This Swap Wanna Help? -Am I going to need a Manual Gauge Cluster because I didnt quite understand whether or not my automatic one would still work, or if my tach would be off. -How long is the install and is it tedious or should it really be strait on through after dropping the auto and slippin the flywheel and clutch on. -Will my car still pass inspection even though my VIN will say that the car was an auto Also.. Will My Cruise Control Still Be Functional
You dont need the manual gauge cluster. The one you have will work just fine, your tach will still be accurate.
The swap took me about 3 days, not working on it all the time, its not too bad of a project. everything is pretty straight forward. The holes for the clutch pedal assembly/master cylinder are easy to make, the firewall is 2 layers, and on the inside layer the holes are already cut out, so just drill through and make the outside layer match the inside and it will bolt right up. the holes for the clutch fluid resevoir are already there, they're covered by silver stickers right above where the master cylinder goes.
In MI we dont have inspection, so i have no idea whether or not you will pass or not.
Cruise control will still work too.
You dont NEED a new ecu, but its nice to get the new 7200 redline. i still have my auto ecu in. If you remove the TCU you'll get a cel for it if you dont swap the ecu.
-------------------- 99 GS-Turbo 3.55 MTX S16G @ ~15psi - FMIC - Forged Internals Clinton Township, MI
