ok well most of the talk on here is that you can but a new car for the price the at to mt swap costs. that is a myth! i converted mine for around 500 - 600 dollars. that included a new clutch and pressure plate. first you don't need to buy a donor car or all new parts.
what i did was
1)go to the junk yard
2)look for a car with low miles
3)start disasembly
4)buy all your parts

you do not need the ecu but if you do check the vin and get the same year ecu! 99 and 98 are interchangeable. a member here told me about that.
the axles are the same. same part numbers, we checked.
console? yes they are the same
the part/neutral relay is diffrent! on normaly open other closed.

thats all i can think of, its not too hard just be patient. it is worth it! best "mod" for power I've done

The main reason for having a donor car is so that you can have something to refrence as you swap parts from one car to the other.
Unless you take lots of refrence pics or have a photographic memory there's a very likely chance that you're going to miss or forget something important.

i did it with no problem and i was 16 then. there isn't much to it.

That's it's possible and affordable has been documented here for years. There's even a wiki writeup on it.

it doesn't say much. he also left out some important info

So update it. That is the point of a wiki.

even tho I do not have pictures?

Originally posted by Dstach
even tho I do not have pictures?

yea well info w/o pictures is better than no info aat all lol!!

yea, this thread just reinforces the wiki articles and info out there on the web.

if you're gonna update it w/ your info and pics, put these in too:

VSS wiring: http://www34.brinkster.com/chamukogs/ATtoMT%20with%20pictures%20in%20document_files/vss.bmp
Reverse sensor wiring: http://www34.brinkster.com/chamukogs/ATtoMT%20with%20pictures%20in%20document_files/reverse.bmp
Addl info: http://www34.brinkster.com/chamukogs/ATtoMTswapWritten%20by%20Mike.htm

Me and my friends did it on a weekend at my buddies place on Iowa. We took our time (many beer breaks)and did it for about 600 and even got a good condition south bend clutch with trans

Originally posted by susafuss
Me and my friends did it on a weekend at my buddies place on Iowa. We took our time (many beer breaks)and did it for about 600 and even got a good condition south bend clutch with trans

Then it appears you need to update your sig my friend.

lol yeah sorry don't come on here to much anymore

Originally posted by Dstach
it doesn't say much. he also left out some important info

Have you looked in the past few months? There are two now and one of them has lots of detail and pictures. I'm sure of that.

Corbin
'95 ESI-T

Now with more power and fewer leaks



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