#5521, "RE: 4g63nt tranny question" In response to In response to 2 Apr-05-06 07:43 PM by MetalliHawk
I have a manual tranny on my 1g N/T, and used a 1.8 tranny for a year (bolted right up).
Originally posted by burntheblobs Im not going to pretend to know much about this at all, because I've never done any tranny work, but I DO know that your NT will be 10x less fun if you put a turbo transmission on there. Especially a turbo AWD one because of the gearing.
I in fact have a Turbo tranny now (since my 1.8 couldn't take the abuse)and I like it better. I had to change the front and rear engine brackets to move the motor forward so the bellhousing doesn't sit on the rear crossmember, and had to use a turbo flywheel and clutch. I assume you will find it the turbo auto tranny is much bigger too, if you attempt the swap. Final gear is longer, which means lower RPMS on highway trips, and interestingly enough 1st is actually a little shorter. I can't seem to find the chart online that shows the ratios right now, but I believe it is on the DSM Manual CD. This of course, could be different on the auto trannies.
No pics of the 2g yet....
