Help me guys with 6 speed swap!!!
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The connectors are reversed on the NB trannies, then. When installing the 6-speed in an NA, you cut the two connectors off both switches and install them on the opposite switch, then plug it in as normal once it's in the car.
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Looks like I'm going down the 6-speed (probably a 2002 NB tranny) into my 1997 NA car.
So, from what I gather, I'll need to do (or not):
1) get the NB trans plate (thin metal)
2) swap the connectors/switches for the wires to reverse and neutral? bbundy or anyone that's done this, can you confirm....or was this speculation?
3) No need to change anything w/ the driveshaft, u-joint, etc.
4) Does the PPF bar for the 5-speed mate up, or does the 6-speed take up more real estate? Do I need to get the 6-speed one from an NB (if so, does it match up w/ the NA bolt holes)?
So, from what I gather, I'll need to do (or not):
1) get the NB trans plate (thin metal)
2) swap the connectors/switches for the wires to reverse and neutral? bbundy or anyone that's done this, can you confirm....or was this speculation?
3) No need to change anything w/ the driveshaft, u-joint, etc.
4) Does the PPF bar for the 5-speed mate up, or does the 6-speed take up more real estate? Do I need to get the 6-speed one from an NB (if so, does it match up w/ the NA bolt holes)?
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BTW, is there anything else we may have missed if we've got an NA (in my case a 1997 1.8) motor/body and are installing the NB 6-speed?
Do I need to do anything w/ the speedo (keep the 6-speed's, use my existing?)? Will my speedo be off? Also, will I see higher cruising rpms at 70mph w/ my existing LSD?
Do I need to do anything w/ the speedo (keep the 6-speed's, use my existing?)? Will my speedo be off? Also, will I see higher cruising rpms at 70mph w/ my existing LSD?
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BTW, is there anything else we may have missed if we've got an NA (in my case a 1997 1.8) motor/body and are installing the NB 6-speed?
Do I need to do anything w/ the speedo (keep the 6-speed's, use my existing?)? Will my speedo be off? Also, will I see higher cruising rpms at 70mph w/ my existing LSD?
Do I need to do anything w/ the speedo (keep the 6-speed's, use my existing?)? Will my speedo be off? Also, will I see higher cruising rpms at 70mph w/ my existing LSD?
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Ed today I was out driving and was tuning also. Cruising at 70mph in 6th gear put me at ~3500rpms in Tunerstudio. My teach showed one like below 4000rpms. At 85mph TS showed ~3800rpms and the tach showed about 4k.
#40
it is very common for factory standard tachometers (and speedo's) to read a bit high at the top of the scale. Porsche 911 speedo's are off by 20 mph up top (says you are doing 200 and you are really at 180-185). I doubt the tranny swap has anything to do with an inaccurate tach,can't think of any way they are related anyway.