Rotary Car Club - View Single Post - 1990 rx7 vert auto to five speed conversion

Max777 · 02-16-2009, 12:16 AM

Do you have a transmission to go in this thing already? I would STRONGLY recomend you to use the Turbo transmission, along with a performance clutch, this might be a bit more expensive to do, but in the long run, the N/A transmissions are known to fail, even more so, the stock clutch disks are even worse!

NOTE: A nice thing about an auto to manual swap, is that you can retain the stock driveshaft if you get the Turbo model's transmission, it's a bit a bit of a ghetto fit, but this will allow you to retain the stock rear end untill you have more money to buy a turbo differential housing.

Further info on differentials: FD (1993-1995) models have a really nice TORSEN unit that fits into the FC turbo rear diff housing, this is a setup I am doing myself, and one that has been recomended numerous times by others who did it)

Anyway, good luck with the swap, is it just me, or does it looks like a lot of people have gotten blue S5 convertibles lately? (I have one too!)

02-16-2009, 12:16 AM	#13
Max777 Pirate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central IL Posts: 1,323 Rep Power: 19	Do you have a transmission to go in this thing already? I would STRONGLY recomend you to use the Turbo transmission, along with a performance clutch, this might be a bit more expensive to do, but in the long run, the N/A transmissions are known to fail, even more so, the stock clutch disks are even worse! NOTE: A nice thing about an auto to manual swap, is that you can retain the stock driveshaft if you get the Turbo model's transmission, it's a bit a bit of a ghetto fit, but this will allow you to retain the stock rear end untill you have more money to buy a turbo differential housing. Further info on differentials: FD (1993-1995) models have a really nice TORSEN unit that fits into the FC turbo rear diff housing, this is a setup I am doing myself, and one that has been recomended numerous times by others who did it) Anyway, good luck with the swap, is it just me, or does it looks like a lot of people have gotten blue S5 convertibles lately? (I have one too!) __________________ Rotaries:They are NOT that complicated!