Vs v6 auto to manual conversion

Beno Beno. Hi there, I have finally come to the realisation that the auto has to go and be replaced with a manual. I know this is dirt cheap and would be mad to pass it down. The car is complete so i know all parts are still there. Now my problem is i have been told that i have to change the complete wiring harness is this true, or do i only have to change the gearbox wiring. Also are the diffs different from auto to manual, would it be wise to change this at the same time.

Yes, it has a different motor. Use the list of parts in that thread to work out what you need, as the conversion is essentially the same. TrikkBen I'm Back :D. Speak to this guy mate, he will sort the ECU and Loom side of things. What series it is wont make a difference when doing manual conversion.

I got different computer from trx for my vs manual conversion used vp gearbox. The auto and manuals have diferent plugs for the reverse lights and speedo, but these were supplied with the different computer purchased. Thecar ran like a turd without this computer by the way. The wiring loom is only from the computer a big rubber grommet through the fire wall around the engine and to the gearbox, not the whole car.

Do not forget also the metal plate that is around the gear shifter, you will have to drill out 6 or 8 rivets, or you will have to make one up like i had to. Starter motor is different. There is some sort of spacer that the clutch cable does through into the firewall, i do not have this, and holden does not sell these anymore, so i have a bunch of washers there which is far from ideal, get this if you are able. This is all i can think of now, if i remember anything else i will let you know!!

Their option is also billet steel and the same price but they dont use the flex plate other than to check that they are providing the right flywheel for the application. PS: I have those weight references here too as he emailed them to me, should anyone want them They machine out the weight "offset" when CNC machining.

This is the option I think I will go for but I do still need to find out the total weight of the flywheel. I'm guess their's will be around 10kg's. The stock 8 bolt is nearly 11KG's. Then to top it off the one I made had the mass of the weight in close to the centre where as the stocky has it at the outer circumference. I have finally finished my conversion and have been driving it for about 5 months. The difference is fantastic. Better response and most of all heaps better economy.

My biggest issue was the flywheel. What I ended up doing to save on cost was to remove the counter weight from the flex plate and fix it to the flywheel. The only issue I still had to fix was an occasional stalling when coming down to idle at lights. Even though I used a manual ECU to try to avoid this issue. My guess is that the T5 has a speed sensor with the ratio in the box telling the computer it is a 3. I still need to hook it up to my laptop to do the final recal I installed an NVRAM so I will be able to tune and retune aswell as tuning on the fly basically giving me a built in dyno tuner but better as it allows real time tuning, but that's another story to tell if your interested I have had drama's since though as the engine has developed a severe shake at rpm.

When doing the conversion I check the "squareness of the mating surface at the end of the crankshaft where the flex plate was bolted to. It was NOT square!! That equates to alot at the outer circumference of the flywheel. To fix this issue I spent 3! Just incase the damage WAS caused by my flywheel. This time I bought another VS commodore for cheap to get around in so there's not as much of a hurry I'm pretty sure that the crank was on it's way out prior to the conversion though as it always had a vibration when it was an auto aswell.

I'll leave it at that for now. Let me know if there's more you want to know or need to find out. Cheers Paul. Last edited: 23 March Good to have you along with us. HugoBoss The Torque Meister. Yea Holden, great to have you matey. Points Location Alone in the dark. Car Insignia SRI. Hello and Welcome to TorqueCars. Thanks guys! And thanks for the info! My VS vibrates slightly as well with the auto at a certain RPM especially if I gun it, I thought maybe tail shaft uni stuffed but mechanic said its ok, then I thought it may be out of balance.

I asked him about the crank balance, he said should be ok but I am suspicious about it and now u mentioned this in your reply makes me sure it's the crank, have been thinking that this is the drama for a while which is not cool!! I am yet to do the conversion, will catch up with the Mechanic and see how much experience he has with it. My VS liter meter says Vhcomm Newbie. Points 1 Location Victoria Car Which one?! Customcreations said:. Click to expand Points 0 Location adelaide Car hilux 4x4 commodore.

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