Does anyone know the possibility and cost of changing out an AT tranny from and 06 2.5 to a manual??

I made the mistake of buying and Auto because of the pain of driving manual in the snow, and now i regret, please help me out on this!

 

I wouldn't even consider it on a car that new. It would be easier to sell it and get a manual transmission-equipped car. Swapping the transmission would void your warranty, even if you bought all new parts and had a dealer do the swap. If you really really want to dit it, it's not actually that hard. You basically need a 5 speed gearbox, the linkage, clutch and flywheel, pedal box assembly, clutch master and slave cylinders to match the gearbox, a 5 speed ECU for your year car, and possibly some rewiring. It's straight forward, but time consuming and labor intensive.

 

are you sure thats all thats needed?

tranny
linkage
clutch/flywheel
pedals
clutch cylinders
ecu
and wiring?

I thought the 5 speed driveshaft was longer and the final drive ratios were different, requiring a new rear diff. can we get a brucelee ruling on this please?

 

Yeah, you would need a driveshaft, and possibly a rear diff. I think all WRXs are 3.90 in the rear for example.

 

hmm, well the donor car Im looking at would be able to give up the rear diff

 

its cheaper to go buy a MT car

labour is expensive

you need slave and master also

 

I'll have access to a good donor car for cheap. Thats the only reason I'm actually going to do this...in the past it was just a dream

oh yeah, and the labor is $1k at FLI....I would hit up Gruppe-S...but yeah

 

one more question

is do you need to switch ecus for the 02/03s? I know the Cobb AP is the same for the ATs and MTs