Total manual transmission SVXs on the Network

[k0ck3n]

I got a maybe stupid qustion that I wounder if someone of you can answear me on: Why change to a 5 gear stick?

I understand that it is more fun to drive with a stick (here its standard with stick, so this is my seond aut on 10 cars) but I wounder if it makes the car accelerate better, go faster, smoother or what u gain on replacing the aut transmission?

[JaySVX]

By all means it will. You have control over your shifting, you can accellerate faster, get better handling, etc. with a 5speed manual trans. Plus i believe they're lighter, a plus, and they last longer. How many auto trans you hear about dying, vs how many manual trans you hear about dying?

I don't get how the auto trans can be at 2000rpm in gear at say 50mph, and you hit the gas and it go to 2500rpm, remain at 50mph. There has to be loss there, shouldn't rpm be directly proportional to speed and gear? My first auto ever, sorry.

[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by JaySVX

By all means it will. You have control over your shifting, you can accellerate faster, get better handling, etc. with a 5speed manual trans. Plus i believe they're lighter, a plus, and they last longer. How many auto trans you hear about dying, vs how many manual trans you hear about dying?

I don't get how the auto trans can be at 2000rpm in gear at say 50mph, and you hit the gas and it go to 2500rpm, remain at 50mph. There has to be loss there, shouldn't rpm be directly proportional to speed and gear? My first auto ever, sorry.

torque converter my friend.... acts similar to a clutch

Tom

[JaySVX]

If going mtx, will i be rid of it?

[LetItSnow]

Your clutch will be happy to take its place.

Tom, is my car #36?

[Hocrest]

Originally Posted by k0ck3n

I got a maybe stupid qustion that I wounder if someone of you can answear me on: Why change to a 5 gear stick?

I understand that it is more fun to drive with a stick (here its standard with stick, so this is my seond aut on 10 cars) but I wounder if it makes the car accelerate better, go faster, smoother or what u gain on replacing the aut transmission?

I've driven both, and it makes the SVX a completely different car. It all depends on what kind of car you want your SVX to be.

Auto - My daily driver, still has the stock 3.545 transmission. I love the smoothness and the way that I can just keep pushing harder on the gas and without a thought be pushing 100 mph (on a closed course )
The automatic makes the SVX what it was designed for, a Luxury GT car.

5/6 speed - The Racer, was recently converted to a 4.11 5-Speed out of a Legacy. Since a manual is slightly more efficient in transferring power this gets the most power to the wheels. It also gives a higher degree of control which will be important this season when we start running hill climbs. A properly tuned SVX with a 5 speed is converted into a sports car.

Those are my thoughts on it anyway

[k0ck3n]

Ok, I think I have gotten the answear that I wanted, Thanks.

I will test the SVX this summer plus winter probebly, and then decide if its too boring in snow. (its a wintercar in first, becaus I drive the bike for the summer) But if I decide to change to a manual, as I understand it it's not too hard, I'm not a gearhead but I have spendt a littel too many hours in the garage for the last 2-3 years (cheap cars that I drive too hard, and no interest in leaving them to someone else).

But how many hours working time (not waiting for parts or such) am I looking at? 20-30?
If I stay with automatic is it still a good idea to change the chip? I will probelby just put in a open air filter and bigger exoustsystem (spelling is hard ).

[foxalex]

Count me in please

[JaySVX]

Those with experience say it takes about 40hr to swap out the auto and in iwth the manual. Change the chip? you mean get a tuned ecu? There's quite a few people that have done that, personal preference i guess. My car is stock at the moment, but i'm getting new exhaust soon because it's rotting out. I plan to go with a 5mt swap end of summer/beginning of fall though, because it's more "fun" for me. Once that's out of the way i'll be going with a full slew of enhancements to ensure logevity of the car, and increase fun. For now though, the car is fun in auto, and i can wait until that dies downa bit to go with the 5mt. If your looking for exhaust there's a bunch to chose from, all custom made by people here.

[k0ck3n]

Originally Posted by JaySVX

Those with experience say it takes about 40hr to swap out the auto and in iwth the manual. Change the chip? you mean get a tuned ecu? .........If your looking for exhaust there's a bunch to chose from, all custom made by people here.

Ok, maybe I can do it on 50-60 hours then, its not impossible that I will.
Yepp, ecu must be what I mean. (english I handle ruffly, tech english is harder )
I will probebly custom make one, but its not bad to sneak some ideas

[huck369]

IF you have everything ready that you'll need, a swap can be done in a weekend.

You need pre made:
Manual Crossmember
Modified shifter
Modified pedal box
extended driveshaft
plus the tranny stuff...

[svxfiles]

1. huck369- 5mt now CigarJohnny's
2. Tomssvx- 6mt*
3. gsodonis- 5mt
4. ensteele- 5mt
5. alex_umn- 6mt
6. Earthworm- 5mt donor=2002 WRX 3.90 (2nd 5spd in Canada)
7. Subafreak- 6mt
8. GreenMarineSVX- 5mt
9. mbtoloczko- 5mt
10. Phast SVX- 5mt turbo
11. UT_SVX- 5mt
12. svxsubaru1- 5mt
13. mohrds- 5mt
14. wawazat- 5mt
15. svxtasy- 5mt turbo
16. Earthworm's dad- 5mt (previously belonging to Green1995SVX)
17. robricc 2002 WRX- 5mt
18. TXCESSVX- 5mt
19. SilVerXtc- 5mt
20. AvPPoW- 5mt
21. Huck369's parts car- 5mt
22. Shotgunslade- 5mt*
23. Rmjjensen- 5mt
24. Wiznutwrx- 5mt(previously TomsSVX's)*
25. Motorsport-Svx Silver 5mt (sold a few yrs ago)
26. Landshark- 5EAT LGT(what the hell??)
27. ensteele- 5mt (previously TimH )
28. Want-a-fast-svx-(coulda sworn i was on this list b4)
29. Strange179- 5mt*
30. Double0Bondo- 5spd
31. bcpianoman - 5mt, donor 2003 WRX 3.90 (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
32. Mikecg- 6mt Stage III*
33. Speedklix - 4.11 5mt
34. kulaid - 5mt*
35. Ricochet 4.11 5mt 04 RS*
36. TomsSVX 4.11 5mt 00 RS*
37. Gest24 6mt 05wrx sti*
38. Sov1et 6mt 04wrx sti*(svxfiles did the conversion)
39. bcpianoman's son - 5mt, donor 2004 WRX 3.90 (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
40. Nemesis Destiny - 6MT; JDM v.8 (3rd 6MT in Canada to the best of my knowledge as of November '06)
41. Mr.Pwrlite - 5mt(since 4/03) Wow!, more converted SVX's than I thought.
42. svxcuseme- 5mt, 2002 WRX.
43. SVXBart- '04 Wrx 5mt
44. AFBeefcake- 5mt 2002 WRX (I still have to fix 3rd)
45. Huck369 -5mt 95 Impreza 3.90(Just finished a 5-speed swap in my Pearl Yellow one)
46. Benehoc Racer - 5mt *
47. Steven_esworthy - 5mt WRX
48. Pat from Pgh. (Not yet on The Network) 5mt, 1993 SVX

[TomsSVX]

1. huck369- 5mt now CigarJohnny's
2. Tomssvx- 6mt*
3. gsodonis- 5mt
4. ensteele- 5mt
5. alex_umn- 6mt
6. Earthworm- 5mt donor=2002 WRX 3.90 (2nd 5spd in Canada)
7. Subafreak- 6mt
8. GreenMarineSVX- 5mt
9. mbtoloczko- 5mt
10. Phast SVX- 5mt turbo
11. UT_SVX- 5mt
12. svxsubaru1- 5mt
13. mohrds- 5mt
14. wawazat- 5mt
15. svxtasy- 5mt turbo
16. Earthworm's dad- 5mt (previously belonging to Green1995SVX)
17. robricc 2002 WRX- 5mt
18. TXCESSVX- 5mt
19. SilVerXtc- 5mt
20. AvPPoW- 5mt
21. Huck369's parts car- 5mt
22. Shotgunslade- 5mt*
23. Rmjjensen- 5mt
24. Wiznutwrx- 5mt(previously TomsSVX's)*
25. Motorsport-Svx Silver 5mt (sold a few yrs ago)
26. Landshark- 5EAT LGT(what the hell??)
27. ensteele- 5mt (previously TimH )
28. Want-a-fast-svx-(coulda sworn i was on this list b4)
29. Strange179- 5mt*
30. Double0Bondo- 5spd
31. bcpianoman - 5mt, donor 2003 WRX 3.90 (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
32. Mikecg- 6mt Stage III*
33. Speedklix - 4.11 5mt
34. kulaid - 5mt*
35. Ricochet 4.11 5mt 04 RS*
36. TomsSVX 4.11 5mt 00 RS*
37. Gest24 6mt 05wrx sti*
38. Sov1et 6mt 04wrx sti*(svxfiles did the conversion)
39. bcpianoman's son - 5mt, donor 2004 WRX 3.90 (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
40. Nemesis Destiny - 6MT; JDM v.8 (3rd 6MT in Canada to the best of my knowledge as of November '06)
41. Mr.Pwrlite - 5mt(since 4/03) Wow!, more converted SVX's than I thought.
42. svxcuseme- 5mt, 2002 WRX.
43. SVXBart- '04 Wrx 5mt
44. AFBeefcake- 5mt 2002 WRX (I still have to fix 3rd)
45. Huck369 -5mt 95 Impreza 3.90(Just finished a 5-speed swap in my Pearl Yellow one)
46. Benehoc Racer - 5mt *
47. Steven_esworthy - 5mt WRX
48. Pat from Pgh. (Not yet on The Network) 5mt, 1993 SVX
49. Porschekiller - 4.44 5mt*
50. SVXRide - 4.11 5mt*
51. Reading Raffle Car - 4.11 wrx 5mt*

Bout time for the update

Tom

[SVXRide]

why is there a 5HEAT in the listing?
-Bill

[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

why is there a 5HEAT in the listing?
-Bill

Because its Alan and he is crazy

Tom