5 sp swap

[richardstanley]

Hey, i was thinking about piecing a 5sp swap together, if anyone's got anything let me know

[huck369]

Hey Richard...

Good to see you over here too....

[richardstanley]

Thanks huck Finally got an svx, thats my 8th alcyone, first svx

[TomsSVX]

What do you need?

tom

[richardstanley]

Basically everything at this point. I think i could find a tranny and dif, but definitely the interior parts of it i will need, shifter, boot, cables?

[TomsSVX]

what kind of transmission fo you want to run?? if it is a cable, I can whip you up some pedals and linkage in no time... I am waiting on some more X-members to get here and I can make a few more of them as well

tom

[huck369]

Richard,
There is a list of things you'll need to do a cable type installation in my write up (link in my sig)

[richardstanley]

Would either tranny (imp vs leg) have an advantage? Or is it the same damn thing? What do you guys think bout this linky

[huck369]

Originally Posted by richardstanley

Would either tranny (imp vs leg) have an advantage? Or is it the same damn thing? What do you guys think bout this linky

The Legacy's and Impreza's run the same trannys, but can have different final drives....and the Impreza rear diff won't work with the SVX LSD carrier, so the rear diff needs to come from a Legacy.

[JaySVX]

Originally Posted by richardstanley

Would either tranny (imp vs leg) have an advantage? Or is it the same damn thing? What do you guys think bout this linky

I've seen that and wondered about it. It seems convenient, but that which is to good to be true, probably is. That particular system i believe is the hydrolic driven clutch, something i think that the guys doing the 5mt swaps are staying away from, for reasons unknown to me, but they seem to know their ****, so i'd assume it's for a reason. People were saying legacy tranny's gears are weaker too, so if you slam it to hard to often, you might break a gear.

[TomsSVX]

I can supply everything for a bolt in 5spd. No welding is necessary. the small car kit has been known to be junk because of their use of crappy quality products and their reluctant will to start behind their products.

Tom

[huck369]

I like the cable version for it's ease in installation.
The onle downside to the hydralic unit is the extra work of installing the hydralice clutch system, clutch master cylinder, clutch slave cylinder, lines, and extra linkage to work the master cylinder.

With the cable version, it's just hook a cable to the peddal assembly, and hook the other end to the clutch fork..done

All the heavy duty transmissions are the Hydralic clutch types.

[richardstanley]

Yeah i had basically planned on doing cable, exactly because of that.. ease of installation. haha. Thanks very much for your help guys, i'll let ya know when i get some parts, or some money together..

[benebob]

Richard, I definately recommend Tomsvx for the parts. Haven't even seen what he did for us yet but knowing Tom and his anal exacting tendancies I know they will be built better and stronger than they need to be. His pricing is well below what lesser set ups are. Not sure what Motorsports does though as Dalye usually does good stuff too.

[TomsSVX]

Aparently Dayle has been sending people my way as well.

tom