Its Soon Time!!!

[Phast SVX]

cool **** cant wait till she is on the road!

[$ gest24 $]

Thanks! Looking forward to this. Lot of work and $$$ but it'll be worth it.

I'm curious, is this going to be the first West Coast 6MT Swap?

[Osilith]

How much has all this cost ... what tranny are you using and where did you get most of the parts. Im still clueless to this stuff, thinking 6mt sounds better than 5mt hehe. And Tom when I get the funds you should come down here to NC and help me out as well plz

best of luck on tyhe swap guys

[$ gest24 $]

Originally Posted by Osilith

How much has all this cost ... what tranny are you using and where did you get most of the parts. Im still clueless to this stuff, thinking 6mt sounds better than 5mt hehe. And Tom when I get the funds you should come down here to NC and help me out as well plz

best of luck on tyhe swap guys

All in all its prob. going to end up just a little north of $6,000 for the parts and Tom's fee. The tranny was 4850 shipped and Tom charges 1800 for the labor and custom parts. I provieded him with the pedal box that I got off Ebay for $50.

The 6MT is def. more money than a 5mt swap. But I wanted a stout gear box that wouldn't give me any troubles.

[TomsSVX]

For some reason I cannot remember his name right now but there is a guy near/around SLC who did the first 6mt swap but you are the first west coaster that I know of.

This may be the last swap I do because this year I plan on MOVING to Philly not just commuting on weekends back home but we will see how that goes. Maybe after I secure a home and have my own Garage to work in I may do it again but I get the feeling someone else here will eventually fill my shoes. Get it touch and I will let you know.

Kerry, I am stoked to get out there and to think there are only 2 more days left until my flight flies out. I am going to try and sleep the whole flight so I have energy to get started that night if we can. Anyway I am ready... are you??

Tom

[$ gest24 $]

I'm ready. Everything is up at the Hobby Shop in my storage locker waiting. I figured we get up there around 430-500 and that'll give us about 3 hours of working time. I'll be happy with getting the fluids drained, brakes taken off, and intake mani taken off. I'm sure theres a bunch of other odds and ends we can knock out Friday. There will be 3 of us doing this so it should go pretty smoothly.

Also, the local Dealership wants to see it when its done. I worked out a deal witht he salesman that I'd get to take out an STi in exchange for a test drive of the 6MT SVX.

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

For some reason I cannot remember his name right now but there is a guy near/around SLC who did the first 6mt swap but you are the first west coaster that I know of.

This may be the last swap I do because this year I plan on MOVING to Philly not just commuting on weekends back home but we will see how that goes. Maybe after I secure a home and have my own Garage to work in I may do it again but I get the feeling someone else here will eventually fill my shoes. Get it touch and I will let you know.

Kerry, I am stoked to get out there and to think there are only 2 more days left until my flight flies out. I am going to try and sleep the whole flight so I have energy to get started that night if we can. Anyway I am ready... are you??

Tom

Tom,
The UPS guy shown up yet?
-Bill

[TomsSVX]

Actually he just did. Unfortunately I have been slaving away on the boat again getting ready to haul the Detroit 671 out of the Odin. I will have it out to you tomorrow... Thanks Bill.

Kerry, good to hear. I think we can have the engine out by then end of the night if we are working hard... Anyway... I will be speaking more with you later

Tom

[$ gest24 $]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

Anyway... I will be speaking more with you later

Tom

Uh oh... Doesn't sound too good... lol

[TomsSVX]

I need to finish packing after working all day. Bill you package is booker for pickup from UPS tomorrow. I will be heading out to crash in Philly for the night and hop on my flight in the morning I will be sure that Kerry keeps up on the pics every day of progress

Tom

[$ gest24 $]

Tonight I told Ryan he's going to be the Picture Taker guy. So we'll have a great step-by-step photo shoot. My plan is to do a write up for Subie Sport and try to get it published.

[SSSVX]

gest24 or kerry,
wish your swap go smooth on the next following days.
I will be happy to see your pictures progress or the write-up later.

How many miles on your SVX now? How many miles and what year on the 6mt STi tranny that you purchased? Have you done any research or got any info of the 6mt svx vs 5mt svx from 0-60 and its 1/4 mile? (say the engine is stock for both)

Have fun!

[SSSVX]

Originally Posted by shotgunslade

Something to think about with the STI pedals. When they are mounted in the SVX with the stock positions for accelerator and brake, the two pedals are too far apart for heel and toe unless you wear EEEE shoes. That really doesn't matter unless you want to do track work. If you do, I would recommend having someone heat the accelerator pedal arm with a torch and bend it toward the brake pedal so it will be close enough for heel and toe work. Or maybe someone knows of an accelerator pedal sideward extension that would fill in the gap.

Would that work if replaced the manual brake pedal with the bigger/wider automatic brake pedal?

[$ gest24 $]

Originally Posted by SSSVX

gest24 or kerry,
wish your swap go smooth on the next following days.
I will be happy to see your pictures progress or the write-up later.

How many miles on your SVX now? How many miles and what year on the 6mt STi tranny that you purchased? Have you done any research or got any info of the 6mt svx vs 5mt svx from 0-60 and its 1/4 mile? (say the engine is stock for both)

Have fun!

My baby is at 95K and the tranny is out of an 05 STi W/10K. I didn't really research the specs. The choice for the 6MT was for straight up strength. If the stock 02 WRX tranny couldn't hold the stock EJ20T the EG33 wouldn't be too good for it either. Plus the 65% rear bias sounds like TONS of fun. Perfect AWD split for SoCal.

Thanks for the support guys! Didn't think I'd be doing this mod after only owning the car 8 months. But hey, after my mom got me into Subies and turned me onto the Alcyones (XTs and SVX) I'm going to do my best to make and keep my Pearl a great car.

[TomsSVX]

I am at my gate and we will board shortly. Glad to be comming out and giving a hand... Now 3 out of 5 6mt's in the world I can say I had a part in.

Tom