OK i have a 2000 drop top automatic and i have a guy that can do a swap to a 5 speed for a total of 1400 parts and labor is it worth it i have 90000 miles on my car please help thanks ok i have dual exhaust venom nitrous 373 gears sct flah cai so wil it help out thanks

 

thats actually pretty cheap for a tranny swap...i would do it but i know alot of people here will disagree with me

but i might also save the money and sell the car cause its gonna start having probs

 

errr.. I'd just stick with the automatic transmission... its not that bad.

 

actually automatic is worthless for a v6 unless u do some serious mods (i.e. s/c, heads, cams, etc...)

thats why i stopped puttin performance on mine for right now and just do apearance...until when i am like out of college with a nice job then drop a new engine in there unless i buy a cobra

 

what's wrong with auto if you get a tune?


also, most surgeons won't do a tranny swap, so you're lucky.

 

lol i have a tune...its an auto v6...it still does not have the throttle response of a stick it always has to downshift when u push it and that takes a second...

lol im not bashin on autos considering i have one but i made a huge mistake not buying a stick...and buying a v6 but thats a dif story

 

Well one, I didn't plan on beating to **** my car so thats why I didn't buy a stick. Two, I don't mind having a V6 or an AUTO because I can still beat 3/4ths of the cars out there. Three, I didn't have a choice. :wallbash:

 

lol im with u... i had no choice for the V6 part...and my mom wanted me to have a stick but my dad was like NO... :bash: :foot:

 

Theres nothing wrong with the auto man, its actually probably stronger than the tranny you are wanting to put in. Have Justin at VMP "jerry" mod your valve body, get a good convertor (ive heard good things about the B&M holeshot convertors, especially with the spray, spike can vouch, he had one) and top if off with a nice big B&M cooler and that automatic will not let you down.

Summit racing sells the convertor for around 500 bucks, your trans is a 4r70w.
Summit also sells the coolers.
Justin can be contacted at www.vmptuning.com for the jerry's mod.

If you have any other questions hit me up.

 

Knife is right and the B&M holeshot is bad @$$. You can make a automatic good you just have to wanna put the effort into it. If you put the time and money into it you will out perform a stick, atleast on the 1/4 mile.

 

throw in a reverse manual valve body and its game over on the road course too.

 

put that 1400 bucks into your transmission. youll have a beast auto, no sticks will come close to you

 

really my parents were the opposite...they WANTed me to learn stick...mostly so you can control the car...otherwise in snow and rain it can be really tricky trying to control the car...

1400 bucks for what kinda trans? a T-5? those are like 1500+ themselves... make sure what you get is better then what you have...

you could always get some rims and tires for you car with 1400 bucks...Show before GO with a 6...and u already got alota Go...

 

body kit rims lights hood fenders etc