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Old 10-02-2007, 08:31 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by spyhunter View Post
If you want to do a 5spd, you don't have to weld in new mounting points for the tranny. At most you're drilling in holes for the bolts to tie the tranny mounts to the subframe. The clutch pedal is a bolt on affair, and so is the master cylinder, except for MAYBE drilling three holes into the firewall.

The GETRAG swap can be doen over the weekend by a dedinkated person. For most two weekends.
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Originally Posted by Cliff8928
Yea, that's the nice part about our cars is that the trans mounts/brackets all bolt to the subframe.
Hmmm...obviously you can tell from my previous post I didn't know that. Too bad I already paid for a built auto, a Getrag swap was actually my first plan with the Eco.

...not fully researched...bad call on my part..
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