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08-05-2012, 07:11 PM
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Auto/ 6 spd
How hard / expensive is it to change a 6 spd car to an auto? Are autos easy to find used with a converter? This would be for an 98-02 street car. Thanks!
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08-05-2012, 07:14 PM
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What car and model year are you talking about?
And it's a lot easier when you find someone who wants to trade components with you 
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1995 Firebird... Stock-ish.
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Originally Posted by LS1ow
Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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08-05-2012, 07:35 PM
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98-02 camaro
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08-05-2012, 09:03 PM
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if you dont get a swap ... i could suggest some one who can do the work if you dont want to do it yourself
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08-05-2012, 09:32 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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It would be easier to grab a auto harness, but you could pin in the 4L60E harness to the PCM relatively easy.
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Originally Posted by KirkEvil
repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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08-05-2012, 11:22 PM
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Have auto & all components, if interested in a swap, pm me.
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Originally Posted by SRGN
I never pulled into the staging beams at the track and saw a dyno in the other lane.
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08-06-2012, 08:25 AM
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I'm not sure i want to go through with the swap. Selling the car and getting an auto seems like my easiest option.
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08-06-2012, 08:25 AM
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thanks SJ, if i/m gonna do it i will let you know. Prob by end of the week.
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08-06-2012, 04:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elle
I'm not sure i want to go through with the swap. Selling the car and getting an auto seems like my easiest option.
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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08-06-2012, 08:50 PM
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 Selling it was easier
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08-06-2012, 08:58 PM
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Why are people afraid to work on things?
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08-06-2012, 09:01 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
Why are people afraid to work on things?
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Cause **** never works.
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Originally Posted by KirkEvil
repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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08-06-2012, 09:30 PM
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Mike should swap while his is interior is apart
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2000 Camaro SS 610rwhp/570rwtq LS2 440, 12 bolt 3.73, tranzilla t56
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08-06-2012, 09:53 PM
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Why are people afraid to work on things?
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Not afraid. I just don't have a lot of time.
Done many a cars through the years and at this point buying what i want is easier.
Plus i have car ADD and i don't keep anything long.
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08-06-2012, 09:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LTb1ow
Cause **** never works.
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in Adam's case...this is true. 
ELLE. if all parts in hand, swap only takes a couple hours.
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Originally Posted by SRGN
I never pulled into the staging beams at the track and saw a dyno in the other lane.
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08-06-2012, 10:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elle
Not afraid. I just don't have a lot of time.
Done many a cars through the years and at this point buying what i want is easier.
Plus i have car ADD and i don't keep anything long.
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Fair enough.
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Originally Posted by S.J.SLEEPER
in Adam's case...this is true.
ELLE. if all parts in hand, swap only takes a couple hours. |
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08-07-2012, 07:08 AM
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A couple hours? That's from T56-->4L60E? or both ways?
I remember hearing 24 hours, some cutting, and a few thousand.
Something I'd love to do (T56 swap), but the headache involved, and potential for gremlins/quirks, has always been a deterrent.
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1995 Firebird... Stock-ish.
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Originally Posted by LS1ow
Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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08-07-2012, 08:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jersey Mike
A couple hours? That's from T56-->4L60E? or both ways?
I remember hearing 24 hours, some cutting, and a few thousand.
Something I'd love to do (T56 swap), but the headache involved, and potential for gremlins/quirks, has always been a deterrent.
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For you, sounds about right
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08-07-2012, 08:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
For you, sounds about right |
You really want to talk about transmissions right now?
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1995 Firebird... Stock-ish.
Quote:
Originally Posted by LS1ow
Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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08-07-2012, 08:32 AM
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Takes me bout 3 hours to swap mine out.
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08-07-2012, 08:43 AM
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Every 3-4 days
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1995 Firebird... Stock-ish.
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Originally Posted by LS1ow
Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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08-07-2012, 10:00 AM
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3 hours? Does that include running cooler lines, changing the radiator, ECM & harness changes, etc.?
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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08-07-2012, 10:14 AM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
3 hours? Does that include running cooler lines, changing the radiator, ECM & harness changes, etc.?
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Cooler lines are braided with fittings, radiator has since been taken out of the loop, ECM changes for a auto to auto?
If you are good with patience, adding in the 60e harness plug with VSS is very simple, and then a simple reflash of the PCM to add shift tables. If you are swapping transmissions, that should the easiest part. I am not 100% on the shifter mounting points, but like all things GM I would assume the chassis has provisions for both setups.
Swap over tailshaft crossmembers and there you go, of the many questions asked round here, this one doesn't seem to be the worst.
Just don't swap in a stock trans and 'verter, you will hate yourself later on.
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Originally Posted by KirkEvil
repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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08-07-2012, 10:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
3 hours? Does that include running cooler lines, changing the radiator, ECM & harness changes, etc.?
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Not for the swap, he means to have one down and out. Apparently he's the Lane Frost of the 4L60-E rodeo.
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08-07-2012, 10:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
3 hours? Does that include running cooler lines, changing the radiator, ECM & harness changes, etc.?
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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
Not for the swap, he means to have one down and out. Apparently he's the Lane Frost of the 4L60-E rodeo.
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This. Prob bust a manual swap out in like 8 hours? With a lunch break.
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