manual swap, whos done one? few questions

[no1tosh]

hey well as some might know i have just got myself an 855 R auto, and if im honest i really don't like auto boxes. There's nout wrong with the box in fact it mint, i just dont like it in this car.

anyways im going to do a manual swap, now i get the gist with the mecanical side of it. Get everything from the donner car and swap it over. Its the electrical side i dont get. ive read about jumping a plug to make the ecu think that its in neutral all the time so it can start and a few other things.

would it not be easyer to get the wiring loom and a manual ecu and do it properly or is that just making a big job bigger for no real gain.

also does anyone have a parts list so i can make sure i get everything? i dont want to get half way through and find im missing something.

oh and if anyone has a conversion going for sale let me know it doesnt have to be a m59 box as i gessing they have all been ragged to death lol.

any other hint or advice would be much aprichated

thanks in advance

[Jamest5r]

Can't do the link as on my phone but search dooby on Voc he did a step by step guide really useful, personally I'd go with swoping the loom it splits under the ecu box and just lay it back out simples ,

[Jamest5r]

Oh and I have a thread on here under project manual when I did mine but far far less informative

[no1tosh]

cheers pal, ive already had a good read of that one on voc ill have a look for yours now.

so you recon my idea of a proper manual loom and ecu is a better way of doing it as far as reliabialty goes?

so would the loom just go from the bottom of the ecu box in to the engine bay? i wouldnt have to start messing around with wiring going to the inside?

cheers

[Jamest5r]

The loom splits in half just click the other in, and you don't need an ecu your auto one will still work

[merc85]

Nealevo had his done too

[no1tosh]

ahhhh brill i just need to source some bits ive been quoted £350 for all the bits apart from the loom.

cheers merc, this r is the same as you had apart from its a jap spec. i need to get it cleaned up to your standard now

[no1tosh]

just had a read of your thread james, that was good going! its given me a few ideas
cheers

[claymore]

ahhhh brill i just need to source some bits ive been quoted £350 for all the bits apart from the loom.

cheers merc, this r is the same as you had apart from its a jap spec. i need to get it cleaned up to your standard now

Hang on, Jap spec, this isn't the Grey one is it, if it is, has it got a mapped ecu?

[no1tosh]

it certainly is mate ya just got it off immi.
i wouldn't say the ecu is mapped though it only goes half way in to the white. it doesnt pull like my t5 did with a the rica in.

why what you thinking???

[claymore]

it certainly is mate ya just got it off immi.
i wouldn't say the ecu is mapped though it only goes half way in to the white. it doesnt pull like my t5 did with a the rica in.

why what you thinking???

I haven't been paid for the ecu.

[MoleT-5R]

I haven't been paid for the ecu.

Ouch !!!!

[stephenevans99]

I haven't been paid for the ecu.

That's Gary for you....was quite annoyed at losing an alloy wheel to him too

[stephenevans99]

Didn't come with extra Tethys did it?

[claymore]

That's Gary for you....was quite annoyed at losing an alloy wheel to him too

Yep he had one off me as well.

[stephenevans99]

I was there at the meet when you handed them over.....yours had a decent tyre on it too lol

[no1tosh]

am i missing something here?????

[stephenevans99]

am i missing something here?????

Gary King(Wales) owned the car before Immi - he obtained a few spare alloys and an ECU which was yet to be paid for. Gary gave up on the car and sold it to Immi who then sold it on to yourself.....I think lol

[claymore]

am i missing something here?????

Lol, only that the car seems to be put together with free or unpaid for parts.....lol (not of Immi I should add)

[no1tosh]

ahhhh right i see ummmm i feel kinda bad, which wheels where they? the multi spokes or volans?

and as for the ecu im not sure like i said above im 100% the ecu isnt mapped. as you know i had a rica 304 in my t5.