auto to manual

[Steggs]

hello everone happy new year

how much ruffly do you think it will coast to convert my 1987 vl from auto to manual.? meening like buying the box and the pedels and what ever i need and then geting it installed and running

cheers jacob

[neo]

I paid $2500 for my T5 manual box. (5 years ago) with a harness. Put in myself so that bit cost $0. (ok maybe a carton of beer for my mates who helped watch!!)

[john_mete]

so how much would it cost to get a mechanic install it all?

and will it run as if it was always a manual or will you allways have trouble with it

coz im looking into a conversion aswell

[seans VL Calais]

go to calais turbo it has all the info you need

[nicko]

If your really keen on doing to conversion go for it, however you can save yourself a decent amount of coin and problems by simply getting a manual vl. Up to you though just my opinion, goodluck

[kane88]

just got mine back from the mechanic after having this conversion done.
i bought a donor car for $400 so that saved us heaps of $$$ but it still cost around the 1000 mark for labour, a new hd clutch, getting the flywheel machined and some other fiddly bits (throwout and such).

definately worth it tho.

theres a really good write-up on ct if youre keen to give it a go yourself.
i think this is the link.

good luck mate