Manual or Auto?
Hey guys,
New to this forum so excuse my ignorance to anything haha
I've had my VX commodore for around a year now after upgrading from a vectra :P
I don't miss it as such but I do miss a manual gearbox, auto is killing me.
Manual conversions turn out to cost a fair amount so I'm looking at seeing if there's anything I can do to upgrade the auto gearbox at all?
VT V6 wanting 300RWHP
Trans-go stage 3 full manual reprogramming kit.
VT V6 fitted with DMS gold 40mm coilovers, Whiteline adjustable swaybars & strut brace, 330mm AP racing brakes, Rebuilt 3.45:1 LSD and a Powerdyne supercharger
Check it out: http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...-v6-racer.html
Would you know where I can find it and price it?
Cheers!
hey mate i was the same when i got my vt s2 Calais i did alot of looking around spoke to a lot of people about what the best upgrade for my gear box about a month of looking round and asking question i ended up getting a stage 2 shift kit and i would have to say it i love it i can change up and down gears and also leave it in drive for city drving i paid around 800
living the low life
5spd Getrag Conversion would be around $1500 i reckon, assuming you and your mates can do it yourself.Originally Posted by gotham.r
otherwise a shiftkit, transcooler, and fit a set of 3.9's and feel your auto come alive.
sounds alot cheaper than a full manual conversion then. where did you get yours from?
this may sound a bit stupid but after you install a shift kit for example stage 2, how does it work from the actual shifter inside the car? what changes?
living the low life
from memory a switch is installed inside the car, that allows you to turn it on and off. the different stages refer to stage 1 being either on or off, whereas stage 2 allows you to select the desired firmness.
does it also allow you to hold a gear?
living the low life
No. It firms the shifts up, that's it.
To hold gears you either need a manual, or a manualized valve body for your auto.
so even with a stage 3 you can't actually hold them even though you have to manually change the gears?
thanks heaps for your help by the way!
living the low life
a "stage 3" is a manualized valve body im pretty sure. so with a stage 3 you HAVE to change gears manually, ie. if the shifter is in drive, the box will select 4th and not change. you will have to select 1 to take off then shift to 2, etc.
hey mate i got my done at a transmission place in gympie and the one i got allows me to hold each gear to the limiter. and in my opinion it shifts faster then a manual chirps the tires from first to second and second to third if ur really feeding it
Change the servo also, that will firm up the shifts. I went with billet servos for mine, but you could go the corvette servo also which is an improvement over standard but not quite as firm as billet.
A stage 3 kit sounds good, but if you want a manual, you'd be better off finding a VT or VX that came out with a Manual. Maybe something like an S-Pac.
Kicker - Livin' Loud :)
Yeah manual mite be the way to go mate..
Mucca Mad Boys
Correct. Ive got a vs calais 5l with a manualised auto. There is no drive gear anymore. You have to change gear all the time. Just like the v8's use (kind of)
living the low life
its a good idea, i would prefer a manual over it though for this sort of car. when i think of manualised autos i think of 1000rwhp builds.
i would go a manual v6 conversions are easy to get and its not that hard to do really everything just bolts in place i did mine myself over 2.5 days only working on it while kids were in school.
mine cost me little over 2g but i replaced all bolts and was missing alot as the wrecker i used didnt have a complete v8 conversion.
but if there is nothing wrong with the auto than yeah the prices are going to be way cheaper doing something to the auto you have.
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