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The Black Camry · 04-11-2006, 11:54 PM

I saw this one 99 celica i like and i realy wanna get but theres a problem! its an auto!!! Now i was just wondering exactly how hard is it to convert a auto into a manual! And what things need to be done for this conversion?

fredk · 04-12-2006, 10:24 PM

you are going to need a pretty much complete car to rob the manual stuff off of

***zoni*** · 04-13-2006, 01:10 PM

^ not really...

you just have to find these parts at a junkyard, make a hole in the firewall for the clutch master cylinder, install everything, and you are set.
tranny, mount, likely right side axle, clutch, flywheel, clutch pedal, brake pedal, master/slave cylinders & lines, shifter base, shifter cables, interior trim pieces if you want it right.

The Black Camry · 04-13-2006, 09:37 PM

Yeah thanks. but now that i think of it, it might be cheaper just to buy a manual!

97camryman · 04-13-2006, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The Black Camry

Yeah thanks. but now that i think of it, it might be cheaper just to buy a manual!

No actually I swapped my 97 5sfe to a manual with about $1200 and that is with a badass clutch and low milage tranny. I took a clutch pedal out of an 86 corolla since I couldnt find a camry one and made it fit. I got a master cylinder off some other car that mated up to the pedal. Basically I walked around the junkyard till I found a combo of stuff that worked. I made the clutch line out of autozone brake hardline, bought an ACT clutch, bought a tranny with 30,000 miles on it for $400, got a flywheel for $30, got tranny mount for $50 and the same axles were just reused. The slave cylinder was $20, the wiring was free, mostly cutting things out and the shifter was $50 I believe. If you look around the stuff is there and it is cheap. Plus the automatic has a bigger brake booster than the manuals so that is a bonus and you will know your car like the back of your hand! I had so much fun doing my swap it was great memories. Plus nothing like shifting into reverse and the dashboard light for the automatic glows R it cracks me up all the time. Go for it man its actually really easy in the end, its just nuts and bolts...

***zoni*** · 04-13-2006, 11:42 PM

i did almost the same thing 97, i started with a 1990 celica shifter base, and did the same autozone hard clutch line.

GrayGen4 · 05-11-2006, 01:14 PM

Would this work for an '01 as well? Basically I miss slapping gears when accelerating...

I'm under the assumption that I'd have to find a Gen4 tranny tho, right?