Hello, I am thinking about doing a 6MT conversion on my cousin's handed-me-down auto rx-8. I think the only parts i need for the conversion is a 6Speed tranny and a manual ECU, correct? I would also like some opinions from people who have done the conversion and see how hard and/or expensive it is. thank you in advance.

 

very hard and prohibitively expensive.

 

what year is the auto? difference between 6 port or 4 port.

 

sell the AT and buy a MT

 

I don't think anyone's done the conversion, because it's much easier and no more expensive to just buy an MT.

 

just trade it in. its probably a 4 port engine as well.

it will cost you tons of money to do the swap.

 

too much money and time.

 

Do it and you'll be the first on this forum.. I think..

 

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just off the top of my head

 

rofl ? lmao ?

no do ?

no search ?

n00b ?

Please, you dont even know how to search, how would 1 expect you to be able to do anything else ?

 

 

have fun with that.

 

please explain.

 

I mean, I agree

 

Even if you succeed with the transmission swap, your car will still be underpowered. A hand-me-down RX-8 is no doubt going to be the 4 port variety.

All you'd be doing is making that car completely worthless.

 

Any chance you live in maryland? If you are, i think i know your car, purchase 2004 used auto. Not a good idea to do a swap.

 

hey Assault, welcome to the forum.

Unfortunately you most likely have the 4 port engine which means a transmission swap swill be very expensive and most likely not solve your problem; that the AT is slower then MT.

Quite a few members here have traded in their AT's and gotten MT's for a nominal out of pocket expense. Just look for an 04 or 05 MT and it shouldn't be too tough on the wallet. (better then going through the conversion expense)

 

don't do it. the money you spend on it to convert to MT = sell the auto get a MT

 

Huge waste of time and money to do a conversion, and it still won't change the fact that the auto you have probably has 197 hp and the MT has 232 hp. Also, the MT revs to 9000. The MT is practically a totally different vehicle. Do yourself a favor and just sell the auto and buy a MT.

 

thanks for your support and replies. How can you tell if it is a four or six port? I believe its a 2004 btw.

 

all early model rx8s in automatic form were 4 port. Only recently did they start using the same engine in the MT on the AT

 

actually i live in california, sorry for not searching first btw guys

 

what part of CA? SoCal?

 

Rotary Reliable in Santa Ana

 

yes i am located in so-cal.