Car transmission swap shops in So-Cal?

taco-man · #1 08-27-2005, 07:27 PM

Well....this is possibly about as far off topic as it gets

anyway, i was just wondering if anyone knew of any reasonably priced shops in southern california that will do auto to manual transmission swaps for a 1993 nissan 240sx. MY transmission is dieing

, and i figured i might as well throw a manual in instead of another POS automatic. i know there are shops out there that do this(i found one) but i was hoping someone else in the area might know other places that would do this.

oh, and heres a picture of my car, if anyone cares(haha!)

Kamintar · #2 08-27-2005, 08:56 PM

I live in San Diego, and a couple of my friends work in car shops and whatnot. Not sure if any of them do tranny swaps, but I'll ask around. I'll let you know if I find anything out.

I won't be able to find out till Monday, since I don't have phone numbers, so it'll be Monday night or so when I get the information to you.

shaggineq2 · #3 08-27-2005, 09:21 PM

lol well like the show on mtv...there is always west coast customs lol not sure if they would do a swap and prolly very pricy cause well hey if they do ya might as well get a puter installed in your carwith a monitor in the visor

taco-man · #4 08-27-2005, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kamintar

I live in San Diego, and a couple of my friends work in car shops and whatnot. Not sure if any of them do tranny swaps, but I'll ask around. I'll let you know if I find anything out.

I won't be able to find out till Monday, since I don't have phone numbers, so it'll be Monday night or so when I get the information to you.

awesome, thanks alot!

Kamintar · #5 08-29-2005, 01:43 PM

I talked to someone, and she said that her company does do transmission swaps, but she doesn't know the price. I coulnd't remember what kind of car, so hopefully I'll run into her later so I can tell her.

She said she would ask around at work to find out some prices. I'll let you know tomorrow afternoon.

taco-man · #6 08-29-2005, 03:04 PM

awesome, thanks!

Demu · #7 08-29-2005, 03:30 PM

Give Triple E auto in Riverside a call, they do alot of import work including drift cars.

Kamintar · #8 09-02-2005, 05:04 PM

I've given her a week, and she still has yet to give me the information back.

I've given up on her, so just go ahead and call whoever. I doubt it would have been that great of a price anyway...

taco-man · #9 09-03-2005, 03:55 AM

ok thanks anyway, im not it a rush to get it done though (since its going to be so much $$$), unless i can get a good deal on it, so i will proably drive it till its REALLY REALLY messed up before i replace it, so if she ever does get back to you let me know.

hiroprotagonist · #10 09-07-2005, 12:21 PM

not to start an x is better than x thing going, but is there a reason you want to go manual? From a monetary perspective, its super expensive, and from a performance perspective not that big a boost. At least not when you can get several retooled automatics made for high horsepower / high torque with full manual drive bodies.

Kamintar · #11 09-07-2005, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by hiroprotagonist

not to start an x is better than x thing going, but is there a reason you want to go manual? From a monetary perspective, its super expensive, and from a performance perspective not that big a boost. At least not when you can get several retooled automatics made for high horsepower / high torque with full manual drive bodies.

Well, he said his transmission is dying so he's going to need to replace it anyway, and I would assume a manual is cheaper than an automatic (just because the new cars are..I don't know for a fact since I don't do a whole lot with cars). However, I could be wrong.

My car has a triptronic transmission (automatic and manual in one) so I can use it as a manual or an automatic depending on what I want. Regardless, my car has a ton of torque and horsepower (99' Honda Prelude VTEC Type SH) so I don't notice that big a difference from acceleration in automatic to manual.