Also, I have thought about it and am going to go ahead and swap the auto 5 speed for a 6 speed manual. Everyone has told me to sell the car and buy another because of all the cost. I would agree if I had to worry about labor but I do all of my own work and this is a fairly cheap/easy swap, so stay tuned.

Here's the trans, only has 33k miles and shifts like butter.


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I would love to see a video or explanation of your process of doing this with your parts, steps, etc. I've been wanting to do this to my 08 g37s coupe for a while but I've never seen anyone pull off this swap with the interior, handbrake, etc.

 

I don't know about a video but there will be a billion pictures and I'll make a list of all the parts needed. Again, I wont be tackling this until my warranty ends next year so I'm just compiling parts and research until then. Trust me, I'll make a DIY for it but it wont be a job that just anybody will want to tackle, you'll see.

 

Here's a great update for me but a bad update for my car.. I stopped by my local bike shop to upgrade my mountain bike pedals and ended up ordering another bike altogether. I'm gonna hold off on parts for a few weeks, cant really justify spending a ton on both lol. It'll be assembled and delivered late next week sometime.

 

Wow, breathtaking backdrop Kris, I could see you wanting to spend time with that.

 

Booty shot for funnsies, no mods today.

 

Well the bikes finally paid off so its time to get back into my car! I installed the lightweight pulleys and resonated test pipes. I decided since I don't have smog or emissions for another couple years to just go ahead and install the resonated test pipes without the magnaflow cats for now. Sounds great! There's a tad bit of rasp at random RPM's but I'm thinking about having a custom mid pipe made with 2, 16" resonators in place of the smaller OEM ones. Hopefully that won't completely silence the car, just quiet down the rasp and tone while still keeping the benefits of the test pipes. That all depends on my next idea though.. I'm talking to a local shop about some things under the hood, or maybe some a bit more rear mounted.. Stay tuned

 

Which RTPs did you end up with?
And congrats on the bike being free & clear, always nice to really own something

 

Thanks! I went with a used Beluga set. But, my VDC and SLIP lights are on and have reset the ECU several times and topped off the brake reservoir. Not sure what else to check.

 

Ah, fixed it. My steering wheel was off a few teeth and didn't get back under the car until yesterday to fix it. The ECU must have seen the clock spring off a few degrees while driving straight or something. Now just to attack the CEL, I do have extenders but they didn't extend it enough apparently. I'll probably have some sort of elbow welded up to put them further away. No rush though, I don't really care.

 

Just because pictures are fun.

 

Just a little picture I took at the gym last night.

 

BEAUTIFUL...I meant the sunset JK!

 

Sweet shot Chris, and I meant the car (j/k, I really meant the sunset)


j/k (or am I???)

 

My SN is Kris9884, how do you spell it wrong??!?!? Lol jk

 

I was just testing you, you got an A+



(and I got a D-)