santa 3 Report post Posted June 4, 2011 Hi Any kits available to convert auto V8 to a manual g/box. I have not seen any manual V8s available locally. Looking at putting the V8 into an E30 and most of the swaps use a manual V8 motor. Or any idea roughly how much to adapt a manual to the V8.? Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1286 Report post Posted June 4, 2011 you will need to buy a used box from the usa or germany , uk etc from ebay etc . buy a new light weight flywheel and proformance clutch from jbracing.com etc. most other small bits can be brought new ex bmw or dealers . or modify parts etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
santa 3 Report post Posted June 4, 2011 you will need to buy a used box from the usa or germany , uk etc from ebay etc . buy a new light weight flywheel and proformance clutch from jbracing.com etc. most other small bits can be brought new ex bmw or dealers . or modify parts etc Hi Iv looked at this and the cost, ( freight etc) was getting up there in price. Other option I have thought about is to use the Toyota 1uz fe alloy V8, manual g/box adapter are readily available and not too hard on wallet. would be nice to keep project all "factory" though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted June 5, 2011 A 1UZFE is the way to go if you want to be cost effective, Although my project has cost the equivalent of a mint E36 M3... and climbing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites