![]() ![]() There is a difference between the ignition switch for an automatic trans, as it has the interlock for having the lever in park or neutral when you start the car. And you would need to change the 'socket' that the shifter rides in. The other hard to find parts needed for swapping in a 5-speed would include the two rods that run from the bottom of a 5-speed trans, back to the shift lever. I doubt the inspectors look for this stuff in the rural parts of VA where they dont have emissions testing. The car was old enough to be exempt from emissions testing, but the emissions equipment still needs to be there. So I had to call up the VA dept of environmental quality and get them to tell the inspector that my car (92LX) really did not come with EGR. The inspector was going by the hood, which showed the plumbing for an GER, since the 91LX did have EGR, but the 92/93 dont - outside of CA. I had a 92LX with no EGR, but due to a crunch, I had gotten a hood from a 91. It might have to do with whether they have emissions where you live. It simply unbolts.Īs to how much hassle it would be to change the PCM from one kind to the other, I cant imagine. On a car with an auto trans, there is a metal plate covering the hole for the clutch rod going through it. This also involves the brake master cylinder reservoir, since that is the source of fluid to the clutch master cylinder. The pedals just bolt to a bracket at the lower end of the steering column, and if putting in a manual trans, adding the clutch pedal and the clutch hydraulics would be required. By the same token, a car with the 5-speed transmission does not get info from the trans, other than whether your foot is holding the clutch pedal down or not. The car with an automatic transmission expects to get info for controlling the trans - and if that info is missing, I think the check engine line would come on. I've only owned manual vehicles in the decade since, I have no desire to go back to automatic.Not ever having done the swap, nor wanted to - I can only surmise. He gave me a few basic pointers, got out of the car and read magazines/books for a couple of hours while I just stopped, started, stopped, started, over and over again. The next weekend my dad drove the two of us to a parking lot for a business that had shut down. My senior year of high school I wanted a fun car I could modify so I bought a 1991 Civic Si (this took place in 2010) before I could drive a manual. I learned how to drive manual on my own car. Driving a manual is easy so long as you take it slow, listen to the car and have even a reasonably competent teacher. I'm going to teach my girlfriend how to drive a manual in my 2012 Fit, still on the original clutch at 112,000 miles and I have zero fears of her doing any damage. That said, learning manual won't hurt your car so long as you set out to learn the right way. Assuming the R Type ever makes it to the US, do you think it would be manual only? If a person doesn't have a jalopy to learn on, would it be a mistake to try and learn on a vehicle you want to keep in pristine condition?There will never be a Fit Type R. I'm afraid I would screw up the transmission somehow like doing something wrong while spacing out. ![]()
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