Converting a auto to manual
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Hi guys.

Trying to help a friend out he bought a 1275 auto sprite L reg for him and his daughter to share. Paid a good amount for it but 2weekes after buying the auto gear box has packed up. Now I've adviced to change to a manual.
Due to it being a 1275 with only 54000miles on the clock it would
be bice to use it but I have a feeling that the auto engine won't mate to a manual box.
What bits will we need to take the engine off the box and replace with a manual?

Thanks

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Ermm think that a not possible kinda thing. By the time all the matching is done it's just not worth it.
So on the hunt for a 1275 engine and gear box in good nick. That will b easy! Lol

Is the auto box fault serious ???

ie, why not fix it.....

There are other issues to swap a manual lump into an auto car, ie subframe engine mount points different so you either need spacers or special mounts or the subframe completely swapping and the wiring is slightly different too.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Not forgetting gear linkage and pedal box.
Id say take a gander at the auto box... How hard can it be?

Just out of interest, how strong is the auto box? Anyone turbo'd an auto?

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You will struggle to get the auto box to take much over 80lbft of torque before the clutch bands start to slip. You can uprate the auto box slightly but there are few people out there that know how to work the black magic, and you need a rack of special tools. The only person I can think of is not exactly a TurboMinis freindly member, as he seems to think that everyone is copying his butt plugs. I do know another chap that can rebuild the autto box and built a 1380 auto ADO16, hence why I know roughly where the auto box cries for help

Edited by Sprocket on 11th May, 2010.