Cost of Tranny Swap?
06-11-2011, 08:00 AM
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Cost of Tranny Swap?
I was looking into getting my clutch changed this year just to have a fresh clutch and get rid of the stupid clutch buzzing, but as I was researching on what aftermarket clutch to get I stumbled upon some threads about AP1's using AP2 trannys.
The science of speed clutch I was looking at came out to be around 700ish dollars. For about 200 more I could score a AP2 tranny off ebay with lower miles than my car.
I was quoted last year for a standard clutch replacement it would come to around 600ish at a local shop. Would a swap be more than that or less? I really don't know what transmission work consists of so if swapping comes out to be thousands of dollars in labor then I will just stick with my original plan and get a clutch replacement.
The science of speed clutch I was looking at came out to be around 700ish dollars. For about 200 more I could score a AP2 tranny off ebay with lower miles than my car.
I was quoted last year for a standard clutch replacement it would come to around 600ish at a local shop. Would a swap be more than that or less? I really don't know what transmission work consists of so if swapping comes out to be thousands of dollars in labor then I will just stick with my original plan and get a clutch replacement.
06-11-2011, 03:38 PM
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Contact Billman out on Long Island. He did mine. I shipped the tranny to him. He did the tranny and clutch swap. Talk to him about costs. He also did some other maintenance style work. Very happy and worth the long drive.
Might talk to ScottyBallistic if your nearer him to see if he would do it.
A fully Tranny swap isn't that much more work than a clutch swap honestly from what I remember.
Might talk to ScottyBallistic if your nearer him to see if he would do it.
A fully Tranny swap isn't that much more work than a clutch swap honestly from what I remember.
06-11-2011, 07:06 PM
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The clutch assembly is actually bolted to the engine flywheel.
A grooved rod from the tranny slides into the clutch plate.
The transmission bell housing surrounds the clutch asembly and bolts to the back of the engine.
So to get to the clutch you remove the drive shaft, disconnect the slave cylinder, the unbolt the bell housing and back it out of the clutch.
After that you can replace the clutch, then reassemble it all reversing the process.
Exchanging a tranny while you have it out shouldn't be a cost adder.
If I recall correctly however
, they did make some changes to the slave cylinder mechanism on AP2's though.
So you might have to make some changes there. but I'd certainly recommend a bunch of research before I started down that path.
The clutch assembly is actually bolted to the engine flywheel.
A grooved rod from the tranny slides into the clutch plate.
The transmission bell housing surrounds the clutch asembly and bolts to the back of the engine.
So to get to the clutch you remove the drive shaft, disconnect the slave cylinder, the unbolt the bell housing and back it out of the clutch.
After that you can replace the clutch, then reassemble it all reversing the process.
Exchanging a tranny while you have it out shouldn't be a cost adder.
If I recall correctly however
, they did make some changes to the slave cylinder mechanism on AP2's though. So you might have to make some changes there. but I'd certainly recommend a bunch of research before I started down that path.
06-12-2011, 04:27 AM
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I was looking into getting my clutch changed this year just to have a fresh clutch and get rid of the stupid clutch buzzing, but as I was researching on what aftermarket clutch to get I stumbled upon some threads about AP1's using AP2 trannys.
The science of speed clutch I was looking at came out to be around 700ish dollars. For about 200 more I could score a AP2 tranny off ebay with lower miles than my car.
I was quoted last year for a standard clutch replacement it would come to around 600ish at a local shop. Would a swap be more than that or less? I really don't know what transmission work consists of so if swapping comes out to be thousands of dollars in labor then I will just stick with my original plan and get a clutch replacement.
The science of speed clutch I was looking at came out to be around 700ish dollars. For about 200 more I could score a AP2 tranny off ebay with lower miles than my car.
I was quoted last year for a standard clutch replacement it would come to around 600ish at a local shop. Would a swap be more than that or less? I really don't know what transmission work consists of so if swapping comes out to be thousands of dollars in labor then I will just stick with my original plan and get a clutch replacement.
He does a lot of swapping engines and clutches. Let me know. He works late night and saturday too. Let me know if I can help.
06-12-2011, 04:44 PM
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Red,
The clutch assembly is actually bolted to the engine flywheel.
A grooved rod from the tranny slides into the clutch plate.
The transmission bell housing surrounds the clutch asembly and bolts to the back of the engine.
So to get to the clutch you remove the drive shaft, disconnect the slave cylinder, the unbolt the bell housing and back it out of the clutch.
After that you can replace the clutch, then reassemble it all reversing the process.
Exchanging a tranny while you have it out shouldn't be a cost adder.
If I recall correctly however , they did make some changes to the slave cylinder mechanism on AP2's though.
So you might have to make some changes there. but I'd certainly recommend a bunch of research before I started down that path.
The clutch assembly is actually bolted to the engine flywheel.
A grooved rod from the tranny slides into the clutch plate.
The transmission bell housing surrounds the clutch asembly and bolts to the back of the engine.
So to get to the clutch you remove the drive shaft, disconnect the slave cylinder, the unbolt the bell housing and back it out of the clutch.
After that you can replace the clutch, then reassemble it all reversing the process.
Exchanging a tranny while you have it out shouldn't be a cost adder.
If I recall correctly however
, they did make some changes to the slave cylinder mechanism on AP2's though. So you might have to make some changes there. but I'd certainly recommend a bunch of research before I started down that path.
