I did a 99 New Edge auto to manual swap. My proudest moment of the whole thing was getting the clutch/brake pedal assembly in without messing with the steering column.
On your clutch quadrant you might want to use some washers the same thickness of the spring that was on the old plastic quadrant to space the new quadrant to the right. There should be one washer on the side of the cotter pin as well. It is important to line the quadrant up with the cable coming through the firewall.
This may sound crazy but I swapped my 2001 Cobra from manual to auto and installed all the best bolt ons available along with gears and a 3800 stall and a plate kit. Gained almost 1 second in the 1/8th mile all motor and 60ft was 1.7. Trans was out of a 2004 Mach 1 4R75W and was built to handle 1000+hp. Haven’t upgraded CV axles so haven’t made any nitrous passes.
Autos are faster people bash the 4r75w but with the right mods its faster than the manuals people that say the autos are slow are driving them completely stock
The engine that was in the wrecked white car was rebuilt, if you look at the freeze plugs on the back of the heads it has a tab glued in it to indicate if it's been overheated.
during my swap, I found the hardest part of doing it was removing the automatic shifting cable. also remember the pushrod 5.0 and modular 4.6 use exact same flywheel the only difference is the counter balance weight make sure you use correct counter weight. U will know as soon as u start the engine the trans shifter will remain fairly still if u got it right or vibrate like heII if u got it wrong.
You forgot to mention you need to swap and flash to a 5 speed PCM. It will start on the factory automatic one but your rpm and speedo will be way off. It will redline and fuel cut at like 40mph..
Im currently running auto trans on my 02 New edge, as is my daily for now and where I live traffic is terrible I plan leaving like that for now, as soon as I get another car for daily and the mustang for only project then I plan on doing this swap, Thank you for this information! it will be useful in the future.
99-00 are windsor engines. 01-04 are romeo. Im assuming 01-04 will use a different trans harness than 99-00 since the wiriing is completely different from a windsor to romeo car. Really loving the info on all of this though! Always wondered how hard a manual swap would be.
You don’t absolutely have to have the manual trans harness. I had it with my 5spd swap kit but I used the auto harness that was already in the car because my manual harness plug end got mashed in delivery somehow. Spliced the VSS and reverse light plug then spliced the NSS wires together. Took out all the wires I didn’t need out of the harness. Haynes manual from good ole Autozone will show you what wires are for what. You do not have to take the column out to swap the pedal assembly lol. Take the seat out, put a towel over the 15mm studs for bolting in the seat and lay on your back.
I can’t believe it’s that easy🤦♂️ I swapped my 300zx and it was the exact same concept as in this video, and when my new edge auto trans blew I couldn’t find no information on how to swap it other then people saying buy a new car, so I ended up buy a built auto trans but boy do I wish I manual swapped it
Im literally getting ready to do this, I work at a salvage yard in Texas and I have been wanting to do this to my 04 GT. Finally got a great donor in, but I am worried about the harness. The donor is an early 01. My computer shows late 01-04 uses the same manual transmission. Im worried the early 01 I have will be too different. Idk if you have any info on this. I read a comment here that a guy used the auto harness with minor customization. Either way I will keep you posted! ....... Also, sure wish we got to see pedals and shifter hole cut!
I got a great deal on my auto 2004 mach1 all blacked out with black cobra wheels for $7,500 89k miles on the speedo, great condition besides some chip marks on the paint, but it's just not as much fun compared to a manual stang. Hoping to find a good deal for a 5 speed swap maybe at a salvage yard or something.
I just did the whole swap, and it won’t crank. I could only hear the fuel pump prime, but no crank. I have a 1997 Ford Mustang Gt, and went with a 2000 mustang Gt t-45. I used my auto wiring harness and spliced in the reverse light switch. Don’t know if maybe I soldered it backwards?
Just what I was looking for, my 2001 auto keeps going into shut down mode because I had the rear gears changed out and the computer does not like that, so I thought switching to stick would solve the issue, I like the 3:27 gears in it now but computer will not take a tune with a different gear in rear end.
If you talking about dragging that auto will be faster manuals are purely for fun factor with the right supporting mods that auto will out perform that manual
Everything about how Caleb n Dover do this, is absolutely, without doubt, the easy way. I have an 03 that's standard from the factory. What he said about it being a clutch job, is dead nuts, right. Anybody that wants to swap in either direction, has to address the wiring part. Trust me, the computer DOES KNOW!!!! Im dealing with computer issues in my Ranger that's V8 swapped. The Windsor ecm's all have to be connected to what I used to call trivial and unnessecary crap. It All bit me squarely on my ass. Don't screw up and think you know better than all of Ford's engineers combined. Lmao
I have an auto 04 Mach 1 I’m planning on swapping to a manual. Did you have to do anything to the ECU and do you know if the adapter plate is the same for a 2v and 4v?
Asking cuz I'm trying to get into cars: I wanna upgrade my v6 mustang it looks like this one but silver it's a 2003, I'd like to swap out the transmission from auto to manual, only issue is 1 I can't get the car up that high with my current situation and 2 I have no clue what I'm doing. Would a shop do this for me? And for other upgrades, where would i go instead of doing some of them myself?
I snapped the shaft that goes into the T-45 that the throw out bearing rests on my 96 GT.. they had to use straps to make room to clear the bell housing with the BBK long tubes I had on the car lol
Hey man i love this build and the transition from auto to manual but if you mind answering my question on ..what transmission did you use and if im going to ls swap my o4 mustang , what transmission bolts up to that Ls motor? Your awesome!!!
