Has anyone installed a 6 spd standard in their SRT -6 ? Does it need to be altered? Were you able to hang a clutch?

 

A standard crossfire 6-speed in an SRT-6 = DANGER.......EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL......MAY CAUSE BODILY HARM. I would imagine quite a bit of work would be involved in not only the internals of the tranny, but the fabrication to install it. I think this was already brought up a couple times on the forum actually. You might want to do a search......

 

Too much of a hassle and I really doubt anyone has done it. The SRT-6 tranny is awesome and why change perfection anyways.

 

IIRC TVT was griping about the manual tranny a while back. I think his clutch was slipping, which is an easy fix. But i think he also mentioned the manual being non user friendly for switching gears fast.

 

Why did you buy a srt6 if you wanted a car with a manual transmission?

Regardless, if you actually did the swap you would be slower and your wallet would be empty and your car would be unreliable. sounds like a great combo doesn't it.

 

^ Maybe because a true sporting car should at least offer a manual trans option.

It's not always about being faster, it's about being more involved in the driving process. Switching the SRT to a manual would be extremely difficult, mostly due to the ECU wanting to see an automatic.

 

lmao, okay.

go buy another car if you want a manual, it is as simple as that.

Too bad the srt6 and even the bugatti veyron do not meet your standards as a "true sporting car" lol



however you are in luck, there is a 1991 honda civic up the road with your "true sporting car" manual transmission I am sure you would be interested in. that makes it a true drivers car and a beast because like you said, it is not about speed it is all about shifting gears manually lmao.



only a true man can handle that brown beast. i feel so sad for the owners of the 1000+hp veyron and even the lowly srt6, they have no idea what a "real" car is. Only the drivers of manual cars such as the 50hp honda civic know what that is all about.

 

How soon we all forget. HDDP installed a SRT6 engine in front of his 6 spd. tranny. Doesn't that count?
I don't know if he has all the bugs worked out yet, but I think he's been pretty busy filming TV shows.

 

Hmm, I wonder why all AMG cars don't have manuals? I do admit though that I've been a manual junkie for many many years and kind of miss using my clutch foot every now and then.

 

Mercedes is the only company that doesn't offer a manual transmission in their highest performaing cars. Personally, I think Mercedes doesn't get it.

As for the Veyron, it is a DSG dual clutch transmission. It offers much more than any torque converter auto could ever do.

 

The auto will hold a gear to a certain limit. But just sometimes you would like to have control over the transmission. Diving deep into a turn and just picking the right gear to match RPMs is a thing to behold. Exiting corners becomes just so much easier. So I don't think anyone was saying this is not a sports car, just sometimes you do want just a little more control.

 

I have no idea why some people whine about their srt6, everyone knew it was an auto when they purchased it unless they bought it off the net blindly. If you knew what it was when you bought it and you wanted a manual transmission why did you not purchase something else? It simply does not make sense. That would be like me wanting a boat but buying a plane instead and then wanting to convert it to a boat. It is a huge waste of time and money lol.

If you are into performance and modding cars I would much rather have an auto, they are more consistant at the track and once you start making good power you do not have to throw thousands of dollars into new clutches and flywheels.

 

I agree!

 

I consider shifting = driving while an automatic = riding. That being said, if the SRT6 was offered in a manual I would be $50k poorer and have only one Crossfire. I went with the roadster first because I wanted a convertible with a manual transmission. Then I picked up the SRT6 because they are rare and getting rarer, and I like the looks of the coupe with the whalefin spoiler.

At the end of the day, I think I paid a little more for two cars than I would have paid for a new SRT6 roadster back in 2005.

PS - I have an A6 2.7T with MT6 and just bought an A4 3.0 with MT6 for my daughter. I'm currently looking at a 2004 Crossfire coupe with manual for my son. My older daughter has my old 2002 Saturn VUE with the manual 5-speed. Does that tell you I'm a little biased?

 

I do wish my Crossfire "shifted" as smoothly as my Honda Civic.
40 mpg wouldn't be to hard to take either.

 

yeah you are right man, turning that steering wheel, knowing when to brake, when to accellerate, how to judge how to head in and out of a curve and keeping the power under control is not driving. It is all about taking your hand and pushing that stick up or down.

 

you aren't kidding about that 40mpg! Wow that would be the icing on the cake to get that kind of mileage out of the crossfire. I still think it does pretty good, i get an average of 23.7mph which isn't too bad, it is no 40mpg though.

 

True, Honda's non-cable shifters are very, very good.

For example, the 5MT on the Integra Type R as well as the S2000 shifter are both very, very short throw and very smooth.

Really amazing.

 

Automatic to 6 speed manual conversion on a Supra Turbo is a $7k undertaking. Don't expect it to be cheaper on a Crossfire using Mercedes parts instead of Toyota.

http://www.suprastore.com/iwantoconfro.html

 

How about a six or seven speed paddle shifter set up!!!!

Steve