nerfbat Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) as per thread topic, my ke10 has a Toyoglide, which i was fully prepared to Shift kit, slightly higher stall, and reco. but its gonna cost about 2k... i have most, if not all, of the bits to convert it to a manual. so my question is, do i convert to a manual 4spd(as its all i have laying around)? or do i pay the cash and get the auto rebuilt, tricked and then keeping the car original? thoughts? Edited March 30, 2012 by nerfbat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono.C Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 $300~ Manual conversion which will make it more drivable and fun or $2k on a 2 speed auto? I'd go manual. Keep the auto gear so you can put it back to stock one day if you want, Exactly what i'm doing with mine If you use a ke55 gearbox it comes through the original auto hole so you wont be chopping it up and hacking so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 Manual gives it instant sparkle and go! Swap to a K50 later on when you find one, I'd expect the auto diff to be a lower ratio if it is like the KE70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono.C Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 From what i've been told they're the same ratio manual and auto ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan G Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 auto 4:3. manual 4:11 i wouldnt mind a tricked trimatic. big stally. 60kph in 1st and 90kph in 2nd :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot35 Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 Yeah, but isn't that top gear? :) Decide what you want with the car. If it's clean and 100% original maybe you have some reason to keep it that way. Personally, I'd swap it to manual, but driving an auto is dull for me. You'll probably getter better performance as people have mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoop Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I'm in the process of doing this at the moment. The old glide was cactus so i'm putting a 4 speed from my other ke10 in it. I can so far tell ya the gearbox bellhousing bolts are an absolute prick to get to with the engine in but it will be so much better to drive in my opinion. Going by those diff ratio's i might swap diffs too. 2k is a bit rich for a gearbox rebuild for a little rolla isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUZ440 Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I knower of a car you could get in and buy that has everything ready to go, haha You can't put a price on originality tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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