manual Swap

Megan370z

What is your big reason to do the swap ?
you mentioned there that you were thinking about tracking the car.

But how much tracking will you do ?
next
what type of tracking ? could be road race / time attack / lapping days / HPDE / autocross.

so if you DO NOT intent to participate in any road race or hardcore time attack meaning pushing the tranny & car to 110% !!! and concerned about the fraction of second you needs over other peoples.
I strongly suggest you to keep the 7AT.

If you only intent to do lapping days / HPDE / autocross.
I strongly suggest you to keep the 7AT.


Why did I swap the 6MT??? It is mostly because I blew one of my VVEL head.
the next plan was to swap the HR head on the VHR block which would need the HR ECU.
I already had an engine/tranny spare hiding in the garage of my cousin from my 350z times.

so doing the swap from nothing will cost you an arm !
then its up to how much you are willing to keep everything OEM looking
For my case I don't really care about all those red light that pop up on the dask cluster. (ABS/VDC/Airbag/Key/engine codes........

On the 350z side, one of the guy kept his Auto ECU and it was working fine.
IMO, I would stick with an ECU which is setup for the 6MT.

the bare minimum is

Clutch Pedal assembly
Clutch Master Cylinder
Clutch Master Cylinder Oil Reservoir
Cutch hose up to the Clutch Slave cylinder
*option* HD CSC (lookup Z1 one...)
Flywheel/clutch ( I took the JWT combo ) *They have 2 version of clutch* (organic only & organic/metallic )
Flywheel BOLTS !!!
Clutch/pressure plate BOLTS !!!
6MT
Will it come with the shifter assembly ? if not , you need this too !

once this is installed, you might want to get the gasket/plate/boots assembly that bolt on directly on the frame/floor
Part # 74963 , 75960N , 74940


then I will let you find the platic interior trim that you might want for OEM looks.

The OEM 7AT cluster (RPM/Speedo) will work just fine with the 6MT. you will not have the same functionnaly as what the true 6MT 370z has..
At that point again its up to you to find that part...

Don't think about the Rev-Matching option .. at this point you are better selling the car as is and get the 6MT !


once everything has been installed. you will need a little wiring job.At this point then its up to you to look into the FSM to find what needs to be done.
I cant really help you on this because Im using the HR ECU.

But you will need to find out how to wire up the Neutral Position Switch and the Back-Up Lamp Switch to your ECU/BCM.
Without those 2 sensor switch on the 6MT , you will not be able to start the car or/and get the back up light to lid!
You will not have the same wire setup as the 6MT on the BCM side because yours is 7AT. IF you can understand a wiring diagram, you will be able to wire them to make it work, as I did.


So you still want to do the 6MT swap on your 7AT 370z ?

If not ,

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