SR20 Z33 6 speed swap

[battosaii930]

well ive been a long time Lurker and ive decided to do this swap and document the process i hope it comes out well just keep in mind this will take about a month because im waiting for parts and im also doing some things to the engine.

this will be going in my Kouki s14

here is a list of my parts most of which will be here on monday or tuesday

-2005 CD009 6-speed with 20kmiles
-OEM 350z Slave cylinder
-Steel braided clutch line
-ACT Extreme 6 puck clutch kit for SR20
-Spec SR20 lightweight flywheel
-Shaft Masters Aluminum S14 with z33 tranny drive shaft
-Collins Shifter service
-Collins adapter plate for SR20
-Collins Crossmember
-Dakota Digital converter box

heres some pics


took the bellhousing off to get it machined 3/8"


inspected the gears and they look excellent


picked up the bellhousing from the machine shop they did a great job!


first parts to come in are here


thats pretty much it for now i may put the bellhousing back on the tranny tomorrow but other then that im waiting on parts

[240koukiSX]

Subbed. I've been thinking of doing this for a while now

[battosaii930]

ok small update i put the tranny back together now some pics

cleaned the back of the bellhousing for the RTV to have a smooth surface to adhere to



got a piece of 2x4 so i could stand the tranny up for easy bellhousing alignment


got it all lined up and bolted on now installing the snap ring on the main bearing


i temporarily put the cover back on but i need to head to nissan on monday and get a new front cover seal, mine looks ok but Nissan recommends not to reuse them and i will not risk it for a $4 seal.


now this i did not realize there was a little ball under this spring and it had fallen out do not lose this!


here she is all put back together


thats it for today i have parts coming in on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday so ill update when they come in

[s13mikesr20]

have this trans in one of my s13s behind a blacktop


3rd gear entries r so much easier I love it and I cruse the highway at 80 with 2500 rpms

[powahh]

CD009 is a monster! love it. Mating one to VH45 atm.

[battosaii930]

yea i cant wait to try it out i dont drift to often my car is set up for Auto-x but the stock 5 speed gear ratios are horrible for a tight auto-x course

[fatduece]

Originally Posted by battosaii930

well ive been a long time Lurker and ive decided to do this swap and document the process i hope it comes out well just keep in mind this will take about a month because im waiting for parts and im also doing some things to the engine.

this will be going in my Kouki s14

here is a list of my parts most of which will be here on monday or tuesday

-2005 CD009 6-speed with 20kmiles
-OEM 350z Slave cylinder
-Steel braided clutch line
-Shaft Masters Aluminum S14 with z33 tranny drive shaft
-Collins Shifter service
-Collins adapter plate for SR20
-Collins Crossmember
-Dakota Digital converter box

Do you mind telling how much all of parts cost you?

Also how much is everybody paying for the tranny? Im looking into this but I dont know how much they are worth, or where to even look for them. I was thinking the dealer but they'll probably try to sell it for 4k?

[powahh]

Originally Posted by fatduece

Do you mind telling how much all of parts cost you?

Also how much is everybody paying for the tranny? Im looking into this but I dont know how much they are worth, or where to even look for them. I was thinking the dealer but they'll probably try to sell it for 4k?

I found mine for 400 on craigslist, the guy was desperate I didnt even low ball him.
Freshly rebuilt too, I checked it. brand new syncros on all gears.

Its oe of those things, you just gotta search for it, you'll find a great deal

[battosaii930]

-2005 CD009 6-speed with 20kmiles - $400
-OEM 350z Slave cylinder - $47
-Steel braided clutch line - $40
-Shaft Masters Aluminum S14 with z33 tranny drive shaft - $387
-Collins Shifter service - $112
-Collins adapter plate for SR20 and crossmember for s14 - $545
-Dakota Digital converter box - $94.95

total $1625.95, those are shipped prices and thats not including my $505 clutch or other things that i may need to buy things always come up when you pull out an engine

[norcalta]

I busted this swap about 3 months ago. Third gear is great havent changed ratio yet however she is down as we speak due to clutch engagement issue. Was very different type of issue basically clutch was released instant disengagement of power to real wheels no matter what gear and hard pedal no noise! After disassembly I have found nothing wrong with any of the drivetrain components. transmission shifts fine into every gear and spinning the input shaft spins the tailshaft as well in every gear. Clutch looks fine only thing I can think of is that as I was unbolting the pressure plate if was stuck was able to be placed into engaged position as was unbolted unevenly when being removed from flywheel. Transmission was sent to shop Friday for syncros and bearings "cd008 trans bought off of craigslist didnt do my homework when I started this one thing im going to be looking into when I get back is the throwout bearing travel distance. When I started this I had read about a girl in New Zealand that was doing this to a s15 with the same adapter plate and she was having issues with the size of the throwout bearing being too short and not touching the pressure plate but the post was never finished. You may wanna look into this too. Im using the s14 throwout and fork btw the z33 stuff will not work found out from personal experience. Kudos for taking good picts and time to document this! Would have loved to see this round the first of the year lol.

[battosaii930]

well thanks for the heads up i hope i wont run into those problems id like to get tuned asap and drive train problems will set me back money and time

ill be using the SR throw out bearing carrier, Collins sells one but im pretty sure its the same are the SR one and it was ment for the 1uz people

[norcalta]

Ya I had to learn the hard way lol but I still dont think the sr throwout bearing is long enough when I get the tranny back im going to pay close attention to see I f the bearing is on the pressure plate and if not come up with some sort space to attach to bearing

[battosaii930]

Originally Posted by norcalta

Ya I had to learn the hard way lol but I still dont think the sr throwout bearing is long enough when I get the tranny back im going to pay close attention to see I f the bearing is on the pressure plate and if not come up with some sort space to attach to bearing

collins sells a throw out bearing carrier for the swap i didnt buy one cause i thought i could use the SR one but i may buy it just incase i dont want to drop my tranny again once its in.

small update that has nothing to do with the trans, my wireing specialties harness just came in and it looks amazing it will clean up my engine bay so much installing this harness plus my 20+ year old wires are not in the greatest condition.

[battosaii930]

hey my Shaft Masters drive shaft came in today and man does it look good, they use Spicer joints.
here is a pic of my testing to see if the yolk fits properly and it does!


also my Dakota Digital speed calibration unit, im going to use this box to get the ABS signal from my j30 diff to make my speedometer to work with the z33 tranny.


i already had the Spec flywheel but i wasnt sure if i needed a new friction plate or not so i just ordered one it was $80 i would be kicking myself if i needed it and not ordered it but other then that im still waiting on more parts and i will try to pull my SR out of my s14 this weekend

[brndck]

Cool to see a full write up on this.
I've wanted to do it for a while but no one has answered all of my questions about the swap.

[battosaii930]

my ACT Extreme 6 puck clutch came in last night.

[battosaii930]

my replacement spec Flywheel friction plate came in today. now im just missing a few parts but they happen to be the most important ones

[newbe240owner]

Does anybody know if the HR version will work also?

[joe3180]

Originally Posted by fatduece

Do you mind telling how much all of parts cost you?

Also how much is everybody paying for the tranny? Im looking into this but I dont know how much they are worth, or where to even look for them. I was thinking the dealer but they'll probably try to sell it for 4k?

Brand new is like 1600-1700 from what I can find with a quick search.

[battosaii930]

Originally Posted by newbe240owner

Does anybody know if the HR version will work also?

yes the Adaptor that Brett Collins sells will fork for the HR tranny

yea i havnt been able to pull my engine yet ive been working alot but my grandfather gets here to Miami on the 27th so ill probably be pulling it out sometime after that. I am also still waiting on parts to come in, my chase bays p/s kit is on back order too.

here is something i bought so when i go out partying on the boat



im also going to use it when i work on the 240 lol

[sil15yaz]

Wow where can i get these monster stuffs? Do they ship to brunei?

[rbs14kouki]

Anybody on here know if i can upgrade my 03 internals to cd009 spec ???

[sil15yaz]

Whats ur email bro need to ask u few questions

[s13mikesr20]

your gonna love you gear setup after this 3-4 gear is sooooooooo much fun

[battosaii930]

hey guys found this locally with the same color as my car! Kouki trunk+Wing


i have a long hard week of work next week but i will try to pull my engine next weekend even though im still missing some of the most important parts

[Mile High Silvia]

gonna be hella tight! i miss my z33 shifter this is on my list!

[Mile High Silvia]

yo, are you going from auto to z33?

[battosaii930]

nope im going 5speed SR to 6speed z33 my chassis came 5-speed from factory, i may keep the tranny because my brother wants to put an SR in his Vert and we can find a long block with everything but the tranny and harness for $1000, we plan on using a wireing specialties harness too anyway

pic from this morning

[onehundredoctane]

Very cool to see a write up! I've seen that guys are using the Dakota Digital box but I haven't seen a write up on that particular aspect of the build. Hope to see more soon!

[Mile High Silvia]

Nice man! Doing something I wish I had the time/money for right meow