![]() In an ecomodded car, a clutch should last a quarter million miles. If you enjoy rowing the stick, a manual is flat-out the most durable way to go long term. A stick will also allow you to reap additional benefit from any aero improvements you can make. A stick offers whole new vistas of hypermiling possibilities and maybe another 1-2 MPG can be had from improved driving without having to outfox your transmission. Heat buildup can result in spectacular (parts scattered down the road) automatic transmission failures.Īll that said, you can gain 2.0 MPG by doing a manual transmission swap alone. Slowing your engine down at a given road speed reduces the volume of ATF pumped from the transmission to the cooler and the transmission will tend to run hotter than your 3.55s. Make sure the cooler is good and the lines are clear and not kinked. If you are reliability bug like me, this would be a good time to rebuild your automatic. Visit your local junk yard, find a 2.73 axle and a torque converter from an LX and swap them in. All the engineering is done and this is as cheap as mechanical projects come. LX torque converter stall speed is probably in the 1400-1600 RPM range. ![]() 2.73 gears and whatever torque converter comes in LXs. The cheap and dirty way to go is to convert your CVPI to an LX drivetrain. From a guy who has been down the gearing road (see my signature) and is fixing to go down it again, here are some thoughts.
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