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here we go!! the long awaited post telling how to swap a 03-04 base vibe from the automatic to a 5 or 6 speed, the only difference being the trans itsself. this post will be a lil while in the making, bc im in college and really dont have much free time to type this stuff up and take pics, but it will be complete!!

First off, we need a parts list!
a decent transaxle, perferrably close to or under the milage of the car, either 5 or 6 speed(your choice, but id go 6 speed)
a flywheel and bolts(could go used but i would recommend new)
a complete clutch kit(like the flywheel, id recommend new)
CV axles from or for a manual vibe or matrix
shifter cables out of any manual vibe or matrix as long as its older than 09 (corolla cables WILL NOT work!!!)
a PCM out of YOUR year vehicle with a manual (it HAS to be the same year and out of the EXACT same car, a matrix PCM WONT work in a vibe)
the rear and drivers side trans mount brackets that bolt to the trans from a manual vibe or matrix (the 5 and 6 speed use the same brackets)
a clutch master AND slave cylinder (yet again, i recommend new but used can work fine)
clutch lines
a clutch pedal (can be out of a vibe, matrix, or corolla as long as the donor car is 03-08, not sure if that whole range of corolla will work)
a shifter, either oem or short throw (a good short throw is the monkey wrench racing one for the matrix)
a shift kn0b
shift boot (get one for a vibe or matrix, and make sure it has the retainer for the bottom of the boot)
the clutch safety switch (should be on the clutch pedal assembly you get, just make sure)
some red and black 16 gauge wire
maybe shifter bushings if the cables you get dont have them or they are tore up
maybe an intake manifold gasket
some random bolts for the slave cylinder and pedal assembly
3 quarts GL-4 75w90 gear oil (i recommend redline)
maybe CV axle seals
bandaids and painkillers =p your knuckles WILL get beat up

well thats all i have time for now, hopefully i can get this more towards complete later today, and thanks to everyone on here for the support on this project!!

sooooo how'd the swap go?

I have a beat 03 gt 6 spd with a low mile 1zz (don't ask) and a shot body wanted to move everything over to my salvage 06 awd, (not gonna play with the awd for now but maybe later...)
just want to know if its doable to get it driving as a FWD within a week b4 I disable it

He did this long ago, so it has been done. The k-frame and mounting bits should be the same from FWD to AWD (I don't see why they wouldn't be). In addition to the auto-manual swap, you would need to replace the ECU and such. Which, if the pins and such are dead-on, could be simple. I encourage you to give it a go. I'd like to see how an AWD chassis lightened up would act, especially if the IRS is superior to the semi-IRS.

I know the engine trans and ecu will work out I was more concerned about installing the pedals, shift cables and hydraulics is everything predrilled/ tapped or do you need to do crazy modification to the firewall, parts are no prob as I have complete gt donor, thx for response

Everything is marked and fairly obvious when the sound deadening is removed up under the dash, but its only 2 small holes for bolts and one big hole for the clutch pushrod

-From zvibe04