5sp trans swap from 5th gen, Is it feasible? Options

[Xander_X]

So, since day one of me purchasing my '99 GT (about 2 months ago), I've wanted to do a transmission swap. I bought this car cause of the low mileage, great condition and decent price. But I hate this auto trans, I swear the trans ECU is retarded, I can't quite find any reliable trigger point for downshifting. Sometimes I floor it and it bogs, sometimes I floor it and opens right up (normal for these cars?). I hate not having the power when I want it. So after all my research, I've just decided to buy a complete donor car as there are too many little parts and I figure I can just part out the rest of the car and probably make back a good chunk of the money.

I haven't started looking for a donor yet but I wanted to know if all or most of the parts from a 5th gen with a 5S would work? I just didn't want to rule it out in case I got the chance to pick one up cheap. Anyone know? If it's only a couple parts that are different, then cool ... if more than a couple, I'll just make sure to get a 6gen.

This post has been edited by Xander_X: Jun 6, 2012 - 3:35 PM

[Xander_X]

really not that much of a headache to me. It's a low mileage car, less than 80k, last year made, clean enough to eat off the bottom without a hint of rust or corrosion and basically every US option that was available ... no 8 speaker system though ... basically, its just in such good shape, finding another one like it will be difficult. I figure I can buy a donor for less than $2,000 and make a lot of that back selling the parts and scraping the rest.