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R50/53 Clutch/gearbox swap

Old Sep 30, 2019 | 09:49 AM
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Clutch/gearbox swap

Been doing some reading but not fully finding what I'm looking for.

I'm a about yo start a clutch job on my 02 non S.
After reading about the Midlands gear box what is all involved in swapping it out for the getrag gear box.. what works and what doesn't, what obstacles will I be facing ..
 
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Old Oct 4, 2019 | 12:04 PM
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Just to clarify, the 05-06 R50 came with a 5 speed Getrag, completely different beast than the 6 speed Getrag.

As for what to expect, if you where thinking of doing the 5 to 5 speed swap, skip it. You'll end up changing all the same parts to do a 5 to 6 speed swap. There is a on older document out there from Texas SpeedWerks and they detailed what was needed to do the swap. They did buy a bunch of new parts that you may or may not want to do but it was a step by step swap.
 
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Old Oct 4, 2019 | 12:34 PM
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Besides the parts list , are there any good videos out there for the conversion
 
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Old Oct 4, 2019 | 06:31 PM
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Not sure about videos. Mod MINI on YouTube has a bunch of great videos. He has one on doing a clutch job that has a bunch of the same steps as the swap.
 
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