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Here is my husband doing a reference lap. It's pretty dang quick.

My husband did a reference lap on my Garmin, I will upload it and post later. It is an absolute handful and a rocket out of the corners with the power recipe we used from my other wagon. It will take me some time to get acclimated, and I will continue to post progress through the season.

I have the aluminum fronts. With 2 years and 50 track days on my previous wagon the only suspension issues I had were worn bushings and a cracked upright.

Let me reintroduce myself. I’m a wagon obsessed lady and picked up an absolute legend of a wagon from @boxkita back in 2022. This past winter it moved into our shop garage and got the motor from momwagon after it got a refresh. My husband pulled so many late nights to get it track worthy again, and touched every single item in the car. Last weekend we shook it down at Mid-Ohio and apart from a new tune and replacing a coolant hose it performed flawlessly. We had our friend and pro-driver Tom take it out for a session too and he was surprised, with his only two comments being “how much power does it make!?” and “it did everything I asked it to”. At Ozarks International Raceway this weekend and the wagon is asking a lot of me. It has zero chill, and is just so god damn fast with the combination of the high compression and the “snake oil” vf52 makes it a rocket. It is so different than my full interior track car, I’m learning that I need much less input in every way to get the same result as before. As the season, and 20+ days on progresses I will continue to update the thread.

Thanks @boxkita for the wagon and @Sgt.Gator for the photos you sent. I’ve been anxiously waiting to post. Getting Racewagon road worthy was quite a feat and momwagon had to donate many parts (including motor) to make it happen. I’m determined to pay tribute to its original heritage and will be restoring the livery to be similar to the original. I’ll be at Mid-Ohio this weekend with it to do an initial shake down. Excited to get this on track!

With the MT ROM the Er codes went away. I think just loaded a ROM that didn’t have the CC update (there was a recall) or that it is a brake switch issue AT to MT. The neutral switch is wired and works correctly. It doesn’t bother me so I’m not inclined to troubleshoot.

Thanks but I’d have no need to run the AT ROM again. With the 08 being canbus the arduino makes sense. The 05 isn’t full canbus, the cruise would work if I cared to fix it but I’ve never used the cruise in this vehicle. The 6MT is great, I will have some comparison from AT to MT at the end of the month to see if there is a difference on the dyno.

As long as the ECU has the AT ROM the vehicle will continue to try and communicate with the TCU and think the car is an auto. Flex fuel is not available for the AT and I wanted to be able to run flex (really just a failsafe mode for E60 and lower). The pin you are talking about in the ECU made no difference, I did try that.

Geez I forgot all about this thread. Finished up the swap, everything went pretty smoothly overall. Wiring was pretty minor, it was so long ago I barely remember what we did, I think it was just the clutch switch and reverse lights. Once we flashed the manual ROM we were able to start the car and test everything. The speed sensors both shit out so I ended up having to replace those as well as the front wheel bearings, and my cruise doesn’t work (I figured out the problem, I just don’t care). After the swap the clutch I had immediately took a shit so we had to replace it. The 6MT is great, the wagon is an absolute blast to drive, although I haven’t had it out in months, it’s been sitting on my quickjack for awhile while I do brakes, rear control arms and address a leaky diff.

I wish I could pick this up but your price (which is low IMO) is twice what I can swing. Good luck with sale, lovely wagon

Getting closer. Everything is pulled from the donor car and I sourced the rest of the parts I needed including a set of Spec B front/rear axles (donor was missing rears) and we discovered the reverse lockout cable on the donor was junk when we pulled the trans. Also picked up a 15+ STI rack and a set of aluminum control arms to swap while were at it. Hoping to start Thanksgiving week, congestion in the shop is what is preventing us from moving forward. Got an updated tune for when we unmarry the AP and Pretty sure I have the wiring piece figured out, but time will tell with that. The biggest issue I have is transporting it. We are getting into winter blends here and if E content drops too low she won’t be going anywhere with my 10:1 CR.

The donor already had the trans swap done, which is why I am considering it. I appreciate the insight on the ROM ID, I did know see that in the research I had done, thank you very much! I just picked up a clutch, and am grabbing axles this weekend and I'll be able to get started.

Due to a lucky coincidence I am planning swapping a Spec B 6MT into my 2005 5EAT wagon and need some help. A few things first: I know this is difficult and I should just by a 5MT wagon - NOPE I have searched and searched and am finding bits and pieces of the info I need, hopefully one of you reading this can help me. So far, I have: A 2005 Legacy GT MT donor with all applicable parts (too long to list them all) What I am trying to determine is if I can swap all components and flash a manual ROM onto the auto ecu. From what I understand it can, and has been done. I don't need cruise control so losing that isn't an issue. Also, I had stumbled upon the pin connector diagram and what needs to be changed, but I cannot find it for the life of me. Please help!

How soon do you need a trans? Im swapping mine this winter and I’m going to have my 5EAT with a Hexmod VB upgrade, and Mishimoto transcooler for sale soon. It may or may not come with an aluminum driveshaft from the Driveshaft shop as well. Let me know. I’m Northern IL so not too far from you.