Murcielago manual conversion - LP640 project Pt 3

[@yass123]

Vinwiki and Ed Bolian needs to see this

[@tavarish]

AWESOME!

[@driftworks]

Thanks man! I've found all of your Lambo vids useful in some way with this project. & funnily enough I thought about buying the LP640 from the same film when it came up for sale recently. But it's much less of a Lambo than yours, unfortunately.

[@onefortysixam9713]

All I could think of was tavarish when I saw this video!!! You two need to collab together and put ITBs on The Fast and Furious Lamborghini! It would make KZbin history

[@boymcfacto5832]

one forty six AM that would be insane

[@Gte-engineering]

Now Tavarish, he is one of the utmost awesome guy that have cool upgrades on Lamborghinis on KZbin!

[@herbienbrian2]

It's a channel obsessed with ITB's and manual swaps? Yes.

[@porschecollector727]

I'm not complaining

[@brynmusselwhite4719]

You know it's serious when Craig says 'I think we'll have to do some drawings...'

[@driftworks]

I know right! :D

[@Matty.Hill_87]

You're a braver man than me, chopping up a part that's worth more than most cars 🤣

[@driftworks]

Brave, or dumb. It's all a gamble until the car actually runs & drives.

[@elitedavidhorne8494]

This series about fabrication and build on the lambo is great content. Keep it coming.

[@79ped]

For once, KZbin actually recommend a perfect match ! Subscribed 👌🏻

[@Ethan-wi1oy]

"what are you doing today?" "oh you know just drilling a hole in my murcielago"

[@driftworks]

Tense day, as they go.

[@siemprebmw3284]

The level of skills and education to do this make this conversion is top notch ... and yet yall do it some calm and collected . i almost had a heart attack changing a flat tire ... keep it up super cool .

[@StavTech]

Honestly that's probably my favourite ever DW video. Craig is brilliant at cars isn't he, fair play. Serious talent. That Omega Estate in the background is the LS powered one isn't it? I'd love that, what a weapon.

[@driftworks]

He really is! Yeah that's the one. Ex police car I think. Still has sirens & loudhailer.

[@icebreakertech]

What a dream build, you are an utter legend for taking this on. 17:40, the pilot hole was hilarious :D

[@Gorbyrev]

Balls of steel and pockets of depth. What a courageous engineering feat, congratulations gentlemen! You do wonder how Lamborghini set their parts prices. Do you think they just sit around giggling picking numbers out of the ether!

[@thedownshiftchannel]

Ah regular updates! This is a major win

[@driftworks]

Haha, don't get too used to it. I've had to learn how to edit videos myself & practically take a week off work to get these two done :D

[@thedownshiftchannel]

Driftworks I feel your pain! Although I also don’t because you have a manual lp640 gt3 street car....

[@steveirl]

I own a manual LP640, so can totally understand why you are engineering a conversion. Very interesting videos, thank you for taking the time to film the journey

[@porschecollector727]

steveirl how many miles do you have in yours and what color?

[@steveirl]

@@porschecollector727 hi it's currently at 11000 miles and colour is pearlescent white

[@diggs7252]

Very impressive! Great work for sure

[@calvinstorer]

Phenomenal work, excellent video 👌

[@danielsullivan74]

This is so exciting!! Can’t wait to see more videos on the project

[@HomeOfTone]

Unreal. Awesome work and well put together video man, as always!

[@minatormyth]

I love this, love the engineering involved. Gteat to see this conversion being undertaken. Looking forward to seeing it complete.

[@hydrolics5449]

That's insane. Really unique. Subbed and liked

[@Desertduleler_88]

Can't wait to see this car finished, great job.

[@BritSportsCars]

Incredible knowledge to carry this out 😬

[@gwynn1104]

This was really interesting - getting in to the technicalities is so much better than all the other channels doing bolt-ons. Cheers

[@Sam_AMG]

Why would anyone dislike this video! Amazing work on an amazing car!!!

[@Xempt_One]

Love the wurth calender up on the wall!

[@philrodrigues9270]

People have said gated conversion in an egear murcielago was not possible you just proved them wrong👍

[@driftworks]

It's still not really possible in a normal Murcielago, but with a bit of outside of the box thinking I seem to have done it.

[@sausage9145]

get well soon lambo

[@onefortysixam9713]

Subscribed I watched all the videos in one day. Now I need to see what happens next!

[@driftworks]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@bridgedown1]

Very interesting stuff.

[@adogmcdizzle]

Found this after enjoying the V10 M3 videos. Used a TIME-SERT to fix the sump plug on my e46 M3. Great product. Oh, and everything else about this series is awesome as well. 👍🏻

[@driftworks]

Cheers! 👍

[@ralphmenta249]

Im a little surprised this channel has never been recommended before. KZbin is very unpredictable at bes,t but even a broken watch is right twice a day I guess. LOL I subscribed and I am currently catching up on the older videos. Nice work gentlemen.

[@driftworks]

Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoy the channel.

[@spazda_mx5]

Awesomes, I love that you're just cutting it up and making it work. Also, you're going to need some smaller shoes.

[@driftworks]

Haha. I'll get rid of the foot rest & move the pedals about I think.

[@Rubble]

Reminds me of tavarish's car, i like the color on this lambo!!

[@andymitchell368]

Loving this

[@driftworks]

Thanks!

[@Original_Nuttah]

Love the content. Hats off Phil 👍🏻

[@driftworks]

Thanks!

[@css172]

Insane build so far! can't wait for next video :)

[@KARR]

so sick!

[@ianmulley2013]

Now that’s perfection

[@driftworks]

Thanks!

[@fabini14]

Probably the first swap on murci egear to manual, congrats

[@manucul28]

You should look for PeterBjorck chanel. He did this conversion on is twin turbo Lambo last year.

[@fabini14]

​ manucul28 no he didnt LOL , he make a conversion on gallardo, is super easy process, and ton of information. Mucielago this is the first on

[@manucul28]

@@fabini14 You are totally right my bad.

[@comandernejo]

It is like the 6.

[@fabini14]

@@comandernejo???

[@LAMBOJESUS]

Phil, it's official. We are now dating. I don't fancy men, but you have won my heart with this project 🤣🤣👊

[@driftworks]

Haha, good to know! :D

[@bolf]

Craig Taylor , makes it look so easy and casual , what a guy! Awesome work all.. Look forward to seeing it.

[@sparkplug964]

Epic work.

[@jean-bernardquene1431]

Le top sa va être génial en boite manuelle 👍👍👍👍👍

[@andypresland]

Can’t wait for the first driving vids!

[@nswgb69]

Epic

[@mehmetguner5729]

Now THAT’S how you drive a Lamborghini!!! Sick intro and sick vid 👍🏼

[@driftworks]

Thanks!

[@rapidvtec]

Amazing. I've done more modding then most with cars but this makes even my heart stop lol

[@BrawnyPony]

now tyler needs to do this to his brand new hooptie

[@driftworks]

I don't know who that is, but they likely wont be able to do it 🤓

[@BrawnyPony]

@@driftworks tyler hoovie, hoovies garage. you're probably right he can't do it but Tavarish and AGX sure has hell can.

[@Gte-engineering]

Hi guys awesome videos really cool stuff. Can you make a Video showing how do you fixed the electronics of the E-Gear and how you are Programed the car to an Manual. Best wishes form NJ USA As that have now an Manual clutch we would recommend PEGA Clutch FXSS Kevlar performance Lining.

[@driftworks]

Hi, thanks. It was all done with standalone ECUs and looms. It's not really integrated into the car at all. I'm going to be using an aftermarket dashboard.

[@maccaz1991]

Absolutely fuckin epic!

[@BigAuf_]

Wow

[@dumyjobby]

The good thing about most egear gearboxes was that they are manuals with a robot o toba that's what made them terrible but also why they are fantastic because with a bit of thought and good mechanical expertise you can convert them back to manual

[@damonhill33]

"..on TVRs, where they're incredibly rubbish" 😅

[@bruhuamf7372]

BRIT

[@tonytherunner5455]

Peter Bjorck did this Conversion to 6 Speed Manual on his Lamborghini , different style different method but overall enjoyable .

[@driftworks]

Gallardo? It's been done hundreds of times. Murci - never to my knowledge. They are nothing like each other.

[@fraserwright9482]

42 grand in parts if you bought the parts 10 years ago

[@ozcarguy5276]

@@driftworks exactly! As far as I know I started mine as the 2nd in the world to convert to manual (but had a delay due to recovering from cancer treatment); so bow you're a touch ahead of me. I also know of one other person doing the swap in the USA (both the other ones are in the USA, but I'm in the UK same as you). I took a different approach with the throwout bearing- I converted to the LP670/Gallardo/R8 bearing, as its more reliable and around £500. Did need to use the LP670 bellhousing which was about £1200 (all new parts). As far as I know, i'm the only one to have converted a murcielago to the Gallardo/R8 clutch.

[@csm101000]

amazing you are a pioneer, keeping the auto gauge cluster? Would be interesting to see that side of things

[@driftworks]

I'd like a nice LCD dash, but a lot of the standard gauges cluster should work, so we're going to see what we can do with that first.

[@chrisg4rr377]

This is so fucking cool

[@johnnytenjobs]

I wonder if any Lamborghini factory workers have seen this.

[@G00neyBird]

Great video, have you guys checked the pedal spacing for heel-toe downshifts? It seems like the brake and gas pedal are quite far apart.

[@driftworks]

All that will be perfected as we go. The first time I drive it properly I'll know.

[@ramonblackz7020]

And they said it was impossible lol

[@daneblackburn2803]

so you're not replacing the egear with a manual transmission? This is actually re engineering an Egear to adapt manual components? That's so cool.

[@driftworks]

Yep, that's the plan.

[@harryo6126]

Great work much better as a manual, original manuals are worth more money than e gears, do you think you have increased the value of your car or reduced it by doing this?

[@adamseddon1555]

God I'd love to work in this workshop😍

[@Sidorczun]

wurth coils best stuff

[@Bull761]

why not use atf in the clutch circuit? with original cltch slave? obvious scope for cockup when replenishing fluid....

[@markissmo]

1000000000👍🏻

[@ThePlonski]

Ed Bolian would be proud

[@anidiotinaracingcar4874]

Awesome! Do you have some coding to do? Or are you going the standalone ECU route?

[@driftworks]

It's a standalone ECU. There's later episodes of it at the dyno 👍

[@anidiotinaracingcar4874]

@@driftworks Alright, thanks for the answer! Too bad, though

[@kreationpayd587]

Very clever boys. Good old British shed builds, kind off.

[@JuicyFruityify]

This is awesome. Love that car. ....could clean everything up first....cleaner engine would be nicer...

[@driftworks]

Thanks! Everything will be revisited & cleaned after it gets covered in dust at the bodyshop for 4 months.

[@JuicyFruityify]

@@driftworks Gotcha. Keep up the fantastic work, love your channel.

[@petercan1020]

Just a quick question how much more do you think the car is worth now that it's a manual rather than an E gear? I'm thinking of doing the same thing over in the states

[@driftworks]

Probably more, but not as much as a genuine manual. Let's see if it works first anyway haha.

[@TheBobes]

I will need like a 2 hour video of you reving this thing once you get the ITBs on. Thank you in advance. :D

[@driftworks]

Haha I'm not sure my hearing will hold up more than 30 seconds :D

[@TheBobes]

@@driftworks Oh comon, you just bought back the crazy loud V10 BMW. :D ...are you actually even aware that cars with single-digit cylinder engines exist? 🤣

[@Mikelectric]

how often do these lambo vids get released?

[@driftworks]

Sporadically depending how much work I get done on the car. How much I remember to film, and how long it takes to edit.

[@mattjones7090]

Stick that new front bumper on 🙌

[@driftworks]

I'm not getting distracted with it until the car is running. The front end of the car needs cutting off & a huge amount of fabrication doing as the race car is tube frame front & rear.

[@yolocholo9611]

That carbon fiber is in your lungs Taylor!!!!!!!!!!

[@tommiesturkenboom3862]

Why not swap a merci manual trans in? So much extra work!!

[@driftworks]

How do you figure? If I'd have bought a manual gearbox I still would have had to to do almost all of the work that we've gone through in this video, and I'd have the weaker manual gearbox. The only difference in terms of work is that we wouldn't have had to modify the shifter linkage UJ. Every other part and modification would have still been required.

[@Arthagnou]

dual clutch and automatics are virtually the same as an electric car, (the exception is the sound and vibration). People who appreciate cars appreciate all elements.

[@PeRRXX]

Shift -Z have you ridden in a single clutch transmission car? Nothing like an electric car. With E-Gear and F1 transmissions, you’re essentially driving a manual car except you can’t control the clutch. With my experience with the Gallardo, I found the manual much easier to drive then the egear.

[@PatrickPeterVlogs]

Brilliant, now that you've done the R&D how much money is it to get you to convert mine?

[@driftworks]

Unfortunately I only work on my own stuff, and at least 50% of the job is sourcing impossible to find bits so it's not hugely repeatable.

[@TopTopTopD]

How much roughly conversion costs?

[@driftworks]

Less than $42,000

[@550LMS]

Phil in the next video(s) will you explain how you got round the ECU issue? Or have you found manual ECUs or going complete stand alone?

[@driftworks]

Hi, no worries. We haven't definitely got around it yet. But have aftermarket ECU's on the way that have been made specifically for my car, and along with the sub loom for ITB control will hopefully mean we're not a million miles away from getting it started at least.

[@550LMS]

@@driftworks thanks guys. Looking forward to see it run👍🏻

[@shhhdontshout]

Wait, im confused. Does it meant that e gear and manual are the same except for the shifter?

[@driftworks]

Roughly yes. The Egear is an automatically actuated manual gearbox. But the Egear also has some stronger internal parts. So if this works out it'll be the best of the best.

[@shhhdontshout]

@@driftworks cool, cant wait

[@nbbasrutten3267]

How much did it cost for the conversion?

[@driftworks]

It's not something that can be done to a normal LP640 if that's what you're entertaining. The physical conversion of the gearbox is only part of the puzzle. Getting it to work in a standard car is pretty much impossible.

[@chiefrocka8604]

How much to drive in a Murcielago auto Drive out a manual ?

[@driftworks]

It's not possible on a normal Murcielago.

[@j33ers40]

👊👊👊

[@nawafalqattan2075]

What parts that i need to swap my 09 murci lp640 to manual ???? And where can i get the parts

[@driftworks]

It's not possible on a normal Murcie unfortunately.

[@nawafalqattan2075]

@@driftworks i think it can be done i saw a video on youtube for a guy who made it ,,

[@driftworks]

Have you got a link? There is only one guy I know that has done it and that's to an LP670. It took him 5 years and probably $200,000.

[@nawafalqattan2075]

@@driftworks kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3vImJuKYqmog5Y check this link also ,, my friend know one guy in korea he just did it ,,, coz the F1 gear its a manual gear ,,, it can be done ,,, the guy in the link he is RHD so he made a hole in the center for the stick ,,, but in the LHD the murci its ready to be conversion to manual the hole is there the pader easy replace no need to fabricated or weld it

[@nawafalqattan2075]

My friend just do that in his gallardo lp560 i will shot a video for his job

[@TwelveSevenTwoWorks]

Fair play, no job unsolved!

[@biffo5645]

Is driftworks going to Coventry motofest this year?

[@driftworks]

Al will be there in the red AE86 for the sprints. I'm not taking anything this year, as I kind of forgot & sent the 964 out for some paint & detailing. If I'm feeling keen I may roll down in the Impala though.

[@mt7810]

Hey, can you swap mine and what’s the price?

[@p00pie]

its $600000

[@mt7810]

600k or 60k , just for the swap, not the entire car

[@p00pie]

@@mt7810 no its 900k for the swap the car us then another 30k

[@mt7810]

771 900k usd? For the car 900k? 30 for the swap?

[@p00pie]

@@mt7810 it is 700k usd for the swap and 57k usd for the lamborghini

[@alexisq9195]

@dde

[@aaron1553]

I thought this was impossible to do

[@actontreadway1168]

I followed your instructions but I am having one fundamental problem...

[@theprongs4175]

Itb's and manual swaps, I'm sure KZbin isn't aloud pornography guys :0

[@porschecollector727]

The Prongs yet this is monetized :)

[@Bull761]

could have saved us all a lot of trouble if the yanks just learnt to drive manuals, then the manufacturers would not have had to develop all this heavy complex paddle shift stuff.

[@chadandersen2774]

Better be awd too. Hate the rwd conversion. Why ruin the performance?

[@driftworks]

Have you tried the RWD conversion on your Murcielago (presuming you have one with such strong opinions)? It's a night and day performance increase. Faster, lighter, drives like a real car.

[@Skreamies]

This is going to sound ridiculous when done!

[@jacobrachwal7625]

Keep the paddles in it just to confuse people.

[@Craziecat70]

Why not just buy a manual lp

[@driftworks]

Because I don't have £350,000 and I wouldn't want to cut up a £350,000 car 😂

[@Craziecat70]

@@driftworks dam they’re that expensive now. I have 03 mucielago gated shifted but I bought it in 2008.

[@driftworks]

@@Craziecat70 That's a non LP though. The majority of them are manual. There were only five manual LP640s built for the UK as far as I'm aware, so they're mad money.

[@Craziecat70]

@@driftworks that’s insane. Yah I checked even the prices with the 1st generation murcielagos r so high atm. I think it’s jus nobody atm is selling them so makes them a lot more rare.

[@chadillacinc]

In this video we are going to talk you through how, this is not a how to video.. Just think before you speak or edit it out

[@driftworks]

I think you need to check your hearing.

[@chadillacinc]

What? Huh??

[@chadillacinc]

What??