Lamborghini Performante manual gearbox swap!

One of our clients asked if we could convert their stunning, Lamborghini Gallardo LP570 Performante from E-gear to a manual transmission.
Well, we're always up for a challenge, and reckon this is the only one we know of in Europe. In this video we talk through the project before getting started on the gearbox...
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[@MatArmstrongbmx]

Would love to throw all the bits for the box all over the room and watch you rebuild it all 😂

[@olih.]

And you know he could….blindfolded!

[@REPerformanceUK]

Challenge accepted!! 😂😂

[@classicraceruk1337]

@@REPerformanceUK That made me laugh!!

[@REPerformanceUK]

@@classicraceruk1337 hahahaha

[@Nicka2003]

Don’t worry, there’ll be a few left at the end 😂

[@tunnel7]

How does he know where it all goes?? bloody amazing this team is and looks like he has 60yrs experience cheers Rikki.

[@chalkster4723]

Tremendous. A very daunting task for the majority of us old'salts in the trade! But like many things if you're doing these jobs day in day out it becomes second nature! Great video.

[@jdeckard1243]

Utterly fascinating to watch and the information you are providing.

[@paulwilkinson4501]

Great vid, so amazed how quick you strip this stuff, watched it 3 times 👍👍

[@Jerichoom]

Wow. Very impressive indeed! Good work my man, look forward to the end product!

[@f-carguy]

Seriously considering an LP570 SL, so glad to have found your video's documenting this conversion. If I do end up getting one, I will be giving you a call for sure. Keep up the amazing work! 💪

[@stevewall3246]

Fantastic to watch you work sorry I didn’t catch up with you on Sunday, interesting listening to you you talking in the commentary box 👍

[@tomredman5411]

Never met you Rick ,but you seem like a level guy .superb videos as always..cheers tommy

[@jamesmcdonald5247]

Great content . Just made that look as simple as a T5 gearbox strip down very impressive.😂

[@hemlock68]

Amazing techinical knowledge

[@smudger6461]

Love this hands on approach 💯

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thank you!

[@angrydwarf6563]

Seriously impressed.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thank you!

[@MrJwwhasabetterchannel]

This is my kind of video! Great stuff thanks for sharing. Keep up the brilliant work

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thank you

[@jimmcculloch3786]

Master at work!

[@gafrers]

Simple 5 minutes conversion, barely 4 bolts and you are done 🤣 Amazing work 👍👏

[@REPerformanceUK]

Exactly lol

[@thenameforcorey2261]

People are really missing out on all the stuff and info your giving up. I mean ur not going into every detail but if u have an idea of what your doing already these videos would help that person alot. This is definitely a hidden gem on KZbin although Ricky u would rather it be a huge channel with a mil plus subs lol I don't blame u

[@stevensmith3069]

Top video brilliant the way you work mate I thought rebuilding my 2.0 tfsi engine and doing ko4 conversion was good lol but the cars and engines you are dealing with speaks for itself 👍

[@rm6330]

I never needed to know any of that but I'm glad you made this video and I enjoyed watching it 👏

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thank you!

[@olih.]

Amazing work. Great content. Lost me at the first bolt you undid 🤣

[@REPerformanceUK]

Hahahaha it’s not that bad!

[@thomasdunn8923]

Very intelligent. Impressive to remember all that.

[@Wayne.R]

Ricky, another awesome video. The speed, knowledge and info, are second to none. Manual supercars are so needed in this day & age, i think. I just wish you'd been told earlier, that the 'Mr Majeika' hair style never took off lol.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Helmet hair….I’m a bike racer! 😂 Thanks for the kind words!

[@99.9percent9]

This guy is U-neek (nerdy geek) totally amazing knowledge & ability. He isn't Mr Majeka he's Rab C. Nesbitt. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ28fnx6atZ2mqc Keep doing what you do. 10/10!

[@andybegbie8553]

Seriously impressed by your knowledge. What's your background? I'm a time served engineer so can appreciate the complexity of stuff, especially engine building 👍

[@joncamilleri2172]

Fascinating, you must have done a few to strip it with ease as you did. I look forward to the end product. I would be curious to see the owners first impressions also.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thank you! Yeah build loads of these and the S-Tronic gearboxes too!

[@ZephrSec]

Lovely, always enjoy watching the breakdown of technical topics in an easy to understand manner, when are we going to see the video with the carbon R8 manifold stuff?

[@REPerformanceUK]

I’m working on the manifold as we speak mate, just hard to keep all 50 plates spinning! Lol

[@stefanroseEP3]

Quality content as always

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thank you!

[@richardmildon2020]

Superb

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thanks 🤗

[@Gally89714]

Do you know all this by just doing them and learning as you take apart or is there courses you go on to learn?? Absolute wealth of knowledge from your videos

[@REPerformanceUK]

I was engineer for Audi UK so done R8’s for 15 years now, so the training etc came from that.

[@Gally89714]

@@REPerformanceUK Thanks for the reply much appreciated explains how you know all this 😀 bet audi kick themselfs when they see another vid pop up "what knowledge is he giving away now 🙁" Keep up the quality videos lads

[@ro63rto]

Rocking your Alfalfa hairstyle early for Halloween.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Oh tay!! 😂😂

[@dazcossie1973]

Dude epic video, the days of me doing this have passed but surely if you’re going into that much effort too convert to manual wouldn’t you strip the gear cluster and check synchro’s etc? Look forward to next episode 👍🏻😄

[@REPerformanceUK]

Yeah we do that, I’ve also got all new bearings etc to go in. Just a bit boring for YT to show me looking at stuff! Lol

[@dazcossie1973]

@@REPerformanceUK fair enough R I just missed you mentioning doing it after you added the manual forks etc and assemble them back on the stand! 👍🏻

[@anthonyaveray]

Bril mate

[@REPerformanceUK]

Thank you!

[@alextop1850]

See a completed video and drive be great

[@REPerformanceUK]

Completed vid is on the way…..we had to complete it! 🤪

[@alextop1850]

@@REPerformanceUK be cool if you could make an exhaust as good as gintani has for the svj for the r8 s

[@REPerformanceUK]

@@alextop1850 no point, loads of great exhausts for the R8 already. Gintani is just a straight pipe system.

[@alextop1850]

@@REPerformanceUK sounds so good tho. Haven't heard any other car sound as good yet.

[@REPerformanceUK]

@@alextop1850 it’s a V12 Lambo….not much does!

[@regioncycle3119]

Good work as always, wish you were in the states 🤟 I have a 2011 LP560 with 7k miles. What motul do you suggest? 300V seems overkill.. I put 1k miles a year.. just around town.. no track. Yearly oilchange. I heard a million different opinions.. want to hear what you, the v10 master says! Jaron

[@tuclance]

part 2 where you drive it ?

[@jdmimportlogistics]

Next level Ricky! What sequential would go well in a 2018 RS3? Cheers

[@REPerformanceUK]

People stick to the DQ500 DCT trans!

[@ChumiStu]

So many questions. Before that, wow. Love your enthusiasm and motivation. Massive respect for that. There’s no way I would ever be capable of that. But.. Why? What’s the benefits? How many hours labour would that have been? How do you remember where every bolt goes? 😂 How many times could you do this conversion before you think fuck, I can’t do another one 😂 😂

[@rm6330]

Manual is life

[@pinderwagen]

Looks fairly straightforward swapping the diff for an lsd 👍🏻

[@REPerformanceUK]

Can’t do it in place but yeah easy enough. Not enough room between frame rails to drop out in situ.

[@pinderwagen]

@@REPerformanceUK I'm coming from FWD, which is a full gearbox strip just to reset the preload 😁 I appreciate its a box out job, but for some reason I thought it would need the box stripping to swap it. Thanks for sharing such a detailed video Ricky 👍🏻

[@REPerformanceUK]

@@pinderwagen ah yeah I suppose so! No I’m that case mate it’s 14 bolts. Hardest bit would be shimming it!

[@scotth7686]

Enlightening. I thought all that was needed was swapping the manual shift linkage for the hydraulic parts. Didn’t know the box had to be taken apart and internal parts swapped also. I wonder how many people bought an E box thinking they could easily convert it to manual.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Yeh it’s a big job to swap!

[@Dudemania3000]

How much does the Manual Gearbox weigh Vs the Automatic (Auto single clutch) as although the Casing is the same the internals and hydraulics/ Actuators must weigh quite a bit compared to the manual option????????? Would love to know as know one seems to be able to offer an answer???? Thanks

[@diluxe]

Is there a follow on vid with it in the car ?

[@jose15238]

How did you learn to do all of this? Where did you study or work before? I want to learn how to work on the v10s

[@classicraceruk1337]

There is F All left of it, what have you done!!!!! Have fun rebuilding it!!!

[@newarknation6841]

I read in the comments of another Gallardo manual swap video the switch is a bit more involved for LP models because of some more internal part changes. Looks true to me from watching around the 10:00 mark. What’s your opinion?

[@nkeet89]

Any Updates?

[@leez20letcorsa]

How much for the conversion

[@paulgalpin1786]

Would be interested to know the cost to do manual conversion all in. I have a LP570-4 Superleggera here in the UK. Having a manual one of those would most likely make it 1 of 1.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Drop us a message and we can run through some costs. All comes down to how much you can source used vs new tbh. Especially the inside parts!

[@Apriliars]

Does anyone know of a reputable shop in the US who does this & the price? I have the same car and am curious to know?

[@FoinixMotorsport]

Make it RWD too!

[@REPerformanceUK]

The owner is cray enough! 😂

[@stewitr]

Don't oil your filters? I use an MWR race filter on my R6 race bike...it came oiled. I thought standard service on them was clean and light oiling.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Never oil filters!!

[@lukegriffiths3055]

Credit where is due 👍

[@evo5349]

Used to service wind turbine gearboxes and they stink so the hole workshop stinks. Hated it and the oil is very dangerous as in cancer to the skin so much so we would double glove like in a operating room in a hospital so if one glove failed we had some more protection.

[@trinitt]

The part number on your shifter box is for the pre-LP car, are they interchangeable?

[@REPerformanceUK]

Do you mean the shifter on top of the gearbox or the selector inside the car?

[@trinitt]

@@REPerformanceUK the shifter box inside the car, not the shift fork selector on the transmission

[@AbyNeon]

how much for this conversion for pre LP? and how would you rate kevlar clutch vs oem?

[@REPerformanceUK]

Cost £15-20k to convert and Kevlar clutches are junk!

[@AbyNeon]

@@REPerformanceUK thx!!

[@adamn5803]

I really enjoy the content you put out but I’m done kissing your arse about that, just the difficult questions from now on. Pork pie or sausage roll?

[@1985gooz]

Good, the auto boxes are shite. :) Wow that box oil is rank lol

[@chicanesimon]

Far be it for me to critic but you have gone this far and with oil that tired and burnt out looking (judging by the dark deposits on the internals) I would of removed the gears from both those shafts to check for wear of the surfaces be it plain or cage/needle design gears and thrusts etc .... just saying , you guys certainly do get involved (',') another good video however REPerformance

[@rm6330]

He already replied in other comments that he did inspect off camera.

[@REPerformanceUK]

We fully stripped the shafts and cleaned everything thoroughly for inspection and rebuild….just not much to show on the video with all the stuff in a wash tank!

[@davidgerrard8661]

Gearboxes are scary. So many teeth😂

[@davey_projects2977]

Gear oil is so gross. I can smell it through the screen. All the technology these days and gearbox oil still stinks! Nice informative video though