Mk4 Supra - Manual Conversion (V160 Swap)!!! - Auto to 6 Speed How To

This is my in-depth tutorial on how to manual swap a mk4 Toyota Supra.
Gearbox used here is the infamous Getrag V160, but any other suitable transmission can be fitted following the same steps:
Intro (0:00)
0. Parts Needed - (0:30)
1. Transmission Tunnel Modification - (4:45)
2. Clutch and Gearbox Installation - (10:52)
3. Wiring - (15:23)
4. Pedals - (20:37)
3.5 Some more Wiring - (22:38)
5. Final Assembly - (23:49)
6. First Start - (25:10)
7. Testing - (27:35)
Outro - (29:20)
Part numbers for shifter linkage assembly:
33530-14442 - Shift lever assembly
33555-14110 - Shifter tunnel boot
33555-14100 - Shifter dust boot
90387-08134 - Collar control shaft
90105-08200 - Bolt washer
90301-11015 - O-ring for control shaft
33556-14050 - Seat for shift lever ball
33057-14010 - ?
91651-60835 - Bolt
90105-08076 - Bolt
33546-22020 - Bushings for tripod
90179-08233 - ?
33570-14070 - Tripod
33511-14030 - ?
33513-22030 - ?
90179-08095 - Nut
90250-06026 - ?
90467-21010 - Clamp
33531-14010 - Dust boot for selector shaft
Songs:
Giraffe Squad - Wait For Me
Electro-Light Shiah Maisel - Letter [NCS Release]
Outwild x She Is Jules - Golden [NCS Release]
Facading - You and Me [NCS Release]
Culture Code - Make Me Move

[@psycho3344]

Finish the god dam scoobie!!!!!!

[@mosesindecks]

You are such a good Engineer bruuh. Loved that swap....

[@Dantutz]

You, young man, are a phenomenon. So much knowledge, it's amazing. Great job!

[@zvautobuild8832]

I've said it before and I say it again. you my friend should be up there with the top automotive youtubers, your work is so clean so precise. Somebody sponsor this guy!!

[@gafrers]

Quality. So much progress in a single video. Keep up the great work.

[@smokeymcpot851]

Amazing work! Happy to see such cool content from Swiss Tuned.

[@jordangreig2505]

I've loved every vid you have made very knowledgeable and easy to follow can't wait to see more!

[@HK.Builds]

probably the best swap video I have ever seen, let alone on a Supra, made me feel comfortable in tackling this myself

[@swissevov]

So sick man, such a great job really good!! Keep going

[@RichCowie]

You got some skills there, great work 👍🏼😎

[@JoshD10]

You are a beast.! Loving the channel 🤜🏽

[@s277garage6]

There is a lot of good info here. A little side note. My 2005 S4 has a getrag 6 speed from the factory. Literally one of the best manuals I've ever driven.

[@robertstaff]

Great job. U make it look easy.

[@drjdmtuning4982]

Bro thanks so much I have a v161 sitting around so I’m definitely using this to help me out.

[@effonix]

Great Job and awesome content Mate! Keep it up!

[@tranceasia]

tutorial was great big plus that you toke every thing step by step

[@patpolzella6746]

Nice work. Enjoy you manual ride buddy

[@blacktalonsport1262]

Love this swap!

[@Captaindan7141]

Epic video man!

[@josegarrido6995]

Oh! I enjoy a lot your work. Beautiful car and good job. Also just to the point. I like that.

[@denismutangana9761]

G8t work ..mad respect for you from Uganda east Africa

[@matthewpowell8284]

That's what's up..congrats on the car it's mint

[@spinksy173]

Great video, good progress! 👍I

[@homeboi4000]

Love your content

[@luchtan1155.]

You make it look so easy haha. But great video man!

[@autogenetics]

Great video

[@slowrps13]

Cool guide.

[@WrenchRanch]

He’s the novritch of automotive industry

[@gearzpop8457]

Nice vid!

[@WhiteCurd]

For those who thought that they can buy automatic supra and change the transmission to manually chill u can't do like this guy u need a show room garage who does this 😆

[@PetesTurboGarage]

Great job thanks!

[@k9-unit-australia275]

Awesome video mate. Where’s your turbo/turbos ?

[@Rmegaxx]

Awesome

[@EVDOsmurf]

Nice job. One thing I will say, for a cleaner install...you didn’t need to drill holes to remove the spot welds. You could have either ground-down the spot weld from under the tunnel (as you will be throwing away the auto tunnel anyhow) and preserved the metal inside the car, or used a sawzal with a really thin flexible blade to get in between the two pieces and cut the weld (this preserves both sheet metal pieces. Then, use a single point spot welder and from under the car, spot welded the sandwiched pieces at the same points all around followed by sealer and paint. This method prevents removing the oem sound deadener too. Makes for a ultra clean install. It’s what I did and you cannot tell the car ever had any work done to it.

[@SwissTuned]

I don’t think that would work, it would be impossible to spot weld the two peices together with a MIG without first making a hole through one of the pieces. Even if you managed to do that, the sound deadening material would burn through the second you try to weld the new trans tunnel. I’ve considered many different ways, this was by far the cleanest and most OEM-like

[@EVDOsmurf]

@@SwissTuned Who said you wouldn’t make a hole in the new tunnels sheet metal? You just wouldn’t need to do it on the chassis metal. I don’t think you understand what I am talking about. I did it just as I explained and it looks like it came from the factory that way. Also, I used dry ice to freeze the sound deadening and literally lift it off the scribe points. I let it thaw on wax paper and reused it when the new tunnel was in.

[@sebastiaanpeters7358]

Didn't you have room to the torque conver bolts trough the opening for the startermotor?

[@cooperhodgson8835]

Awesome video, I'm thinking of going down the same path, one thing I've got to ask. Would it have been easier to use a manual supra gearbox loom instead of cutting the old auto one up? Also what ecu are you running? Oem? Cheers

[@SwissTuned]

Hey, there is no gearbox harness, it’s all part of the engine harness. So you would need an entire TT manual engine harness, which is hard to find and expensive :/ Running the oem ecu no midifications needed.

[@franklyn315]

Great video! would you be able to add the part numbers on the video description?

[@SwissTuned]

Done! If you want the complete shifter package there is a guy selling them on ebay. Search for these keywords: “Toyota OEM Control Package V160”.

[@suprasport9118]

Can you please do a video once in registered, am curious of the clutch! Thank you for this video.♥️

[@SwissTuned]

Will do! I’ve been out of the country since the video but as soon as I’m back there will be updates on the Supra 🤘🏻

[@suprasport9118]

@@SwissTuned oh! Thank you! Please have a safe trip 🙏💕

[@aoq1]

Amazing work, have you considered a T56 Magnum? If you did why did you go with the v160?

[@SwissTuned]

Hey man, yep I talk about it at 29:42 :) I went with the V160 because i wanted to keep it as OEM as possible for street regulation purposes. Otherwise T56 seems like a great option too

[@ANAND-sh3ub]

Does it suits?

[@kevinmulchansingh556]

Hey im going to be doing this soon, what tool did you use/ find easy to take away the underbody coating?

[@SwissTuned]

Hi, i used a regular wire brush on my electric drill, works pretty well but make sure you wear face protection in case some of the metal wires come lose

[@harambe684]

this is the best supra setup you can get : LHD, 6speed without the removable roof

[@SwissTuned]

And TT ;)

[@harambe684]

@@SwissTuned yes the tt's :)

[@atf4x443]

🕺🙌🙌

[@asensniper]

How much did you pay for the v160?

[@4humm4]

Were did you buy the clutch kit, throwout bearing and flywheel from? And what part numbers are they? I live in Sweden but I cant find any Tilton retailer here. I love your videos! Thanks in advance. Kind Regards Erik in Sweden

[@SwissTuned]

Hey! It’s all from Grannas Racing, you can find it on their website (there is only 1 I believe). I must say that it is quite noisy and vibrates sometimes, which is normal for a twin disk clutch, but if you aren’t pushing much power I would recommend something less aggressive. The clutch feel is quite nice though, definitely heavier than stock but not crazy and i actually prefer it this way. Good luck with your project ✌🏻

[@4humm4]

@@SwissTuned Thank you very much for your reply and quick review of the clutch. :D I'm only running a stock 2jz-gte with basic BPU upgrade. Previous owner installed a 2 disk Tenaci clutch and it rattles a lot, sounds like the car is broken. So I think I will go with the OEM clutch and flywheel sens I do not do any track or drag racing , mostly going for a drive and an occasional ice cream ;) Thanks again and keep up the good work, its very inspiring to watch. Kind Regards

[@justinbrown6395]

Does the Auto to 6-Speed requred need ECU or Axels? I am starting the build in 2 weeks this would be the only thing I have not accounted for.

[@SwissTuned]

Everything is in the video mate. Axles need to match your diff and hubs

[@CDN296]

Sheesh v160's are up for sale in Australia for 10-11k

[@daytonasupra7371]

Hey sehr guets video... Technisch absolut da hammer... Wia tür chunt eim das in da Schwiiz in etwa wenn ma es au selber macht? Gruss

[@SwissTuned]

Hallo ✌🏻 merci! Teile kosten zwischen 10 und 15 tausend franken, je nach teilewahl. Das V160 Getriebe kostet schon um die 7’000 allein (in gebrauchtem zustand), dazu kommt noch die kupplung, antriebswelle, und möglicherweise das differential... Hoffe das hilft 😉

[@daytonasupra7371]

@@SwissTuned sehr gut danke...

[@kevinamin3]

Would it work if i just swap out the wiring and ecu from a manual supra?

[@SwissTuned]

Probably yes, but I can't tell for sure, and that would be quite difficult/expensive to find

[@lambbosbread123]

how would i go about changing the dash cluster so u no longer see the D P R N things

[@SwissTuned]

This is what I did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWHFaKSvpMx7a8U

[@BjornFSE]

I never knew that a manual swap was so intense in the sense of having to swap out the Gearbox Tunnel. Can't you fit a manual transmission without having to go that far?

[@SwissTuned]

On some cars you can, but I guess on Supras Toyota decided to make our lives harder. But I think that's the beauty of it, only the most dedicated ones will dare such adventure :)

[@hmoobyang]

Whats the total amount u spend on the v160 and all parts related

[@SwissTuned]

You should count roughly 15k dollars, granted i used a tilton twin disk clutch with is nearly 3k alone

[@kevinstudli7781]

Weisch no wa dä Gspass kostet hät? Und Respekt für dä Umbau🔥

[@SwissTuned]

10-15k je nach dem welche teile du brauchst/whählst

[@KenRobinsonchannel]

I wonder how many Supras exist in Switzerland

[@SwissTuned]

I’ve been told there were only around 40 sold in switzerland between 1993 and 1998. From those a few were crashed, parted, exported, retired, scrapped… and some foreign cars were imported but not too many either (since importation is a bit tricky here). From there you can speculate as to how many are actually on the road now

[@justuzzz1]

i soder the 2 bigger wiers, but stil no start on starter gear? what could it be? i can start the starter gear on the relai by myself. i got single gte vvti 1998 v160 gearbox. but i got a new enging wiring loom from an atomatic but im now weeks on trying to sart my supra 😞

[@SwissTuned]

I assume you have a M/T ecu then? In that case i an not familiar with the signals needed to let the engine start but i assume you would only need one for the clutch pedal, which is different than the one from the gearbox on Auto ecu. I can’t imagine the M/T ecu reading any signals from the wires I describe in this video since they are not present on Manual cars. So do more research on M/T ecu and which pins allow the starter to work, and then check where those wires go in your auto wiring loom

[@justuzzz1]

​@@SwissTuned yes u ar correct. i have M/T ecu but i have now a aem standalone ecu. i needed a new wiring loom but i was abel to find a A/T wiring loom. M/T wiringloom not abel to find. just need to be patience:) i cant find alot help in my country they know nonthing hear :/

[@ltmongoose1594]

How much did this cost in total

[@SwissTuned]

On average I would say 10-15k without labor, but it really depends on the parts that you choose (like clutch, driveshaft and diff). The gearbox alone is roughly 6-8k used in good conditions

[@perseusofmacedon6918]

How much the process costed?

[@SwissTuned]

10k+ usd without having to change the rear diff and driveshaft

[@M_F754]

Nobody else on KZbin seems to mention about the transmission tunnel

[@SwissTuned]

I found one video from Kevin McMullen but otherwise not much info, or just bad procedure…

[@M_F754]

@@SwissTuned a manual conversion on mine is a long way off yet. I'm getting the car ready for bodywork and I'll have to make do with the GE and auto for a while before turbo conversion and manual. I'm a little bit nervous about making mistakes so I'm glad I found your channel 👍

[@trd_ftw]

What was the total cost?

[@SwissTuned]

Roughly 14k all together, granted the clutch alone is 2.5k and trans was 7k

[@lenzo6551]

How much did all the parts cost?

[@SwissTuned]

10 to 15k depending on what you choose

[@lenzo6551]

@@SwissTuned 10-15k $ right and thanks for replying much appreciated

[@thomasdullweber50]

Remember to change to the manual ecu too :)

[@SwissTuned]

No need, it works perfectly like this 👌🏻

[@thomasdullweber50]

if you are using an a/t ecu with the manual trans.you shouldn't see any difference in the way the car run's but the a/t ecu does drop a couple of injector's between shift's when you are using the a342 auto trans.this is to help the trans last longer. So it is not the right way to use a auto ecu on a manual. It sounded like on the video you did you reascharch 😉

[@SwissTuned]

@@thomasdullweber50 Hey man, my researched showed that both ECUs are programmed the exact same way and it would make no difference performance-wise. As you said, only difference could be the fueling when shifting gears, but that doesn’t seem to really be confirmed... even then it wouldn’t hurt anything to have a little extra fuel, so no need to bother. (Mine drives completely normal so far, and no flames coming out the exhaust either 😉 so i really don’t think it’s worth the hassle) Also, if I wanted the M/T ECU I would likely need the M/T engine harness, which is hard to find in good conditions. This post contains a lot of useful information: www.supraforums.com/threads/a-t-vs-m-t-ecu.361391/ But if you have reliable infos on the mapping of M/T vs A/T ECU I will gladly take it into consideration :) Infos like this can be hard to find, so please do share 🤗

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

No need to swap the ecu ...

[@Kaka-cn4kt]

Do you install?

[@SwissTuned]

Yes

[@AshyBoneVR4]

Part numbers. Please, for the love of God, post some part numbers.

[@SwissTuned]

You just have to look in the description

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

Mine is auto and is staying auto.

[@78FineSmokey]

No v160 anymore ..irrelevant

[@SwissTuned]

Plenty of V160 and knowledgeable people who rebuild them. Just got mine rebuilt last week

[@fastboy5812]

hey man, can we talk in dm ? i need some tips even though your video is amazing !! got a new sub here