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The Q50 was never offered here with a stick in its highest performance trims. Infiniti might not be the first brand that comes to mind for driving fans, but one thing's for certain—it's made some good cars worth loving , and there are likely few people that know this better than Tyler Gray. After buying a certified pre-owned Infiniti Q50 back in mid-October four years ago, he decided he'd had enough with the automatic. He then set a course to build his own ultimate Japanese sports sedan.
By sourcing a slew of parts—both mechanical and aesthetic—and working in his California garage to get the install just right, the manual swap is now complete. Gray is one of the few people with a stick shift, 3. It's a remarkably clean build. Gray was hooked on the Q50 as soon as he got behind the wheel. While his G35 coupe was in the shop for transmission repairs, he got one as a loaner and knew he needed it. After a stint in a five-cylinder Volkswagen Jetta, his dream car—a Brilliant Silver Q50S—finally arrived on the lot at a price he could afford.
He bought it, and after a few years of daily driver duty, the boredom of pandemic lockdowns got to him. It was time to turn it into the ideal JDM-influenced Nissan sedan.
A little time spent at the track showed the car's primary weakness: its seven-speed automatic transmission. That had to go, but from the beginning, Gray decided that if he was going to do a manual swap he wanted the install to be clean.
The car was still his daily driver, after all. The swap was made a bit easier by a few people who had taken on similar projects before. The Nissan enthusiasts over at the workshop "Concept Z" had already manual-swapped a Q60, the coupe version of the Q50 sedan. The two cars are very similar, so Gray got help from them working out some of the early details.
Wanting to keep the conversion looking as stock as possible, Gray also ordered the center console parts from the manual Q50 diesel that's only sold abroad. After sourcing those part numbers and diagrams from a dealership in Glasgow, Scotland, they were ordered through Nissan Motorsports.
These were the first of many parts to be ordered from the company. Once the center console parts arrived, the project's speed picked up.
Gray says it was actually pretty straightforward work if you're interested in doing this kind of job. The new six-speed transmission was sourced from a Z, as well as most of the swap's other mechanical parts including the clutch pedal, brake pedal, and handbrake. Gray performed a ton of other modifications while he was in there, including numerous changes to the suspension—swaybars, bushings, coilovers and more—and the addition of a Tanabe Medalion catback exhaust. Gray says the whole build is tied together by small parts that, while they don't necessarily make the car faster, improve its driving feel.
He also says that, despite using some American parts to get the swap done and working right, the Q50 is, after all, a Japanese car. He wants it to still have influence from its nation of origin. I love this car," Gray concluded. Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach them here : peter thedrive. Peter Holderith View peter holderith's Articles. Infiniti News News by Brand.
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