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nonovurbizniz · 11-10-2003, 11:03 PM

auto trannies for honda's more specifically SUCK... you can get some stuff for them through z10... but even then I think they're pretty crappy...

A manual swap won't be easy to do... and it won't be cheap either...

First off you're not going to find a shop that will handle it ALL for you... you're going to have to order/find ALL the parts (clutch master, slave, lines, pedal/assembly, (I'm not positive but you may either need an ecu or need to rig stuff to make it work with that auto tranny (nor any of it's sensors) there) AND most importantly tranny)....

THEN you run into WHAT tranny to get... if you go cheap you'll regret it... a b16a MAY do... but ideally you should try to get a usdm type R at LEAST ... prefereably the jdm ITR or CTR tranny (again do your research BEFORE buying anything... I'm not 100% on the differences...)...

You ideally want a tranny with short gears, LSD, and a high final drive...

A good itr/ctr tranny will cost near 1000 bucks... so a grand for the whole thing is a little off... you could MAYBE get it done for that much if you went with a less suitable tranny... like the GSR or if you're really a glutten for punishment the LS... which would be just pointless imo.... but even then getting all those parts and getting it installed I can't see happening for 1k...

And as far as the not buying a previously owned tuner car... I wouldn't have a problem with that at all... if you know what you're doing you can spot ghetto work REAL fast... that and a decent test drive will give you a VERY good impression of the state of the car...

This particular car sounds like a decent deal as long as you have an extra 1-2k for anything that may pop up...

Oh and If you buy it I would NOT recomend swithching to the manual first thing... I'd drive it for a couple of months (while I was doing research on what parts I wanted and shopping around for the best price) to see how it runs and give it time to blow up if that's (known immenent failure) the reason the current owner is selling it.

good luck.

11-10-2003, 11:03 PM	#20
nonovurbizniz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ECUSA Age: 48 Posts: 2,693	auto trannies for honda's more specifically SUCK... you can get some stuff for them through z10... but even then I think they're pretty crappy... A manual swap won't be easy to do... and it won't be cheap either... First off you're not going to find a shop that will handle it ALL for you... you're going to have to order/find ALL the parts (clutch master, slave, lines, pedal/assembly, (I'm not positive but you may either need an ecu or need to rig stuff to make it work with that auto tranny (nor any of it's sensors) there) AND most importantly tranny).... THEN you run into WHAT tranny to get... if you go cheap you'll regret it... a b16a MAY do... but ideally you should try to get a usdm type R at LEAST ... prefereably the jdm ITR or CTR tranny (again do your research BEFORE buying anything... I'm not 100% on the differences...)... You ideally want a tranny with short gears, LSD, and a high final drive... A good itr/ctr tranny will cost near 1000 bucks... so a grand for the whole thing is a little off... you could MAYBE get it done for that much if you went with a less suitable tranny... like the GSR or if you're really a glutten for punishment the LS... which would be just pointless imo.... but even then getting all those parts and getting it installed I can't see happening for 1k... And as far as the not buying a previously owned tuner car... I wouldn't have a problem with that at all... if you know what you're doing you can spot ghetto work REAL fast... that and a decent test drive will give you a VERY good impression of the state of the car... This particular car sounds like a decent deal as long as you have an extra 1-2k for anything that may pop up... Oh and If you buy it I would NOT recomend swithching to the manual first thing... I'd drive it for a couple of months (while I was doing research on what parts I wanted and shopping around for the best price) to see how it runs and give it time to blow up if that's (known immenent failure) the reason the current owner is selling it. good luck. __________________ I am an A$$hole... take anything I say to heart at YOUR OWN RISK...