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Old 06-01-2005, 10:36 PM
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Is it possible to put H23 tranny on a 5th gen? i have an auto 5th gen and i'm dying to swap it asap.. i need a list of parts..
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http://www.mazmo.com/zameoj/swap.htm
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Do you know where I could get a Helms Manual? i tried ebay but its just a cd.. plus its not buy it now.. and WILL a full h23 manual swap work and will fit on my 5th gen?
Old 06-02-2005, 09:11 AM
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Contact a member by the name of Shakes. He had an H23 tranny in his 5th gen.
Old 06-02-2005, 09:26 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bigtimlikewhoa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and WILL a full h23 manual swap work and will fit on my 5th gen?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes it will.
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Googled "Helms Manual" and this was the first result.
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I bought my honda service manual from eBay for a dollar on cd. PDF scans are the very same as reading the actual book.. i have no complaints aside from the occasional crooked page and pdf page numbers not matching scanned page numbers.

Point is, info is all there for a couple bucks


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Default Re: H23 tranny swap on a 5th Gen (bigtimlikewhoa)

Yes, it will fit since you have a Base Prelude.

The gearing of the H23 tranny is only slightly longer than the 5th Gen H22 tranny too.

Good luck with the swap.
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I've heard that H23 Tranny focuses more hp on the wheels than a regular H22 tranny for a 5th gen. Is that true also?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bigtimlikewhoa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've heard that H23 Tranny focuses more hp on the wheels than a regular H22 tranny for a 5th gen. Is that true also?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nope.
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you dont wanna do this, trust me, Im runnin an H23 tranny on my JDM H22A and it sucks!!! it sucks bigtime!!! the gearing is too long!!!
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dreams190 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you dont wanna do this, trust me, Im runnin an H23 tranny on my JDM H22A and it sucks!!! it sucks bigtime!!! the gearing is too long!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have it and love it tried both its all in what you want

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I have officialy finish my swap with an h23 today and it feels alright, better than having the auto tranny.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lunarcry &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have officialy finish my swap with an h23 today and it feels alright, better than having the auto tranny. </TD></TR></TABLE>

What did you do about the ECU? Are you still using your auto P5M, or did you get a manual one?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jim Truett &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

What did you do about the ECU? Are you still using your auto P5M, or did you get a manual one?
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right now i'm using the auto ecu until i get my manual ecu reprogram. i want to try to jump the resistor on the auto ecu to make it manual but i cannot take the chance right now.
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You can use my writeup to convert your auto ECU to manual, or you can simply switch the immobilizer boards. If your manual ECU is not the same year as your car, you might run into problems. There were changes made every year on the 5th gen Preludes.

http://www.pgmfi.org/twiki/bin...anual
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