AK94GSR

was wondering if anyone knew of a company that makes adapter plates for honda Bseries motors to make them RWD....and yes of course not using a honda tranny well if it is an S2000 than yes
but adapter plates for say a toyots tranny to a honda b series block???

anything can help
thanks

NJIN BUILDR

The plate is only part of it.You need a tranny that will work.The B's turn backwards compared to most engines.You need to reverse the engine rotation (cams, timing components) or a custom tranny ( $$$$ ).
Glenn

AK94GSR

yeah, we want to go with a toyota tranny, but just askin to see if anyone else knows who has done this to lead me in the right direction

slomofo

iTrader: (1)

You'd have to make your own adapter plate + a gear system that would convert counterclockwise rotation into clockwise, and to to accomplish that, it would most likely have to be an automatic transmission.

AK94GSR

damn no one knows of anybody that has done this

we did consider an auto tranny though

91civicDXdude

i think i've heard of people using a volkswagon transmission but im not sure

acy76

There is (was) a company making RWD gearboxes for B-series engines in custom applications. Sandrails or something. Can't recall the name right now, unfortunately.

AK94GSR

yeah sandrails, i think i have heard of that also

slomofo

iTrader: (1)

I've seen three b16 sandrails, helped build one, all three had the motor in back.

Kendall

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You could run a normal transmission, the rear diff is where you'd probably run into problems. Contact ppihcitr here on Honda-Tech when wondering about rear wheel drive Honda's though.

AK94GSR

tried searchin that name, but nuthin
did u spell it wrong??

AK94GSR

s2k motors are really pricey and im not sure if my buddy wants to spend that much just for a motor and trans

chit we may have to look towards nissans sr20


anymore ideas

illegalgarage

what car are you trying to drop the B series into?

I am working on setting up a K20 RWD

Max

vtecmissle

just change the fittings and turn the rear end upside down. Vent on bottom filler plug on top and then flip it.

Hurricane

Honda engines run backwards, turning the rear-end upside down aint gonna help the problems you will encounter trying to run the gears backwards in a manual tranny, automatic tranny is impossible to use.

AK94GSR

a friend i work with wants to put a turbo b series in a T bucket
never seen it done before so he just threw out the idea

only problem is finding a rwd and adapter plate tranny for it

civicross

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That won't work. A rear end is not symmetrical. The pinion is towards the bottom of the ring gear. We are working on a bellhousing for K series motors to run a T5 or T56 transmission and make it RWD.

Ross

vtecmissle

I do beleive that the porshe transaxles have been turned upside down and worked ill have to find the info as its been a while since i read up on it. The rwd transmission coupled rear end. More like the vw turned foreward.

AK94GSR

might have to go the easier way with a nissan motor

JDM_Ej

I actually saw an article once recently, on someone installing an Acura Legend motor into a 4-door civic, and making it rear wheel drive by putting the transmission in the rear of the car using a custom subframe and driveshaft. Oh and the motor was turbocharged. Craziest thing i have ever seen, and it looked stock from the outside. Ill see if I can find it again.

Hurricane

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Not that this is a "real" civic, but thought it might be a fun link....
http://www.pasmag.com/dragsour...D=143


Modified by Hurricane at 9:34 AM 6/15/2005

AK94GSR

well cant find any other way

snowseeker

The motor would have to sit like a saab. Drive a forward shaft to a reverse gearbox and than back to the tranny behind the motor (or in front) than onto the rear end.

slomofo

iTrader: (1)

Honda b-series motors spin counterclockwise. The rest of the world spins clockwise. Turn a clockwise spinning transmission/differential upside down, it still spins clockwise. Turn a differential backwards and it'll spin counterclockwise, but the yoke will be facing rearward and you're still screwed.

Here's what I was saying earlier, but in more detail. You could get an auto trans flexplate and bolt some type of gear to it, then make a custom gearbox/transfer case to change the counterclockwise rotation of the motor to clockwise rotation of the transmission, then slap a torque converter on, and bolt the transmission to the gearbox. A manual trasmission would be conceivable, but keep in mind that a custom gearbox in between the transmission and motor would move the transmission more towards the rear of the car, resulting in a shifter that sits further back in the car, this problem would be easily solved by moving the seat back and extending the steering wheel, but then your faced with reaching the pedals, and unless you're 7ft. tall, this could become somewhat of a problem.

If I were building a ford T bucket, I'd go with a twin turbo Chevy 502 or a Mazda 20B.

AK94GSR

actually i did bring up the idea of the 20b rotory to him. he definetly likes the idea
so we will see

how much do those motors usually run??