decon

Hey guys i tryed to search this but when i seach it takes out the 6 so didnt help me at all. But other then a k swap with the 6 speed. Is there any other tranmissions out there that will work with an em1 that is a 6 speed?

mondojackal

Nope. Only Honda offered 6-speeds are K-series (RSX-S or TSX), C-series (NSX), J-series (Accord V6 or TL V6) and F-series (S2000).

Texas4door

Nothing OEM anyways....doesn't mean you can't shell out and have one made but is it really worth it?
How fast are you planning on going with that extra gear anyways?

Libertariat

Why do you want to shift more?

There's nothing really advantageous about having 6 gears...

If I told you you could have 14 gears, would that be more exciting? Why is 6 more exciting than 5?

jbpnoman

Why has no one made a joke about Civics and powerband shifting? H-T, I am disappoint.

decon

Mostly want it for the gas mileage when driving on the freeways and such. Only real reason behind it. But if only option is an k swap that's way out of the question just for gas mileage. Granted a em1 with a k20 and 6 speed would be awesome to have as a daily driver, well to me anyways.

Thanks all for the input.

Libertariat

A tall 5th or a tall 6th doesn't really matter. There are plenty of folks with h22/h23's with 5 speed transmissions getting 35mpg.

A 6th gear doesn't necessarily mean better mileage, but it definitely means more shifting.

Red_Army

get longer gears. you can change the gearing for more MPG before getting a 6 speed would be worth it.

decon

thanks guys... I have to relearn the honda world, i left in 06 when i sold off my ep3 for a wrx.

canadaek

put an ls 5th gear into your si trans

94EG8

Exactly, just to clear something up 6th gear in a K-series ends being about the same as 5th on a GS-R tranny, maybe even closer to a B16/ITR in terms of cruising RPM.

98civdx

Aren't the type S transmissions still geared pretty short?

Deetz

I can tell you the non S 5 speed tranny has the same FD, as well as the 1st gear being the same, and the 5 gear in one and sixth gear in the other are also the same.

The type S just has more gears in between