goula SOS

I posted a while back bout my tranny screwing up while I was here at school 12 hours from home. I am somehow getting my car back home to my friends to perform one of two things.

d16y5 (HX vtec-e) and just do an EX tranny swap not sure how much $$$ but cheap

or

For 700 dollars do a full EX swap (engine, tranny, wires, ecu, ect)

Basically just asking for performance wise, this swap is going in a 98 HX
I know I will be gaining 10 horsepower with the full ex swap compared to the hx but is 10 horsepower worth a couple 100 dollars??????

BTW both engines have 100### miles

Thanks guys

goula SOS

bump come on boys, anyone with hx's out there with an ex tranny, how much did it help

96 SOHC VTEC

Well, considering you would probably spend a couple hundred dollars in mods trying to make up that 10 hp, I would say it's worth it, but others may disagree. I hear an HX with an EX tranny is a big diff from HX tranny.

axhandler

For 700 bucks I'd say do the whole swap...

2000blackgsr

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Think of all the people who get an exhaust/intake/header for that 10 hp or so. The EX tranny will help in acceleration, but will not be as quick as a full EX swap. Plus you'll get a VTEC head and better intake manifold.

civickidd99

go with the y8

goula SOS

the ex tranny is geared alot better than the hx (too long of gears), i might as well go for the whole swap and save for some boost or bottle feed it. I can always put the hx on a stand and build it up on those rainy days

SOHC_MShue

do the full y8 swap. the y5 isn't gonna get you very far. Although you may want to look into spade's d series thread where he talks about a certain feature of the y5 head that could be taken advantage of.