MaxxdoutSRT4_EK9

I am not going to be running VTEC in my set up. From what I understand a P28 is the most chipped ECU out there. For my application could i use a p06(single non vtec) when i convert my ob2a to ob1? and also i plan to leave it auto, i understand there is a special harness for auto trannies. is this true or is it just a gimmick just to sell an entirely different harness. thanks for your help

mp5o

I think your going in the wrong direction... A 5 speed y8 tranny swap will help u sooo much in the long run......

Dancing is Forbidden

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mp5o &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think your going in the wrong direction... A 5 speed y8 tranny swap will help u sooo much in the long run......</TD></TR></TABLE>he's right. Auto Turbo Hondas are blah and boring. But to answer your question yes you can run the p06 and yes you need that special harness.

Jorsher

Yeah... don't leave it auto. If you're gonna go through the trouble of turbocharging the engine... go through the trouble of learning 5-spd and get it.

MaxxdoutSRT4_EK9

LOL, learning 5-spd. I am not going to comment on that but thats for answering everyone. the reaosn i want to leave it auto is because its going to make it challenging. and if have to rip out the tranny, why not rip out the whole thing and drop in a vtec engine with a manual trnny from the start. i plan on doing a vtec swap eventually but i want to see how well i can do with the car as is. thanks again for the help.

Dancing is Forbidden

hell yeah its going to be a challenge kind of like teaching a retard how to add. You can do it, but why try?

menkio

yea, you seem to be wasting a lot of time, it's like taking 1 step forward and then backwards at full force in a wall, ditch the auto.. you can convert to manual in an afternoon, and god will like you better for it. Plus you know how lame you will look in an automatic.

sohc_boy

well if your stuck on keeping the auto, give level ten a call they have some stuff for the auto.

by the way here's the link http://www.levelten.com/

EE_Chris

LevelTen seems to only make stuff for Preludes, unless I missed a link.

Honda auto trannies suck ***. If a company could have made them to anywhere near sturdy enough, people would be using them.

I'm all for 'do what I can with what I've got' - but you can't polish turd bro.

sohc_boy

a few years ago their was a turbo'd 12 sec d-series auto that had alot of level ten gear in it. the website lists the civic as well, as prelude accord, etc... i guess they just bundled everything together and want you to call for details. i'm not promoting the auto but if he wants to stay with it i might as well try and give him helpful suggestions. I do remember tci also doing torque converters for auto honda's but not sure on that one.

kaboomwoom

Automatic is just boring. Go manual =]

Hatchamaback

basically hes either cheap broke or stupid.

MaxxdoutSRT4_EK9

well you hit it right on the head. if i am gonna go ahead and by stuff for the tranny i will just swap out to a manual and possibly an entire d16 vtec. my challenge is to keep the stock stuff that came in the car, low budget, and just to see if i can even do it. Thats my main thing, this will be my first DIY project so i am tying to cut as many corners as i can. thkanks for all the help guys.

sohc_boy

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MaxxdoutSRT4_EK9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats my main thing, this will be my first DIY project so i am tying to cut as many corners as i can.</TD></TR></TABLE>

best advice i can give you is try not to cut any corners, doing things the wrong way is a recipe for destruction and means spending money to fix broken parts and that will blow your budget quickly.

EE_Chris

Sadly, its the only way people can learn sometimes.

If people just opted to buy the biggest and baddest but could have gotten by for a few thousand cheaper and still met their goals, then money has really been wasted.

But that's a catch 22 - if you end up buying shitty components which break often, you would have come out ahead of the game had you bought quality parts.

So cutting corners is not the name of the game. Doing it cheaply is - there is a difference - and when you talk about auto trannies and the like, there is no such a thing as cutting corners. They are brittle as is without the additional torque of a turbo.

A 5-spd is really the way to go here. And yes you can use the P06 to control the Y7. I believe H-T user fjt is doing just that.