I have an auto 1997 honda prelude base. I'm planning on swapping the tranny with a manual. My question is: will a 96 2.3 L prelude tranny fit my engine? If so, what else might i can take from this lude in my tranny swap? Also, what parts will i still need?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

anyone?

 

The trannys from a H23 and an H22 are different due to gear ratios. They DO fit. But since urs is a 5th gen and ur taking parts from a 4th Gen I'm not sure if anything else would fit.

 

I hear that the 4th has longer gears? Is that good if i'm going to stay relatively stock and drive it daily?

 

I'm not quite educated with gear ratios.. maybe some1 else on this board could help.. any1?

 

S models have the lowest final drive
Si models have the next highest final drive
Vtecs have the highest final drive. I think you should stay with the vtec tranny so when you shift you are still in the power band.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 19924ws &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">S models have the lowest final drive
Si models have the next highest final drive
Vtecs have the highest final drive. I think you should stay with the vtec tranny so when you shift you are still in the power band.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I beleive all three have the same final drive (editops, except the S). It is the gears themselves (1st,2nd,3rd, etc...) that are higher. That is right though the S has the tallest, down to the VTEC which has the lowest. Since a 4th gen VTEC is shorter than a 5th gen base I would thing the 4th gen Si would be really close to stock 5th gen.


Modified by 95PreludeSi at 3:26 PM 2/25/2005

 

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