i know there are upgrades for alot of domestic automatics... but what about my 94 accord ex?
torque converter
shift kit
manual valve bodies?
anything to help the performance of the car transmission wise?
i searched couldnt find squat...

 

automatic transmission cooling system.
magnetic tranny drain bolt

kinda basic stuff i mentioned.

 

hmm knew about the cooling system...
not about the other one though...
these upgrades expensive? worth it? will i notice any difference?

 

i would imagine it's for turbo applications?

 

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torque converter
shift kit
manual valve bodies?
anything to help the performance of the car transmission wise?
i searched couldnt find squat...</TD></TR></TABLE>

torque converter is about the only thing you can change on these transmissions. These units are electronically controlled and a shift kit is useless not to mention a manual valve body..

 

hmm, where you been YeuEmMaiMai, you were like MIA for months.

 

vacations and forum is kinda dead now........

 

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torque converter is about the only thing you can change on these transmissions. These units are electronically controlled and a shift kit is useless not to mention a manual valve body..
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he could always change to beefier clutch packs inside the drums and such.. that alone would allow you to hold more power thru the trans. take a look for that type of stuff. cracking open an auto tranny is easier than you think.

 

Levelten.com has torque converters in different stages and trans rebuild kit, i believe those are different stages also, and if you have an electronic controlled tranny they have a PTS shiftronic modual that lets you shift your auto like a manual. T.C.'s like $600, rebuild kits start at $500 i think, and PTS $500 http://www.levelten.com/store/...c.htm

 

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he could always change to beefier clutch packs inside the drums and such.. that alone would allow you to hold more power thru the trans. take a look for that type of stuff. cracking open an auto tranny is easier than you think.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would only do that if you were going on insane amts of power to a 5th gen. The autos on the 5th gen are already built like tanks and can easily last the life of the car with regular fluid changes

 

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I would only do that if you were going on insane amts of power to a 5th gen. The autos on the 5th gen are already built like tanks and can easily last the life of the car with regular fluid changes</TD></TR></TABLE>

what wouold you consider regular? i do mine every 2 years, but my auto trans is starting to shift kind of rough, should i change it more often? like once a year?

 

You should do a full flush of you tranny every 3-6 months, every 2 years is..not good. I would do it more often if I were you.

 

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every 2 years is the factory recomended interval. and from what everyone has said honda's auto trans dont liek to be flushed.

 

I do my cars once a year and on the older hondas (97 or earlier) a can of lubeguard for imports takes care of the hard shifting problem on higher milage units.

My CL trans is about to croak and the reason I know this is fluid change at 41K and again at 45K and now again at 51K.


Even under SEVERE driving conditoins the average person who drives 15K a year would only need to change auto trans fluid once a year....

 

i only have 120k on my car. the hardshifting started when i switched to valvoline ATF. after a year of valvoline i switched back to honda and the shifting improved dramatically but still a little rough. what is lubeguard and where can i pick it up?

 

that was your first mistake, switching to non honda atf........honda atf only and add 1 can of lubeguard for imports.

you can get it at any autoparts store and it is a friction modifier and detergent package.

 

hhmm i have really wanted a shiftronic ... but i didnt think i could do it on my 5th generation ill look for it on the website....

are these mods worth it?
will i notice a difference?
im thinking torque converter/ shiftronic. also level of experience needed to install?