i have an 88 civic hatchback with std 4 speed manual transmission. D15B1 engine and I'm looking to do a ZC swap real soon....

my question is if i wanted to put a SI transmission in my car which one would fit and what would I need to make it work. This would be attaching to a Dohc zc engine.

Any help would help...lol thanks.

 

correct me if im wrong someone but any cable d series should bolt right up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 503_EF9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">correct me if im wrong someone but any cable d series should bolt right up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Any D series period. Will bolt right up.

 

Is your car already 5 speed? If not you need new hubs from an si/dx. Yah any tranny will work but if its an 88 tranny make sure you have an 88 clutch

 

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Im pretty sure that 88's had a different spline count, And you dont have to swap the hubs and axles, but you should. The std axles are like twigs

 

Well...this is what I expected, mixed reviews..thats all that on the internet on this damn subject...

anywho..so any transmission will bult up if i use the clutch i have?

as for the axles go, will Dx axles work? or do i need to get Dx hubs too?

 

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You are not getting mixed reviews everyone said "It will bolt up" however there are some differences in the clutches which was said above.

And to do it properly you should swap stuff I listed below.

If you use DX/Si axles you are going to need the hubs/spindles/knuckles to accompany the larger size of those axles compared to the STD pieces.

 

yes! thats what i needed to know. Thanks man.

 

The std. (4speed) axles cannot be used on anything other than the four speed transmission and the hubs to match it.

 

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i believe that is incorrect. the inboard joint is the same on the std and all other d-series. outboard joint is the different one.

if you get an 88 si trans, you will not need a new clutch. so if you want to do the trans swap as cheap as possible, an 88 si trans will work well for you.

the only reason to change the knuckles is for a B-series swap, cause the knuckle on the std is too small for the b axles. D-series you should have no problem because the inner joint is the same for all d-series, and your outers already match.

 

I just swapped a 91 Si motor and 5spd into my std 4 spd car.I used my axles from the 4 spd and have no problems at all.The only reason you should have to buy new axles is if you swap to the Si or Dx hubs.

 

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Ding ding ding!

There's your axle answer. You'll only need to change axles if you change hubs.

 

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you just saved me so much time and effort!

thanks for the help guys!

 

Yes it the tranny will bolt up fine and mounts are fine. A basic bolt on swap. Here is link for zc http://www.phatwhippincrx.20m.com/photo6.html

and the axles questions What axles to use with DOHC ZC tranny You know searching pays off.

 

The axles https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1793626 I would recommend the si axles but stronger than the zc ones made.

 

Why do you make so many posts and say absolutely nothing and persist on making multiple posts and bombarding us with your horrible grammar? Stop trolling in here and answering questions that have been answered with more then one post. its unnecessary and annoying.

 

Ugh. So much mis-information here. i went through this same crap doing my swap.

use your stock axles, stock hubs, and stock engine. Get a tranny of any year, (88-91) and get a clutch kit to match the TRANNY.

There. done.

 

man, no love for my right answer 8 posts before this one.. Its ok, i see where i rank

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tippyman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ugh. So much mis-information here. i went through this same crap doing my swap.

use your stock axles, stock hubs, and stock engine. Get a tranny of any year, (88-91) and get a clutch kit to match the TRANNY.

There. done.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Seriously.

 

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sorry but wrong!

they can be used with the si tranny but if you used si/dx axels thats when you would need to change the hubs


the inner is the same it's the outer thats the problem

 

Let me try to dissect this so I can try to understand better. Please correct my errors in this. The tranny connects to the clutch disc, so you have to match up the tranny and clutch. The axles connect between the tranny and the hubs, so you have to match up the tranny and hubs with the correct axle. So will your tranny, clutch, axels and hubs have to all match? If he has the STD stuff now, will he have to convert all that to the SI stuff?

 

no.
if he gets an 88 trans, he does not have to change anything since his car is an 88.
If he gets an 89 trans, he needs a 89 clutch disc because the number of splines changed on the trans input shaft.
if he gets a 90 and up trans, he can use the 89 clutch disc as well.

none of these scenarios require changing of the axles.. as about 5 people have already mentioned.

 

What about an HF?

If i get a ZC and decide to go with an Si tranny on my HF, will my HF axles and hubs bolt right into the Si tranny or will i need to get Si axles and hubs?

 

Acc<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by klion22 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What about an HF?

If i get a ZC and decide to go with an Si tranny on my HF, will my HF axles and hubs bolt right into the Si tranny or will i need to get Si axles and hubs?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You will be fine with your hf hubs/axles and si trans. I got moded lol

 

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You will be fine with your hf hubs/axles and si trans. I got moded lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

Moded? HA HA.

But anyways, in another thread, you said that they wont' fit. Now you are saying they do? What gives man?