What is the difference in these tranny's

 

I think the S1 has shorter gear ratio's
Also the Y1 is like the JDM LS tranny
Look up Honda transmission gear ratio's
Personally I am rocking the YS1 93 GSR trans.

 

Y1 is available with LSD, some of it.. S1 doesn't if i'm not mistaken..

 

It REALLY helps to search... first picture the Google showed...

 

i would personally go with a ys1. i currently have the jdm s1 tranny on my b20 and its really not fun. its just like having a 96-97 type r tranny without lsd and trust me it ****ing sucks. i mainly shift 1-3-5, no need for 2/4 gear. 5th gear 4700 rpms = like 76mph

 

Short gear= fun

 

Not always - in a turbo car without "boost by gear"/traction control...

 

oddly enough i didnt have boost by gear on my b16a2 turbo with a b16a3 tranny which has the same gearing as my current tranny but i never had problems with traction really. maybe it wasnt as bad with my old car because i could rev alot higher.

 

well it all depends on what you running im all motor no boost so short gears are great

 

Sorry, I always assUme people have higher horsepower turbo cars. My lowest is still 400hp haha... 1.8+L - although B16's make fun REV toys. Even with RTAWD traction is a problem...

Although, I do completely agree - short gear transmission are the way to go for naturally aspirated engines. Especially those without good torque.

 

Yea my b16 oonly pulled 351whp and 212 tq @ 14.7 lbs.

 

what about a A1 tranny. what gear ratios does it have?

 

No offense, but I should have been a little more direct - it's because of the low torque B16... nature of the beast is all... I still love the underdog, I have a few spare B16 blocks waiting for me to decide if I am going to build one or not. Ever since my son moved on from Hondas they have been sitting there haha.

 

Same as S1/YS1 but with a 4.40 Final Drive. The chart does have a few descrepincies that I posted but nothing extreme... Here is the Wikipedia page on it...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_B_engine

 

There is a lot of knowledge here thanks for everything now I just need to decide what I want to do.