I recently just got my JDM H22A1 from HMO. Its not the type S or Euro or nothing, just your run of the mill H22. I have a Quaife LSD in transit here right now.

So while putting in the Quaife I want to have the tranny rebuilt... I am going to have it done by a guy a know at the Honda dealer.

This is for a high output, often raced car. Are the gears different between the Type S, SH, Euro? I am interested in having the gears changed out if there are any differences. I want to just do this tranny once and hopefully it will hold up to the abuse of my slicks. I heard rumours of this trans having weak gears? I dunno... I want to at least replace the synchros and swap in the LSD... and if anyone tells me that there are better gears/ratios available than I am game.

Let me know what you think.. thanks!

 

bump!

I'm interested!

 

there are for SURE better gears than the standard 'h22' tranny.

I forget what tranny code is, but there's for sure a better set of gears

 

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I forget what tranny code is, but there's for sure a better set of gears </TD></TR></TABLE>

That would be the ATR and Euro R tranny. I don't know if you will be able to find them, but here are comparisons:

F22: Si (H23a) VTEC (H22a)

1. 3.307 1. 3.307 1. 3.307
2. 1.810 2. 1.857 2. 1.950
3. 1.230 3. 1.320 3. 1.360
4 0.903 4. 1.034 4. 1.071
5. 0.705 5. 0.812 5. 0.870
FD 4.062 FD 4.266 FD 4.266
*Above info taken from USDM Helms manual.

M2B4 (JDM LSD) M2J5 (JDM) M2A4 (JDM)

1. 3.307 1. 3.307 1. 3.307
2. 1.950 2. 1.810 2. 1.950
3. 1.360 3. 1.269 3. 1.160
4. 1.034 4. 0.966 4. 1.034
5. 0.787 5. 0.787 5. 0.787
FD 4.266 FD 4.062 FD 4.266
*Above info taken from teardown and tooth counts.

5Gen:

1st 3.285
2nd 1.956
3rd 1.344
4th 1.034
5th 0.812
FD 4.266
*Above taken from USDM Helms manual.

Euro R H22A (t2w4)
1st - 3.285
2nd - 2.090
3rd - 1.481
4th - 1.071
5th - 0.812
FD - 4.266

Accord Type-R (U2Q7).
1st - 3.285
2nd - 2.090
3rd - 1.481
4th - 1.071
5th - 0.870
FD - 4.266

 

thanks for the information!

now lets say I was interested in swapping out just my final drive for a 4.266. do I need anything else?

I dont even know which tranny I have... the bar code sticker thing was pealing off and i tossed it without thinking of looking up what tranny i had first. is there another way to tell?

i am wondering if it would even be worth a gear change. maybe it would be worthwhile to stick with what i already have, FD and all, so i can keep my top speed for the very rare occasions in which im playing around on the highway with my friends that have cars of greater velocity.

lastly: how difficult is it to rebuild these trannies? I build engines all the time, but have never once pulled the case off a transaxle. with factory manuals is it anything to sweat?

thanks

 

most of the trannies already have the 4.266 FD. How do you know you DON'T already have it?

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