MCLude01

One of my friends just bought a 98 prelude and the autostick tranny is junked. Can anyone tell me how easy it is to switch to a manual. Has anyone done this? Is it hard? What all has to be done.....what kind of parts need to be taken off of the manual to make the conversion?

azndng

here's how everyone here would SAY and DO.

first, you get the car (ss lude) and go to your nearest dealer with a 5spd 5th gen lude . trade the ss lude in, and pay the difference.

and that's how u get ur ss lude to become 5spd!!

but really. it's basically a waste of money doing a complete swap. there's a guy here that did it. i think it cost around 3-5g's some **** like that. his name is dptkl something like that. he said he did
it because level 10 couldn't support his 400hp set up. so he decided to do a tranny swap.

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adrlude

this might give you a good ideasorry for the long post)
Hey whats up.
> about the tranny swap it is ten times more fun to drive that to sport
> shift.and it take off for the line very quick.but i install lightweight
> flywheel and ACT performance clutch.Now that my car it 5spd I will NEVER
> buy another sports car automatic as log as I live.But remember that it
> does get alittle hard in heavy traffic.I odered all the parts used for
a
> company over the internet and got screwed,that guy sent me alot of wrong
> parts so i just went and bought the parts at honda not cheap!!!!!!!If
you
> live in cali check out atomicperformance.com they will do conv for 3000.00
> plus tax or you can order all the parts from them for 2400.00.They told
me
> it would take 3-5 weeks to fined a wrecked donor prelude for all the parts
> they need for swap and that they need a $500.00 none refunded down
> payment.Here is the a list of all the parts you will need (all parts need
> to be from base model 97 or above)
>
> > >> manual ecu
> > >> tranny
> > >> Clutch
> > >> flywheel
>
> >> clutch mc
> > >> clutch sc
> > >> clutch lines
> > >> starter
>
> >> manual tranny mount and Bracket
> > >> Shifter cables
> > >> Shifter
> > >> manual Axel mount
> > >> clutch and brake pedals
> > >> shift boot and nob
>
> Also various hoses,nuts and bolts that the shop doing install will
> need.These things and the labor for install came out to $1058.00,thats
> 900.00 for labor and 158 for hoses,nuts & bolts.This price does not
> include any of the parts in the list above.The tranny shop that did my
> install said it was very hard and would not do another one that was their
> 1st and last. .After the swap you will need to get the manual ecu
> programmed for your car by honda or the car wont start do to the emoblizer
> system.I hope this helps you deside on what you want to do,