trans swap - Honda Prelude Forum

shaguar · 10-05-2008, 04:12 PM

My friend is doing a trans swap on his 98 lude and he needs to know if the trans mounts are welded on on the ludes that came with a manual or did they just bolt up. or should he be fine and not have to worry about that.

conjur · 10-05-2008, 04:35 PM

if he is doing a manual-manual swap, he should be ok with his existing mounts; but for an auto-manual swap, he will need to get the mounting bracket from a manual prelude (auto/manual brackets do not line up).

But to answer your question; the bracket bolts onto the "frame"; no welding involved.

shaguar · 10-05-2008, 04:53 PM

yeah hes doing the auto manual swap not sure quite what all hes got for mounts but i will send the info on to him.

conjur · 10-05-2008, 05:17 PM

Another Note:
My Planning Thead:
Planning: Auto to Manual Swap
Completion Thread:
Update On Auto-Manual Swap

You might want to have him thumb through those; there is a bit of usefull info in there. I just completed this swap a couple of weeks ago =)

V/r,
Mike

shaguar · 10-05-2008, 08:56 PM

awesome thanks man. were the mounts welded or rivited on or just bolted?

conjur · 10-05-2008, 10:23 PM

The transmission mounts are just bolted on; but there are 2 parts to the transmission mount... the "round" piece, and the "triangle" piece; he will need both to put an M2Y4 in an automatic.

Also, the rear engine mounts are different... You *can* use the automatic rear engine mount, but it lacks one of the mounting holes for the transmission; so in theory, he would be better off with the M/T rear engine mount... personally, I went with the M/T mount, but I had the luxury of having a full parts car when I did this swap.

And one other thing of note; the Automatic and Manual break pedals are different- the A/T brake pedal is about 5" wide, where the M/T brake pedal is about 2.5" wide... you *can* fit the clutch next to the A/T pedal, but it gets in the way when you use the clutch.

V/r,
Mike

EDIT:
For future searches, here is a good pic of all 4 engine mounts; and conveniently; a place to buy them: Honda Automotive Parts

shaguar · 10-05-2008, 11:00 PM

Thanks for the help man.