silverbullit

Does anyone know if a 2000 Honda Prelude Auto tranny will fit a 1998 Prelude, and if not, can the parts from a 2000 Prelude tranny work in rebuilding a 98 tranny?

NoRice4U

I believe it can ...don't take my word for it though =/

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1999 9psi Supercharged Honda Prelude 5spd

MC_HondaRacing

I did some searching on automatic transmission housings a while back. '97 through '99 housings are the same number. '00 is unique, and '01 is unique. I am not sure what makes the housings unique, or if they're not interchangeable. I kind of suspect, after thinking about it for a while, that the changes probably pertain more to the internal functionality of the transmission than the installation into the vehicle. My suspicion is that Honda worked on details of the housing trying to countermeasure some reliability issues of the automatic, and that is why the housings are different. I've notice that the rash of broken automatics seems to be centered around the older models ('97 through '99), so maybe the newer transmissions are the ones to have.

I researched this because I had the opportunity to by a '98 transmission pretty cheap, but I chickened out because of the different part numbers. I just didn't want to be stuck with a transmission that I couldn't install in the car smoothly because of some detail I was unaware of. However, after thinking about it, I think your situation is the best one, where you will install a later transmission into an earlier car. I still don't know about the installation details, but I think you might be getting a better unit.

sharkcohen

But that could be due to the older ones having more miles on them. Time will tell. Currently trying to break mine....