will an euro R swap bring an end to my prelude tragedy? - Honda Prelude Forum

brotherdog · 05-11-2010, 01:34 AM

http://www.hmotorsonline.com/shop/sc...age&item=30019

after much research, it seems to me like this euro R swap here ^^ is my best option, as far as 'not having to worry about my car' is concerned...

yes i am one of the unfortunate mass of people with screwed up auto trannys..

yes i wanna blow my brains out..

but yah. my engine has about 140+ k on it and its full of leaks and what not, i just dont wanna deal with it, so I wanna go with this euro R swap.

i heard this transmission is the best as far as reliability is concerned, the type S swap is cheap probably cuz of that tranny being unreliable... , and also it has ATTS which wont fit in my car since its a base.

ive read on some threads that the EURO r will fit well on a base prelude, is that true? i need some experts from this board to back me up.. give me some support im so fed up.. like you wouldnt believe. not one day did i drive out of my garage feeling like "my car has NOOO problems at all" well its about time, I am gonna work all summer long to make the 4000 dollars, may need more.. but I will do this GD swap.. if its the last thing I do.

if anybody else has a better suggestion or precautions I would be happy to read your comments/pms.

Thank you.

aznjap808 · 05-11-2010, 03:53 AM

^^ Wow man sounds like your lude has been nothing but problems. I know how you feel though. I used to have an auto lude and hated the fact the tranny was a POS. I sold em before it had the chance to blow up. Well Good luck with this swap man!
Btw, my $335 should be a good start on this $4k swap

brotherdog · 05-11-2010, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by aznjap808

^^ Wow man sounds like your lude has been nothing but problems. I know how you feel though. I used to have an auto lude and hated the fact the tranny was a POS. I sold em before it had the chance to blow up. Well Good luck with this swap man!
Btw, my $335 should be a good start on this $4k swap

LMAO!!, the moment i read "335" im like wait a minute.. haha yah it will help..

aznjap808 · 05-11-2010, 04:29 AM

haha yups! Hope you got those bad boys packed and ready to ship already! When you find out if you can do that price, include your paypal adress along with ya PM.

KraserK · 05-11-2010, 08:16 AM

Hmmm I would buy another car and save the money you have. The Euro R swap doesn't do much at all. Only reason is. You will get more troubles and you will stress even more seriously. This crap has happened to me. My Story : Bought an SS. SS was dieing. Fixed SS for 3k. Engine was ****ed didn't realize it. SS ****ed up again. I Sold the car and you know what I was the happiest kiwi in the world. I bought a whole new car an S Spec I feel better. Next car is definitely an NSX

@nonymous · 05-11-2010, 08:24 AM

i would just buy another prelude with 4k plus whatever u can get for yours.

brotherdog · 05-11-2010, 09:56 AM

thanks for the replies guys, yah thinking i might do that.. ill see how much junk yards want it for..

pIERCE · 05-11-2010, 10:15 AM

$3.8k is a lot to spend on...........an engine. That's it.

Just sell your car for what you can and add that to the $k and go buy another lower mileage 5-spd.

Now, if you go find one of those typical H22a's from an SiR on craigslist for like $1-1.2k, that my not be a bad investment.

If you want the extra 20 crank hp, just add some cams, a good header, and a tuneable ecu, shouldn't run you more than $1.5k.

indylude18 · 05-11-2010, 10:28 AM

H22a swap or just buy another car. Dropping $4k into car that is probably only worth around $6k is a waste.