just doing some beginning research on upgrading my motor, my cb9 has a 5 speed tranny, and it's about $500 cheaper to buy the auto motor instead of 5 speed. would there be any real difference in the engines? would an h22 not just bolt up to mine? thanks in advance!
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The h22 will bolt up fine to your existing transmission with minimal effort, the worst thing you will have to deal with is tapping a hole for an extra bolt if I am correct (to do it properly), otherwise there's plenty of people who have not added the extra bolt and been fine from what I have read. -
this bolt that you are talking about, what does it do/hold? and if i were to decide to do the actual 5 speed swap as well, what (if any) difference in transmissions is there between the h22 and the f22?Comment
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Its another bolt to hold the transmission to the engine block; think of it as a 5-lug wheel, but your missing a stud/bolt, so its only held on by 4 stud/bolts.Originally posted by infamouscb9 View Post
The h22 transmission has shorter gears, and is better geared for acceleration, where the f22 transmission is geared for economy/fuel efficiency.
If you use an f22 transmission on an h22, you will find yourself falling out of vtec between shifts, but you will get significantly better highway mileage.
The ideal combination, would be h22/h23 for gears 1-4, and use an f22 5th gear.Comment
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