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Old 07-24-2012, 10:43 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by turbovr41991 View Post
Yep. I have a 5th gen VX (1994) trans in my sixth gen CX (1997). I bought it for $150 on CL and it is great. It performs the same as the CX did with the factory 6th gen CX trans but without the bearing noise.
That's a surprise. Very nice.

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Both ran 1700 RPMs at 55 mph. in my opinion, they are the same transmission.
Sounds like they are... that's the ~20% reduction from the DX 2100 rpm @ 55mph I expected. Would you get the part numbers off them for me, especially the 6th gen CX? I have been shopping for a VX transmission without luck for a couple months. I have a final drive from one, and I want to pull my DX trans and play around with swapping the final drive, but I would like not to lose my daily driver and so I need a second transmission. Part numbers would be way cool.

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I think there is a lot of misinformation on the 6th gen CX gearing on the internet. Probably because there are so few CX's and the majority of them get swapped with a faster engine and trans. There are also many debates on what the differences between a DX and CX hatchback. The CX is lighter and gets much better gas mileage. The trans is the main reason why.
Very interesting. This suggests Honda broke up the 5th gen VX exactly the way you suggested earlier. I get it now. The CX became a cheaper higher FE car at the cost of "performance" while the HX with VTEC-e and shorter gearing (though still kinda tall) was the costlier way to FE with somewhat better power.

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I have been a long time lurker on this website. I joined back in 2008! I have followed both of those cars for quite some time. In fact, 3-wheelers car is actually the desktop picture on my computer. lol
Great skill and patience 3-wheeler has. Nice work.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.




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