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Old 05-15-2013, 10:52 PM   #388 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by darcane View Post
A little more looking and it appears the D16 tranny will bolt up, but you have to fabricate a means of shifting it. D17 uses cables instead of the shift rods on the older trannies.
That's cool. Interesting. One day this shell needs a new engine maybe, and a D17 with lean burn would pass CA emissions regulations. I would be curious about combining the taller gearing with the modestly greater torque the D17 seems to have over the D15 or D16.

[EDIT: Here is a guy who apparently tried it, but not certain it succeeded... check out the pics: http://www.d-series.org/forums/engin...l#post1142027]
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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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