Work in Progress.
10/14/2013. UPDATE: The tranny, clutch and flywheel are in! Holy shit balls! Even though I still cant go crazy with it, because of the break in period. It feels fucking awesome! Smooth clean shifts, definitely more aggressive and f22 5th gear fuel economy.
The measurements table has been updated, one more video has been added and took a few pics with my phone when the camcorder battery died. At a later date I'll record the reassembly of my donor tranny.
If there's anything you think I should add to this thread please let me know.
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PARTS
Rebuilt M2S4 (H23) transmission
H2A5 (F22) 5th gear set from spare H2A5 (F22) transmission
Mfactory LSD - part# MF-TRS-05H22
Competition Clutch - 11.5 lbs Flywheel
Competition Clutch - Clutch 1.5 part# 8014-1500
Additional supporting parts
New Honda Final Drive bolts - part # 90017-689-000
MFactory magnetic drain plugs for tranny and oil pan - part# MF-ENG-02SET
TASAuto Stainless steel clutch line - part# 191300
ARP Flywheel bolts - part# 208-2802
ARP Clutch pressure plate bolts - part# 108-2201
NTN differential tapered bearings - large and small
Torco MTF
BACKGROUND
Like many of you I've been wanting to do this swap for a while now, but finding definitive detailed info is hard to come by. From my many hours of research, I know that many have done the swap successfully but most fail to give any real useful data. I did find some useful threads but even many of those threads would die incomplete or the OP would fail to add the additional data promised.
As you may know the goal of the H23 tranny and the 5th gear swap is to upgrade to the more aggressive 1-4 gearing of the m2s4 (H23) transmission and retain the freeway friendly 5th gear of the F22.
I’ve R&R one transmission before but never gotten into the guts of one until now. I've researched different DIYs on many forums and YouTube videos. Both covering F, H, B and D series transmissions. The plan is to have a video camera running nearly the whole time. Not for a DIY but more for others to review my work. But I'm feeling pretty confident I can to do this. So this may end up becoming a DIY or a what not to do post.
I will be posting Youtube videos as I progress and I imagine I'll be stopping many times to ask for advice.
Originally I was planning to use an OBX LSD. But, because of build quality issues written about on way too many forums, I decided to go with the MFactory LSD instead. I did find some articles and a website that have upgrade/rebuild parts for the OBX LSD that resolve many of the build issues. The same site does a good job of explaning the flaws and has a good "How To" guide to repair the flaws. See below.
http://rbryant.freeshell.org/obx_washers.htm
REFERENCE:
List of Youtube videos and forum posts I used for reference. Many more links to come...
How Does a Manual Transmission Work? -EricTheCarGuy
Evans Tuning Differential Swap Tech Article - Part 1-3
(Doesnt cover the gear swap but these videos pretty much cover everything else. Even though this is meant for a B-series tranny it helped me a lot.)
Prelude f/h22 transmission R&R - Part 1-3
Civic Clutch and flywheel Install
Honda-Tech.com
http://honda-tech.com/transmission-d...-swap-3060964/
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2411948
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1694413
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=3028031
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=555929
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=3060006
Preludezone.com
http://www.preludezone.com/5th-gen-h...-pictures.html
PreludePower.com
http://www.preludepower.com/forums/s...d.php?t=356224
http://www.preludepower.com/forums/s...d.php?t=307769
http://www.preludepower.com/forums/s....php?p=3017905
Preludeonline.com
http://www.preludeonline.com/f89/tip...nation-106113/
6thgenaccord.com
http://www.6thgenaccord.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=16340
ETC
cb7tuner.com
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...&highlight=h23
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?p=3034490
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=171712
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=125202
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=184194
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=150309
Prelude Service manual PDF download
http://prelude.openbarr.com/manuals/...92-96_lude.pdf
honda-acura.net
http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/do...ld-89pics.html
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