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I know the auto to manual is hard but, do they sell shift kit for 01 civic or is there a way to just get it built for higher power?

 
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you can overhaul the tranny to make it handle more power, eyeseeyou did that with his turbo auto civic

 
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I'd say it's possible to build up the Auto. First the weak carriers have to be swapped with a better part. Then some of the springs in the valve body need to be modified to increase clutch pressure for less slippage. Something like a towing kit for autos. It would help, but all the weak metal parts would need to be identified and "fixed". Imagine if they used titanium in the tranny, it would last half a million miles. $$$$$$$ though.

 
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TCI auto overhaul kit is 225 on jegs.com atm and dezod had a kit that gave you something like a paddle shift system for the auto havent seen it yet but would love info on it.

 
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yup and the opgraded torque converter. for around $1k, you'll have one heck of a tranny.

 
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Hey gear by chance do you know the about cost it would be to get the tranny rebuilt at a shop? I have an engine builder I goto but dont think I would take my tranny there.

 
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hmm not sure its about the cost of getting the trans fixed so prolly around $1.5-2k. They have to take the tranny apart. if you can believe it, nobody where i live knows how to take it apart.

 
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^^ Yeah ask member eye_see_you... He rebuilt his auto tranny. Turned out very nice he said! He would be a lot of help.

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Thats alot peeps, also what do you guys think that a stock auto trans ex can handle?

 
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Just a converter is not gonna make it bad *** you will need a new hardened sprag set and stronger guts. I am sure tci makes some thing but i do not trust them I have had one of there built street strip trannys completly blow up with less hp than they reccomended it for and about 1.5 years/less than 50k miles.


Btw just adding a shift kit will harm your tranny it makes it shift way harder and wears out your clutch sets faster. A ported valve body will get you a firmer shift but not so firm that you'll break some thing.

 
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I'm a novice with the new-age auto's but older model tranny's last longer with a shift kit. Less slippage between shifts = longer clutch life.

Do youself a favor and read this article, pay special attention to the part about Overlap;

Shift Kit explained

Though I don't know the in's and out's of the Civic tranny, I would assume since it's an auto it's basic functioning is similar.

I have a pretty high pressure shift kit in my Coronet, a B&M Stage II. It's more of a street/strip setup. It up's the pressure so that the shift is immediate, neck snapping and tire chirping, even under normal driving. I'm sure over time this setup is harder on the car than stock or a stage I because it's extra aggressive.

Jordan

 
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As that builder states there are many forms of shift kits. In my experience just putting a shift kit in an oem tranny will wear out the bands and clutches fast. I had a jack *** buddy in high school that did it to a chevy to where it shifted so very hard even normal driving.......well he had to take it back apart soon after. As in the article is what they did to my small c-6. They ported my valve body which made a nice shift but it would never chirp it would just shift nice thats why I recommend it. I would go as far to say if I had a shift kit in it I would have parked it sooner. But from what I have read in his article I prolly would still be driving my truck.....but its not the case with my tci garbage. Thats why I do not want any body to have my luck. A mildly built 351w with world heads small trw cam/ trw 30 pistons/trw bearings. Blew that small c-6 up so bad the oil is grey and full of pretty sparkles. Btw I have a local racing tranny builder that also puts alot of shame on the tci tranny he knows his crap if you ask him he will tell you stay away. But you may be right not all trannys are the same besides it is an upgrade so I guess its better than whats there. I just would like the guy who built his honda tranny to give us an longevity update in a year or 2.


Edit btw nice granny four speed lol I had one in one of my ford(s) 4x4 I could climb a mountain with it.

 
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whats the alternative to the crappy honda tranny if you can't put the rebuild kit in? it breaks in 50k miles anyway

 
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^^true I just wish that b&m made some thing they seem to make a better tranny. I have never used one but I heard they are better.