Clutch and Flywheel, OEM or aftermarket? I see this question brought up over and over again in the multiple forums I visit. Basically, just like everything else, it depends on your budget and what you want to get out of your car. But the general school of thought on this topic is that since your transmission is going to be off already, why not upgrade the clutch and flywheel and save yourself the trouble of having to do it later right?
There are a ton of different brands, and a lot of different opinions about what clutch and flywheel are the best. I suggest you get an idea of what you want by either talking to friends who have aftermarket clutches. Maybe driving them to get a feel or do some research online. Complete Parts List with Prices.
I got all my parts from the guy on eBay that I bought my transmission from, he happened to be parting out his 98 base 5spd. I got lucky and got a lot of parts cheap and shipped in one big shipment. As you can tell below, buying this stuff from Honda would be enough to buy a new car. If you buy a new 5spd ECU you will have to go to Honda and get it programmed to work with your car. In my case, we replaced the boots on the axles, throw out bearing, and a couple other small things just to be on the safe side.
You could also check junk and salvage yards for all these parts, but take someone with you who knows what all of these parts look like, or see my thread here on preludepower. Honestly, unless you have all the tools, a welder, jacks, etc, I would get a shop to do it. The guy I have doing mine has never done a 5spd swap on a prelude before, but he has done them on civics and accords and he knows his Hondas.
I provided him with the Mazmo write up, as well as this thread you will have to login on absoluteprelude. Well now your swap should be done and you should be able to cruise around with your newly installed 5spd transmission!!!
Links and Resources Write up and info threads: www. Follow-up and troubleshooting Reverse Lights: I ran into a few problems with wiring up the backup lights.
Wiring the starter cutoff switch on the clutch pedal: This is covered in the electrical write up I posted, but I did it a little differently. We tapped into the original wires under the dash that lead to the starter and ran them to the clutch cutoff switch. I will also include the necessary wiring diagrams we created to get the car running.
It is a goos idea to find all the pages of the Helms that you will be using and place post-its at the top. Auto Transmission Removal Tips The Helms is good tool and give a protocal to the dismateling process. Start on page and continue to do so until you reach page Here you have two options. The first is to follow the book, but if you are having trouble seperating the lower arm lke I did, you can unfasten the sway bar, radius rods, and take the damper fork bolts out.
This will allow you enough swing to remove the axles. If you don't have a good ball joint remover, I recommend using our method. We tried two of the Pitman Pullers with no luck. I actual ripped a seal trying. If you can't get the Honda tool listed in the Helms, just use the method we figured out. Now you are back to following the Helms, but the Helms only take you so far. The book doesn't expect you to swap trannies.
With the tranny out you can now get the shift cable out and put the new 5spd one in. This looks tricky at first because it looks like you may have to drop your exhaust to get access, but it will unbolt with a little creativity.
You can use page for a reference. At this point you might as well put the replacement 5spd cables in place. Manual Transmission Installation Tips Page is a good reference page to stick a bookmark in.
Start with pages to to get you started. This will cover the flywheel and clutch installation. When tightening up the flywheel and clutch, the Helms shows this being done using a ring gear holder honda tool.
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