Okay this post is going to make some people angry but it is going to be up to you to make me want to actually keep the Integra, and not sell it and buy a prelude with an automatic. I want to know what trannys will fit the stock b18 engine and give me a higher gear ratio? mine is a five speed. I drove a few 92 cicivs in the last week and they drive way nicer than any integra I have driven, then I drove an accord 4 door, stock, 4cylinder and holy shit it was better than my car. I cant stand the low ratio of the tranny and nobody else I know will drive this car because it sucks so badly shifting five million times to go three blocks, it is ridiculous. Also you are wondering, why i want to do this, well it is shitty driving this thing in stop and go rush hour traffic and this car is not fast and never will be, it is a commuter, thats it, nothing else, this will never ever be a race car, thats my big block cutlasses job. Or is there anybody in Oregon interested in trading an Automatic prelude or Integra for a 5 speed? I drove an auto 92 Integra and it was great, I would trade in a second. And dont tell me I cant drive a stick, I have driven tow trucks for 5 years, and they shift better than this car. And is 2000-2500 rpm's really normal for getting an integra into first gear? A civic will go into gear at an idle. My clutch doesnt seem bad, I have had the car about a year and it is exactly the same way now as when I got it so if the clutch was bad it would have gone out by now and it doesnt grind. If I cant bolt up a civic tranny or something else that is a higher friendlier ratio then the Integra will be on ebay by friday, and if nobody posts an answer to this then again it will be gone. Maybe I will get back to my cutlass and put a gear vendor overdrive in it and call it good, I should be able to get enough out of the integra to buy the parts, so help me out guys or I am done.

 

Sorry to hear that...

The short ratio transmission was built for acceleration, not stop and go traffic. It sucks sometimes but if I cared that much, I would be driving a Civic or Accord right now. You need your car for different reasons than I do, so it is understandable that you don't like the gear ratios.

You could try a different transmission. I couldn't tell you off hand which would fit your car but that could be a shot. Could be a bad transmission you have now.

If you insist on having an automatic for commuting, that is totally understandable because my commutes are anything but easy. Get some other opinions before you decide on this though, since my opinion usually sucks.

 

The trans you have in there is already the longest geared of the three choices. I don't know why you think it's such a problem though. Civics are geared long enough to make a person cry... I don't know how you can enjoy that.

I'm sure there is a person somewhere around here that would love to trade you an automatic car for your manual.

 

I want the long gearing so I can go farther before I have to shift because I am not going for performance at all, After driving big block cutlasses for years this car does not excite me and I do not intend on racing it because i am going to lose, I might do a little bit of autocross later on because my brother says I dont need a lot of speed just good handling for the stuff they do in the club he is in, also it would be nice if my wife could drive this car, she tried a few times and it ended in tears and cussing. She now hates this car and wants it gone. If i have to swap the engine and tranny out of a civic as a unit to make it fit, I would do that as long as it didnt require a lot of wiring swaps or mount fabrication. To be honest I would drive a civic if they didnt look like grandma cars, oh wait my grandma does have one, and so does my aunt I like how my integra looks thats why I bought it, not to race or trick out, I am just shallow and okay with that. I just wish it drove like a civic, this car is a work car for long commutes and road trips, thats all.

 

That would be a huge pain in the ass unless you can find a JDM SOHC ZC from a '92 body, then swap in an HF trans or something. Be warned, after droping about a grand to get it to work, you'll be left with a slug of a car. The only reason that Hondas have any pep is because they are geared tight.

Your wife is kinda a wuss... I know of a quite a few women who refuse to drive automatics!

 

b16 tranny has the shorter gears