i bought the car stock. it had the SOHC. I did the swap myself so i dont see how i got bull****ed on? The reason y i got the auto b16 is because it was cheaper for me at the time and i didnt have enough money to do a auto to manual swap. so yea, i know my car in and out, it just has one more code for me to fix and it's good as new, but yea a manual would be nice.

 

did you have a problem with the tranny/tranny mount fitment? cuz im doing a j-sprc auto b16a2 swap also in my 97'civic. but im using the y8 harness. and the swap (complete changeover) is comming from Hmotorsonline.com

 

i got your email. if you have aim let me know, we can talk instead of pming or posting

 

I dont know if it helps but with my factory tranny in my dx i go 45 or so at 7000 in first.

 

i found out that it's normal. the reason for that is, because auto hondas have 4speeds and thats y every gear seems long. If it was a 5speed manual it would be a different story.

 

LOL, i dont know about you guys but i dont go no where that near high in first gear i take mine to about 35 in first gear then 2nd gear i can do about 70 but as far as normal driving i go from first to 4th -_-

 

holy smokes, 55 in 1st gear. crazy!