You are doing a great job! This reminds me when I ripped out my f22 and put a h22 in my old Accord. Except that was way easier than your project. I said, I would never do something like that again, but after watching this thread. I probably will.

 

I found a sweet deal on a Eibach strut bar that was for the accord 4 cylinder, price was so cheap I had to buy it (brand new) I had to modify the strut bar to fit but basically it rubbed agaisnt the engine cover every time I turned and what not switched gears.

Now it only has about 1/2" of clearence, but hey it works well and gets the job done.

 

lookin good Kris....

 

kris u order that short shifter from neuspeed??? put that sucker in there...

 

Naw i havent yet. Ive been more concerned about getting things up and running. There will be plenty-o- time to make it shorter in the near future

 

Kris,

Where did you get the tranny linkage from, did it come with the tranny, or did you have to get it seperate. I have a friend of mine looking for a wrecked 03 CLS 6 speed. I figure getting the whole front clip will make things a little cheaper and easier.

Awesome job...

 

www.acuraautomotiveparts.org is where he got the linkage from to my knowledge

 

I bought all my stuff at teh link blk2001tlon19s posted. They were Very fast with shipping

Finding the whole front clip would be by far the easiest thing to do. Also if possible get teh engine from it too, as i found out the manual motor has 1 VERY expensive sensor that the auto motors dont.

 

Got teh starter today and the last hose i was waiting for for the hyd clutch. Now i can bolt them in and bleed the clutch

 

 

 

Im hoping to put the battery in this weekend and see and hope oi dont blow any fuses. Wanna see if things power up

 

So are you not going to have a parking brake? Do manual CLs have their parking brakes as the lever type between the driver's seat and the center console?

 

Have you hooked up all the wires already?

 

Im going to have one, the parking brake is just the least of my concern. The parking brake is in the center console on the passenger side

 

95% just need to figure out a few differences in the harness between the CL 2 door wiring and the TL 4 door wiring

 

Starter and radiator are all installed, clutch system has been bled and feel nice cant wait to get it moving

 

 

this thread is a health risk. someone could die if you keep teasing people like this!

 

Yeah I am beside myself... I really want to see it up and running. Man Kris, I hope everything starts up, and it doesn't give you too many problems. Although if you do have problems, I'm sure you wont hesistate to rip it apart and fix it.

 

I just picked up 2 gallons of honda antifreeze, and my ball joint dust boots. Be installing them shortly. hopefully welding up my exhaust later (couldnt get the bolts off the cat so i took a sawzall to the pipe )

 

Man I wonder how this would help the resale value, the only 6spd TL around could be a pretty good selling point! But then again you are driving it until it bites the dust right?

 

Most likely yet

 

I think it's easier to buy a 6speed car

 

His car is now worth less to 99.9% of the general population.

 

Yeah, but to the other .1% of us who know how to drive, it's worth a heck of a lot more than blue book.

 

Well i got 98.5 % of the dash wired, steering column in and a few other items. Battery is in but not conected Im hoping that tomorrow sometime to do that.

 

Yeah but im not talking about the average person, just kids that would like to have a 6spd TL

 

Got the CAI made tonight. (pics later)

 

Did you ever get the engine running?

 

not yet. just got most things put together so i can bring it to the dealer to have them reprogram the ecu and key Maybe sometime next week

 

here is the CAI i made. I ordered some "U" 3" pipe from jegs, cut and welded it to some 3"straight pipe. Cut in some breather holes and Viola. CAI. its a little rough yet and needs to be fine tuned, and painted but its made atleast.



i had to push it quite a ways over for my filter to fit. Im sure its going to rub, but ill trim that part of the car away so that it wont

 

Nice I gotta learn how to weld.

 

Sweet!!!!

 

nice!!!

 

 

Keep going Kris, we wanna see pics of the first ever (worldwide) 2nd gen TL interior showing the console with a SHIFTER and not a mere autotragic gear selector! And a third pedal too! Hope you can get it running alright soon

 

mad props once again... i'd love to do that...

 

wow.. you are crazy .. i wouldn't even know where to start... if i did it myslef...

I was recently thinking about doing this ( I would have to bring it somewhere).. Since I have an '02 tl-s.. if you have the time to make a list.. what exactly would I need ot purchase in order to get this trany swap

 

what kind of welder do u have? mig or tig?