1.2L Civic 1978 4spd - any 5spd conversions?

[oggizz1978Civic1.2]

My little 78 Civic is awesome, but screams at any speed above 90kms. Desperately needs another cog. Does anybody know if there are any Honda 5Speeds that could easily swap into it at a minimal cost? Would appreciate some feedback from people who have had experience with this.

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

Welcome to ozhonda.

Good luck on finding a 5 speed box.

I'll keep a eye and ear out for you

Where are you located mate?

[oggizz1978Civic1.2]

Located in Adelaide. Not sure what wreckers I might have at my disposal that specialise in older Civics (if there are ANY specialists!)

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

mmmm....

I honestly wouldn't have a clue about Adelaide wreckers and what they have, hopefully one of the local old schoolers can help.

I'm from sydney btw

[JAP-S2K]

My little 78 Civic is awesome, but screams at any speed above 90kms. Desperately needs another cog. Does anybody know if there are any Honda 5Speeds that could easily swap into it at a minimal cost? Would appreciate some feedback from people who have had experience with this.

'78-'79 Accord 5 speed. It's been some 15years since i did mine, pretty sure that was the one.

[oggizz1978Civic1.2]

I didn't even think of a same era Accord; it's such an obvious choice! Thanks for the tip - was it an easy conversion from memory, and did it have the impact (higher top speed/lower revs) that I'm after?

[JAP-S2K]

Yeah it was straight forward. It actually had better ratio's, 5th made it easy to cruise at 110km without screaming it's head off. I think also '80-'81 wagon came as a five speed but not sure if it fits, hopefully someone can confirm this