Quote Originally Posted by jyh888 View Post
thx integral. So do you think it would be cheaper for me to just convert the car to manual rather than buying a manual (since if i am changing the gearbox i would have to pay labour to remove the gearbox and will most likely change flywheel and clutch). My budget for this is no more than $3-4k (including labour and parts)

I will PM EUR003ACT, or if he sees this thread he can reply

Hows your car doing integral? What are u plans for the future? found a suitable ecu yet?
You're better off buying a manual Euro if you want to track the car. And I don't think you'd squeeze into your <4k budget otherwise. Message E_Honda, he has a manual looking to swap for an auto. Could work out well

Mine's going alright, no problems to report. The car is just really annoying to drive with the torque hole in the midrange, it's really really torquey down low and then you get to about 4000rpm and it starts to drop off before coming back way later. It is good though when you're cruising, you get a big surge of torque when you put your foot 1/2 down.

I'm thinking an Adaptronic stand-alone might be a good option. Right now it's mostly funds that are stopping me from doing it. I'm hoping Adaptronic can arrange something with me as a test-rat

The only things left to do really are install coilovers, the ECU and the 06+ TSX cams for a bit more punch. Also the idea of swapping the CU2 gearbox internals into mine is pretty attractive. Ideally I'd like the car to make about 150kW peak and run 14.2-3 on the quarter mile

Quote Originally Posted by aaronng View Post
If he's trying to swap from an auto gearbox to a manual, then he will need a manual ECU.
Smartass