Hydro or cable transmission???

B16aRS · Post by **B16aRS** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:07 pm

I have been looking for a SI tranny for my B16a engine and i found this one. Is this a hydro or cable tranny? I searched on google but nothing came up.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-97-honda-del-sol-civic-TRANSMISSION-TRANNY-S20-EX-SI_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247QQcategoryZ33733QQihZ010QQitemZ200245286574QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

delslo · Post by **delslo** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:14 pm

should be cable

rickles8099 · Post by **rickles8099** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:20 pm

its a hydro.

it says its from a 1993 del sol. del sols from 1992 on up are hydro trannies.

that and it has a bracket on it to hold the hydro line on the fron of the transmission.

delslo · Post by **delslo** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:50 pm

I have a 94 that has a cable and the didn't start making del sol (which we know is a little civic until 93

rickles8099 · Post by **rickles8099** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:32 pm

delslo;131720 wrote:I have a 94 that has a cable and the didn't start making del sol (which we know is a little civic until 93

all wrong. they started making the del sol in 1992 and quit making them in 1998. all civics starting in 1992 came with a hydro transmission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CR-X_del_Sol

wikipedia[/url wrote:The Honda Civic del Sol was a 2-seater targa top convertible manufactured by Honda in the 1990s. Based on the Civic platform, the Del Sol was the successor to the popular Honda CR-X. It debuted in 1992 in Japan and the United Kingdom, and 1993 in the United States.

The Spanish name del sol translates as of the sun, and refers to the car's opening roof. It was not a full convertible, featuring a removable hardtop that stowed in the trunk and a retractable rear window for that "convertible" feel. Trunk space was reduced from 10.5cf to 8.3cf while the targa was stowed.

In many markets the CR-X naming convention was dropped from the del Sol line as it was distinctly different from earlier models, which were hatchbacks and not targas. Starting with the 1995 models, Honda dropped the 'Civic' name from the del Sol in the Americas.

Production and sales ended with the 1997 model in the U.S. and 1998 elsewhere, with a total of slightly fewer than 75,000 models sold in America.

99BlackHatch · Post by **99BlackHatch** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:09 pm

True story... Del Sol started in 92.

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:45 pm

B16aRS;131715 wrote:I have been looking for a SI tranny for my B16a engine and i found this one. Is this a hydro or cable tranny? I searched on google but nothing came up.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-97-honda-del-sol-civic-TRANSMISSION-TRANNY-S20-EX-SI_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247QQcategoryZ33733QQihZ010QQitemZ200245286574QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

D-series tranny from a Z6 wont work on your b-series

delslo;131718 wrote:should be cable

Wrong this is a hydro tranny 92 up civic trannys are all hydro

99BlackHatch;131740 wrote:True story... Del Sol started in 92.

+infinity

B16aRS · Post by **B16aRS** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:11 am

It was just brought to my attention that this tranny wont work with a B series by N2HIFI. Is it true that this tranny is in fact for a d series?

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:18 am

Yep. Hes exactly right.

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:23 am

That IS a d-series transmission... the Del Sol VTEC was the model with the b16, not the Si.

for B-series they made cable transmissions up to 1993, BUT they made two versions. In 1992, along with switching to obd1, honda upgraded the transmissions and changed the input shafts (d-series and JDM b-series civics switched to hydro in 92 because they introduced a new bodystyle). They kept producing the integras with cable transmissions (since they did not change the bodystyle until 1994 when they switched to hydro), but the internals and clutches are different and not compatible with the pre-92 b-series transmissions.

So in your search, if you are looking for a cable transmission, it will also be important to note what year the transmission is from (pre92, or 92-93) so that you know what clutch you need

and while the del sol was technically introduced in 1992, it didn't get to the states until 1993