[xcuseme]

Guys,

I'm so so so so sorry that i didn't get the SI, i was thinking to try to change my EX from A/T to M/T, but i knew even before i read around that it will be a pain.

My question is now, how difficult would it be to put paddleshifters in my EX?

I'm thinking that i could somehow force the ECU to command a gear shift, and that would be all.

Thanks,

 

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

lol. this is one of those threads that will inevitably be a "you should have gotten the SI"...go and trade your car in for it, becasue the amount of time and money to do such a thing will most likely not be worth it.

 

[02em2ex]

go find a tl-s in a junkyard and yank the paddle shifters out haha... gl putting them in and making them work, ive never heard of that being done b4

 

[AbsoluteGG]

check out the honda fit.

 

[mO 64 StAnG 06]

Get a Lancer.

 

[Agnt004]

Would be cool if you could pull it off though...

 

[xcuseme]

check out the honda fit.

Nope, i hate the looks. Looks like a compressed van.

 

[xcuseme]

Get a Lancer.

I would get a Porche if i could afford it..... but then all the fun of doing something yourself will be gone.

 

[RJJensen]

the money u would spend would be better spent on an si...but would be cool if u could pull it off

 

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

I would get a Porche if i could afford it..... but then all the fun of doing something yourself will be gone.

a lancer is not a porsche. its a mitsubishi. lol

 

[Nathen]

to get TRUE paddleshifters. you couldnt afford the conversion. to get a cheap autostick knock off. i dont even know if it would be worth it to try.

 

[ibanez37]

Why do you want paddle shifters anyways? I don't see too much benefit. It's not going to make the car any faster unless you incorporate a completely different type of transmission IE: Mitsu's CVT. Then you might as well just get the 5 speed.

 

[xcuseme]

a lancer is not a porsche. its a mitsubishi. lol

Come on man, do you really think i don't know the difference between a lancer and a porche?

Anyway, i was thinking that the guys in Hondata could help me, unfortunately they're doing a show next week so i'll have to wait.

I've been reading more on the Honda iShift. Apparently it's not what i want to build, but it's an "automatic manual transmission". It has clutch and everything, just that it engages/disengages mechanically and it also does the double clutching for you (using the drive by wire). There were some guys saying that it takes it a long time to shift, definitely a lot more than manual, but just a little less than automatic.

 

[xcuseme]

Yeah, you guys are right. I think i should save for the Si.

 

[Nathen]

nothing shifts faster than an automatic transmission. just fyi.

 

[Z1 Performance]

We sell this product for the 350Z from Works-Bell...nothing for a Civic, but the Automatic Z owners like this product.

Video: http://www.jdm-option.com/opchan/06_04/movie/paddleshifter_g.wmv

http://www.z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?model=350z&cat=interior&prodid=2835

 

[xcuseme]

nothing shifts faster than an automatic transmission. just fyi.

Maybe, but my experience with the Charger wasn't so great. It was taking the thing 1-2 seconds to change the gears. i can't imagine why.
Same thing with my Civic. If i start in 1, go up to 5000, then pushing it into 2nd, it takes him 1 sec to shift.

 

[ibanez37]

Eh, whatever floats your boat man.. I'd rather shift 1-2 seconds earlier to compensate for the lag like everyone else than spend thousands of dollars to have faster shift times.

 

[Agnt004]

Most Automatics do not shift as fast as a good manual transmission driver. Unless you have a dual clutch however... :dancing:

 

[Izzy]

Switch steering columns/transmission with a CSX, they have paddle shifts.