By kelly (64.12.104.59) on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 12:38 pm:

well seeing as how im making my 79 1200 an all around fun daily driver, i would like to know which 5 speed tranny to use for hiway travel? the one with the "overdrive" 5th gear. iknow its not a hi-po add on, but i need it. and my third gear is crunching whenever i shift. plus i can travel to first gen meets.
i tried the keyword search but i would like to know which years, models, extra parts, ect. i need for the conversion.
thanks,
kelly

By John S. (208.188.193.233) on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 01:40 pm:

Hi Kelly,
OK, I spent the better part of three years in and about the D.C. area, and I had a friend named Kelly who had a boyfriend nicknamed Turk...mystery solved.
As to your other question regarding the gear ratios, you have only a couple good choices if you are running a basically stock 1200. Best choice would be an 80-81 1300 Civic 5-sp. next best choice is 80-81 1500 Wagon only. The wagon is only slightly taller overall than the 1300 gearing. The 82-83 variants of both the above are much taller gearing, especially in 5th and a stock 1200 can't pull them. If you are going to hop up your motor then I would look for the Wagon gearbox. I don't have the info right now, but I have it at home, so I'll post again with the series numbers to look out for.

By angus (205.188.200.34) on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 03:16 pm:

i have a question related to this, the 5 speed transmission in my '75 1500 seems to have pretty worn synchros. i have a 5 speed from an '83 1500 sedan. are there any potential problems with compatability that would require me to change the flywheel or use the later model pressure plate? i plan on buying all new clutch parts, which year should i get?

By kelly (152.163.207.177) on Saturday, November 24, 2001 - 12:51 pm:

thanks for the help, sorry im not the kelly you know but id like to someday get an east coast cruise for the first gens or some kind of meet or something. maybe over the summer. hows your car doing?

kelly

By Todd (63.50.56.157) on Saturday, November 24, 2001 - 03:00 pm:

Angus, you can use either flywheel/clutch. Just make sure to buy the pressure plate and disk from the same year as the flywheel. Tranny year doesn't matter.