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[Burntrubber87]

So i just bought a '90 Accord EX for $200, runs good has 160,000 miles on it and its automatic though. I have the old manifold and turbo from my '92 Laser. I'm kinda' lazy and broke at the moment but was wondering how long do you think that tranny would last on 10psi or so? Can i even run a chipped/ base-mapped ecu with an auto?

[crttaz]

2-3 months or until it gets cold and the seals shrink in the tranny.

[j.h.christ]

sell it to a mexican for 10x what you paid and buy an EF.

[Burntrubber87]

All the mexicans around here work on a big dairy farm and i dont think they're allowed to drive.

[turbob16hatch]

You can boost an auto.  I wouldn't run 10psi though.  If you get a transmission cooler, and you keep the boost at 6-8psi, it should hold up pretty well.  Basically, just don't heat the trans up too much and you are good.  Worst case, blow up the trans, then get everything you need for a manual swap for cheap from a junkyard.

this guy doesn't look smart enought to pull off turboing his car let alone swaping a manual trans into it. 

[Burntrubber87]

You sure about that? not trying to start a pissing match here but I can gurantee i've forgotten more transmission jobs than you've done.

[crttaz]

You sure about that? not trying to start a pissing match here but I can gurantee i've forgotten more transmission jobs than you've done.

Don't wanna get into that pissing match with me

I had a 86 and 88 Accord. Seals when cold wouldn't hold enough pressure on the clutch packs until warmed up. Once warmed up it was fine. Before 40 outside, don't even try.

[Burntrubber87]

Well, it probably won't last til this winter anyway so i'm just going to beat the shit out of now. I don't really know much about Honda autos and figured if anyone, you guys would know if it would last and if it did how long. If I could get 2-3 months out of it I would be happy.

[AstroVannin]

There was a few guys on CB7 tuner running turbo auto setups.

I seem to think they lasted a while as long as they didnt get beat on all the time.

[Robb]

The trick to keeping automatics together in general is high pressure + keeping temps low. 

I agree with bone here though, your wasting your time.

[Burntrubber87]

Yeah it probably is a waste of my time with an auto but I might as well burn the tranny up and do the manual conversion. I have a chipped PR4, don't you have to jump something or some shit to run it in an auto? a/c condenser off a F150.. love it

[HiProfile]

If the ecu wasn't for an auto, it probably won't allow you to use the lockup converter, meaning 3spd. I really don't know about obd0, that's for people who are stuck 2 decades back...

If it was OBD1, I'd say run ectune and run boost by rpm. Keep boost low with low rpm, and raise it near redline. This will keep overall torque low, helping the tranny life some.

[patsmx5]

I'm no honda guy, but I know a little about auto's. Most auto's fail from getting too hot. Keep the bitch cool with a huge cooler plumbed in after the radiator cooler. Higher pressure would help too. No idea how hard it is to adjust the head pressure on the pumps on a honda transmisison, but I'm sure it's possible. I wish my miata was an auto.

[Toysrme]

if you want an edjucated guess youll pass the point of it living indefinately at a measily 220-250bhp.
from there its a race. if you've got little traction and you're lucky youll burn out your clutch packs for 3rd & 4th gear first.
if you're unlucky youll be busting gear sprags


either pay the big big money to have it built into a drag beast, or plop a manual in it