Acura 3.5?????? The same??

[takentolightly]

I just kinda skipped though this... but has anyone popped the hood on any honda/acura in the past ten years? sideways motors... they are all FWD design, will not bolt up to our transmission. the Aurora is also a FWD car, even though it is a V8, it would need custom exhaust manifolds most likely. what about a good ol' 4L60E, aren't they just beefed up versions of the 4L30E? I'm not too up on my GM transmission history, but I do know a little about a hondas... I also saw somewhere else on this forum something about the H3 manual transmission bolting to our engine, but the transfer case would have come too, and a custom drive shaft set up. If y'all are going through the trouble of swapping this stuff out, go with the Gm 5 cyl, it makes like 245hp right? and the trans can handle much more.

[eternal21]

I just kinda skipped though this... but has anyone popped the hood on any honda/acura in the past ten years? sideways motors... they are all FWD design, will not bolt up to our transmission. the Aurora is also a FWD car, even though it is a V8, it would need custom exhaust manifolds most likely. what about a good ol' 4L60E, aren't they just beefed up versions of the 4L30E? I'm not too up on my GM transmission history, but I do know a little about a hondas... I also saw somewhere else on this forum something about the H3 manual transmission bolting to our engine, but the transfer case would have come too, and a custom drive shaft set up. If y'all are going through the trouble of swapping this stuff out, go with the Gm 5 cyl, it makes like 245hp right? and the trans can handle much more.

I, too, just stepped into this thread. I wish I would have seen this sooner. You are incorrect about the engines, though. The '96-'04 Acura RL motor is not sideways. Seeing as I had one sitting in my garage as well as a AR5 tranny, had I seen this, I would have been able to give some better feedback. I was motor swapping a 3.5 into my Acura Legend coupe, (which is becoming more commonplace nowadays), and was about 75% done w/a (anticiapted) 500hp Rotrex-s/c build until I purchased an M3 and parted the Legend.