Odyssey - the ultimate sleeper...

Hey, I was looking around and I haven't found anyone who's done this yet but I was wondering if it would be possible to drop an H22 into my 1995 Odyssey. Also about how much would it cost with parts, labor, etc. and how long would it take. much appreciated


-MadDog - The infamous Huffy rider...

I dont know why you couldnt. The Odyssey motor is based on the accord lx motor(F22B2) in 95. All the mounts should be the same as the accord. All i gotta tell you is you will have one fast odyssey.:D

thanks! thats what i was thinking but i wasn't 100% sure. also if anyone can give me an estimate on what all this would cost that'd be great, thanks!

Sorry...forgot to give you a price. it should run around $3000 to do everything.;)

But why!!!!!????????? :confused:

Because the Ody is what i've got. And because i've never seen it done. Also because I can. Not to mention the look of surprise on the faces of the unsuspecting victims. It will be a sleeper, and if all goes as planned it'll be a damn good one!

But why!!!!!????????? :confused:

Originally posted by Brice
But why!!!!!????????? :confused:


Because when he leaves you behind at the lights he can stop and have a relaxing moment with his g/f in the back while he waits for you to catch up. :finger:


H22 in an Odyssey sounds awsome, and should be exactly the same as an H22 into an Accord swap. i.e. quite easy.

Add a Turbo, and maaate! :silly2:

:cool: I say go for it, there is places on the internet that sell parts for the odessy but you gotta look hard, make sure you keep us posted

whats the curb weight for an odyssey?

Pretty light: 3435 lbs.

www.pri-racing.com is going to have parts for the odyssey according to 13secondcivic, the founder of pri-racing so shoot him a pm or e-mail about it

I talked to that guy (13secondcivic) back on PH and I'm pretty sure he said that they'll only be doing parts for the new Odyssey and not for the older generation like mine. Thanks for the info, though.

Would the suspension be able to handle that? I dout there's any nice stiff tokicos out there for an odyssey. All I know is I wouldn't want to get beat by ya!! It was bad enough losing to a SHO before I knew what it was :(

how would the tranny go? :confused:

these guys ^ raise a pretty good point. can anyone who knows his/her stuff tell me about those two things- possible problems with suspension and transmission?

Well....you can always go for the big-daddy V6 :D


I would think an H22 could go in...seeing as how similar the Accord and Oddessy are...


The newest oddeseys are so phat.

a silver one, dropped, w/ stock rims powdercoated black would be soooo baller!

anyone have any suggestions on what suspension i could/should go with. if you know the prices that'd be nice too. thanks

Well if the odyssey doesnt weigh much more than a prelude then i would just get shocks and springs for the prelude. Were you planning on lowering it?:D

I thought about trying to lower it but i doubt i will; I just need some added stiffness. I talked to someone who said that using any of the kits made for the Accord would work. Assuming this is true (correct me if it is not) what kits are good (once again, if you know the prices would be cool too)? thanks.

Originally posted by MadDog06
Pretty light: 3435 lbs. ahahaha, thats light? Hehehe wow that thing would feel like a MACK Truck compared to my poultry 2048lb CX ~ and thats before I strip it down :cool:

but..how would the tranny go?

the engine is based on that of the accord so i'm assuming it would be like any other h22-accord swap, so the tranny should be fine.

can you even buy an odessy that is a manual? If you put a H22a in there you are gonna want a 5 speed, autos are no fun at all, then youll have a good time putting inslave cylinder and the pedal and the shift linkage and everything.

anyone here see the www.hpiracing.com minivan? pretty sure it was a honda its been awhile since ive seen it but it looks great

HPI is a R/C company

anywho about the topic not to get off of it but if you want speed I would go for a older I think it was dodge caravan "sp" some "rare" came with a DSM turbo engine from the eclipes if you do a search on the web you will find a few mini vans that can run 12s

I think it would be cool to have a all honda speed van but I don't think it would be as fast as we think

anyone know the specs on some of the older V6 caravans?
HP/Torque?

Jeff

Originally posted by 94tegRS
can you even buy an odessy that is a manual? If you put a H22a in there you are gonna want a 5 speed, autos are no fun at all, then youll have a good time putting inslave cylinder and the pedal and the shift linkage and everything.

Could you please explain/elaborate on that last part?

well, If you have an automatic right now, you have 2 pedals, and no slave cylinder, or anytthing that goes with a stick. whejn you get an H22A, you are gona want to drive a stick, so you will have to drill a hole in the firewall and put the slave cylinder, get a pedal assembly and mount it in there, run the hydro lines to the tranny, youll have to get the shjift linkage working from the stick itself to the tranny, stuf like that.

ah, it becomes clear now. that does sound like a royal pain but i'm sure it is do-able. i guess now i'm gonna have to find a place with some real competent characters who can figure this whole thing out, because i certainly don't have the know-how to do all that.

well, once on an auto, I cant remember what it was, but they were also available in a stick, and if you looked at the firewall, therew was like a template where the slave cylinder would go, looked almosyt like it would pop out, I dont think an oddesy wa svailable in stick, but if it ewas look for that, amnd you can get the pedal assemble outta a wrecked stick oddesy, otherwse you have to figure somthing else out

i'm about 99% sure they never made a manual odyssey, but there's always that 1% chance that i could be wrong. anyhow, assuming there was never a manual ody, what could be done? is it still possible (within somewhat reasonable financial realms) to convert it to a manual?

I personally don't see why it'd be different than any other auto-2-manual switch except for the fact that little outline to cut out is missing. I'm sure there's shops that can do it.

yeah it can be done, almost anything can be done with a bit of time. Im sure you could just find a pedal asssembly from something else, mount it and find where the pushrod would go into the slave, make a template and cut it out and then you install it and run some metal lines to the clutch on the tranny. you should also not just run metal lines, you need some flexible line inbetwen also. like on my car, the line runs toi a ftting that is mounted on the car itself, then one metal line is mounted from the clutch to something mounted on the tranny, with a flexible line between so that when you are accelerating and the engine/tranny moves under the hood the metal line doesnt bend or anything. I am not sure if you know what I mean, but take a look at some integras under the hood, probably civics and other sticks also, and you will know what im talkin about

94teg - i sorta see what you're saying about the flexible line...
Does anyone know of any sites where they've posted detailed info and pictures on any type of auto to manual swap that i could check out just to get a feel for what i'm getting into (any vehicle is fine, really, i just want the basic idea of whats gonna be going on here)? that'd be a huge help, thanks.

hold on, i was just thinking of this- where the hell is the shifter gonna go????!?!?! right now the ody has the gearshift mounted on the steering column, but that location obviously won't work for a manual. how in the world am i gonna get this shifter in a decent location. i guess i'd have the space for it somewhere, but there'd probly need to be a lot of cutting and moving and tooling around, which could get real expensive im thinking. anyone got any ideas? maybe i'm totally off-base and this thing wouldn't be so hard to figure out for a competent mechanic but could someone please clarify this -- if despite my current steering-mounted gearshift location i'll still be able to go manual? thanks.

hahahahahahhahaha

ever heard of 3 on the tree, well, having a stick shift on a column is do-able, and has been done on older vehicle, mainly trucks, but that would get tricky trying to quickl shift on the column I think, I nebver drove one but my dd told me once you get used to it it is lke it is natural.


but just get a 5 speed center console froma junkyard outta a stick shift car where the console is about the size to fit good between te seats, and then just cut out the part that covers the stick shift thing and carpetthe sides to match the floor of your car, cut a hole out of the floor and cut out the thing that holds the [pivot-ball on the shifter outta a nother car and mount it in your oddesy

hey you could have it like a jeep wrangler or something bc thiers are pretty long