Van Mission: 6 spd transmission

2003 Honda Odyssey, bought with roasted transmission for $500....

2003 Accord 6speed manual, with a clutchmasters flywheel / clutch setup. Wish me luck!

Cool idea.

Oh yes. Please continue.

I can't wait to see where this goes!

Very cool! I once found a thread on someone swapping the drivetrain from a Focus ST into a Transit Connect van. The thread went dead when it seemed very close to completion. Doing that swap has been a pipe dream of mine since.

I like wear your head is at. This will be fun to watch. 

I love this. I believe that the Honda odyssey (especially the 2nd generation) is objectively one of the greatest cards ever made.

I occasionally think about hopping mine up, but it's the family truckster for the time being.

This is a great fix for those van's Achillies heel. Do continue.

Oh heck yes!

Hurry up!

Looking forward to see the interior bits. Did these ver come with a manual anywhere else in the world?

In reply to Slippery (Forum Supporter) :

My wiki searches show across the globe all Odyssey generations had an automatic.  I know there was a Lemons van with a TL Type-S transmission at some point.  I'm curious if the shifter from a 02-05 Civic Si could be adapted to work, for a dash mounted shifter.

I hate none of this..

Interesting.  6 puck clutch and lightweight flywheel on an otherwise stock 17 year old underpowered van?  

Having owned an 3rd gen Odyssey (I hated it), I can't think of a time when I wished it was a manual except when climbing long mountain grades, and that's only because of Honda's awful transmission shifter/programming*  But if there are other plans to follow, this could be entertaining at least.  The onelap entries were often pretty neat.

*Its impossible to get a 3rd gen to hold 4th gear.  Normal = up to 5th. O/D lockout = up to 3rd.

This is so cool. Good project. The J series V6 is a stellar engine.

2nd gen odyssey's were all auto's, and all junk. You can pick these vans up for nothing  because of it and J35's are a dime a dozen in junkyards for the same reason.

I'm going to use the folding center console top as the base for the shifter, and draw up a laser / formed aluminum base to powdercoat and mount all of it to.

The puck clutch is because of Vandemonium stage 2- I've got an assortment of Chinese accord turbo piping and a chinesium GT35 to go on it. Plan is to use a leftover AEM standalone that I had around from another abandoned project on this van. Shooting for 400-450 atw but will see. Need to get the MTX swap done first, baby steps.

Flywheel and are clutch in! Guess what, you have to use a 12pt 17mm socket to get the flexplate bolts off and the longer flywheel bolts on..... had to go buy a set.

Subscribed, I want to know how this one works out.

I like how you think.

Awesome! I've done 5 auto to manual swaps (2 on minivans!) and never regretted a single one. It was usually the single best mod i did, in fact. 

Sorta ala Bisimoto and his turbo charged Odyssey with a manual swap and a huge turbo. NOICE!