What to do with a Honda 3.0 V6...

So I've go a '97 Acura CL with a J30 V6/auto sitting in my garage. The transmission suddenly ceased to transmit. Has 157,xxx miles, and rounds super smooth. The body is rusty, and creased.

What would you do with a Honda J30 engine? I'm open to rational ideas.

Thanks,

Racecardaddy

Someday.

SOMEDAY.

Some........ distant......... day............

Probably after all the children are out the door. Or are at least old enough to appreciate such a project......

I'm going to take just some such engine and turn my Prelude into a mid-engined monster.

In reply to BA5: I used th dream of that. I did more car stuff when the kids were home and little than I do now that they're grown and out of the house. How do you do a Prelude V6 swap?

Mix with an MX-5 transmission, install in a Fox body Mustang, and piss off the mullet set.

The answer is always......

In reply to Racecardaddy13:

Perhaps soon then. :) There is no Prelude V6 swap. This one would be (1) Cut out center of car, (2) replace with engine/transmission/fabricated frame, (3) Profit.

pres589's idea is also good.

Find an aw11 mr2, then cut and fit as necessary?

JtspellS wrote: Find an aw11 mr2, then cut and fit as necessary?

I like this idea, wish I had mad fab skills to do it.

BA5 wrote: In reply to Racecardaddy13: Perhaps soon then. :) There is no Prelude V6 swap. This one would be (1) Cut out center of car, (2) replace with engine/transmission/fabricated frame, (3) Profit. pres589's idea is also good.

Let me know if you need the car for that project, it's beyond my skill level.

pres589 wrote: Mix with an MX-5 transmission, install in a Fox body Mustang, and piss off the mullet set.

It'd be sweet if it could work in a 944, too. Damn torque tube...

Racecardaddy13 wrote:

JtspellS wrote: Find an aw11 mr2, then cut and fit as necessary?

I like this idea, wish I had mad fab skills to do it.

Projects like this are where you find those mad fab skills.

I saw this engine in an old 240z at laguna safe around thanksgiving.

The car was fast!

My vote is stuff it in something old and light.

BA5 wrote: In reply to Racecardaddy13: Perhaps soon then. :) There is no Prelude V6 swap. This one would be (1) Cut out center of car, (2) replace with engine/transmission/fabricated frame, (3) Profit.

If only #3 could be true, I'd have a stream of these coming out of my garage. :)

Put it in a sand rail buggy with a Kennedy Adapter?

How about bolting it to a Miata transmission and stuffing in an MGB shell?

NOHOME wrote:

Racecardaddy13 wrote:

JtspellS wrote: Find an aw11 mr2, then cut and fit as necessary?

I like this idea, wish I had mad fab skills to do it.

Projects like this are where you find those mad fab skills.

Said by Yoda himself!

Swap it into a Toyota MR2 W20 non-turbo. You can get a shell for not that much money and you could then use some honda transaxle i'm sure instead of making a FWD engine work in a RWD set up.

edit: I see someone already suggestion AW11.... people actually routinely V6 swap the 2nd gen MR2 but you would still need to make mounts and things like that but to really use this engine you are going to have to fab something.

NOHOME wrote: How about bolting it to a Miata transmission and stuffing in an MGB shell?

How about bolting it to a Miata transmission and stuffing it in a Miata?

This guy said rational ideas.... BwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahHHahahHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Wrong place.

As said before MR2 or Miata is closest to rational we will give you.

In reply to Jerry From LA:

Trust me I've thought of that, but the 3.5 liter seems to be the better candidate for the job.

Problem that I see is that Honda never made a manual transaxle for these engines so you'd need to fab up something from a 7th gen accord, 2nd gen TL, or CL-S. None of these options are cheap. However, adapting this to the Miata trans has been done. So in the world of mad fab skills and more cash than I have? I'd say j30+Miata trans+some old school japanese tin.

Edit: what about a 510?

Wrong. The avura TL and accord coupe v6 were both available with a manual 6 speed around 2004 and 2008. Rare but available.

penultimeta wrote: Problem that I see is that Honda never made a manual transaxle for these engines so you'd need to fab up something from a 7th gen accord, 2nd gen TL, or CL-S. None of these options are cheap. However, adapting this to the Miata trans has been done. So in the world of mad fab skills and more cash than I have? I'd say j30+Miata trans+some old school japanese tin. Edit: what about a 510?

Put it in a Corvair?

I've seen them in Civic hatchbacks before. Seems like a good way to ruin tires.

J30 Miata. Jussayin.

http://www.superfastmiatas.com/JV6%20Miata%20Kit.html