i tought that your car is close to stock. i had no idea you put so much money into it. it looks really nice. with a complete swap you can get a manual tranny, and ecu so that will solve your problem. the only thing left is get another cluster. That sounds like the best idea. Get a h22a with a manual tranny, and you might need to buy the shifter calle and a shifter, and the new cluster. this sounds like the best way out of it to me. I told you about
www.jdm1.com will send you a complete swap for $2300 plus the installation another 1500 and you are way cheaper than swapping tranny then the engine. The only other problem is to get it to a good shop, that won't **** up ur car. Actually the swap can be done in a garage if u have an engine hoist.
Here is a link. since 4th gens and 5th gen accord share the same chassis i doubt that will be anything different.
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