yeah, but yeah just for future reference i wish i would of known as well but what ya gonna do lol. but who knows your rods might fit into the vitaras

 

Oh well, its not like I'm in a hurry to get this done anyhow. The gf is coming in a few weeks and staying for the summer so this will be on hold until she leaves. I'll just watch her wash my car to keep my busy, lol

 

Did i hear your going to put in an OBX LSD? I d love to see some pics of the install. Also, are you going to play with the gears at all?

 

Yes I'm going to get an OBX LSD and I'm using my stock DX trans. I'm not sure how lond it will be before I get to it, though

 

stock dx trans is going to be a really weird tranny under tons of boost, really long gears, will be fun to hear how you like it...

installing the obx lsd, well, its not easy! its as far into the tranny as you can go, under the final drive... your going to have to get 2 new differential bearings pressed on the obx lsd before you even start and your going to have to get your speedo gear pressed off the stocker and put back on your obx lsd, the obx has a much smaller ridge for the speedo gear than the stock one so i dont know if a custom speedo gear is needed or if you can just use the stock gear, i had major problems with this part of my install, i didnt have the dif bearings and i would of had to order them, so i had to install it back to stock after HOURS of labor..

and another thing, be careful when tearing the trans down, there are a bunch of little ball bearings behind screws and springs and they like to fall out and roll under stuff. i popped off my tranny cover and almost fainted, its a VERY scary place to be without knowledge of teh area [&:]

p.s. i wish my gf would wash my car

 

lol i did the same thing with the ball bearings when i took my ex tranny apart, just sat there and watched them roll away[>:] found them luckaly and foud were they go back together

 

I may buy a used tranny to put the diff in. Si trannies are hard to come by here, I know there is a Dx trans in pic n' pull

 

an ex tranny is pretty decent, or you could buy a new final drive for $500 and drop your gear ratios down, they say a final drive can increase accel 15%

 

Update, got my rods and pistons in the same day, Fedex and USPS collaboration ftw, lol.

Great news, the wrist pins slipped right in the rods. Just put a little oil on them and it was like a glove. I'll take all this to the shop tonight and get some shots to compare the stock parts to these.

 

thats good to see. my cp wrist pins are so damn big