dueces

Oh nice! thats not bad at all. im new to suspension stuff, if i go with those springs to i need upgraded/longer shocks? or do the stock ones have the travel?

2000crv sport

yeah ive done quite some research on it alot of guys run them with stock shocks or blistien hd shocks but these spring are quite stiff or so ive heard thats why i am considering spacers too keep the stock ride ...but i dont think im going too be doing much more work on my V since because of my new up coming job im going too need a truck....

2000crv sport

any suggestions besides a ridgeline which wont be able too tow my boses trailer....

LDForget

ford f150

ARMED

tundra

dueces

Personally im very partial to chevy trucks, because the ls engine is just awesome. I didnt have a chance to make it back to the shop to work on the stuff. ill get up what pics i have a little later.

LDForget

too bad the rest of the truck is garbage.

dueces

Ha ha, yeah

2000crv sport

i was thinking spending the big bucks and getting a new ecoboost f150 but they are just so ugly and thier not a proven engine yet... tundra isnt a bad choice my dad had one 380hp is good and no problems till the lease was done and 110,000kms and i drove the **** out of it becasue it was a lease :p chevy runs deep !! but yeah their good....or theres the cummins......

2000crv sport

but anyway ill go dicust this on a non crv forum i wish honda made a diesel truck!!!!thats all i want for christmas

LDForget

ugly? not a proven engine? they are an AMAZING looking truck. Look at the ecoboost torture test videos.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc....1.jihhNcpLpFw

2000crv sport

yeah yeah im just saying its hasnt been through a canadain salty winter yet and the turbo is located near the bottem (if im right )and ive heard guys having problems with missfires on rainydays ..... and the tranny's shifting hard and ive seen no real world results of real high km's like in the 300,000's ....that why i bought a crv... ive seen like 8 tunra's with 300,000km's + and like one waterpump problem.... and yes i dont like all that chrome in the head lights and the rims and yeah not my style

LDForget

you can get them with coloured headlights and rims. the turbo's are located just above the frame. I know several people with ecoboost f150's and theyve all had no problems. to each their own though.

2000crv sport

yeah but i was gona see about a semi used or demo model so i cant just order all the doo-dads that look good.... i am curentttly looking at the tundra as top choice with the 5.7 since i need the power too tow the trailer.... and it would be fun but i have too get some details about the job yet maybe he will just lend me his 2010 2500 cummins when i need the trailer but id still need a truck maybe a tacoma....4cyl 4x4 but i want a crew....
oh and sorry dueces .....

dueces

Ha ha, no prob

Pictures:









Thanks for looking

John

dueces

Look up honda N20 and N22 engines. All aluminum turbo diesels. not sure what they came in though, possibly crv's in europe....

2000crv sport

thanks but that engine is like impossible too find.......on another note good work on the rear diff .... i just noticed im too cheap and too lazy too be a full blown car guy.....i just slap tires and rims on vehicles and do some easy stuff and call it a day ....or maybe its casue its my dayly driver and i dont trust my own work .... maybe i need 2 vehices .....

dueces

haha, I know that feeling, but I just cant leave my cars alone. Even after this is all the way I want it I will decide it's not fast enough, or it's not good enough in one way or another.... it never ends....

I just seen the thread with a new lift kit out. That will be interesting to see how much they want for it. I'll still build my own, I should really get on that, but right now I want this driveshaft in there....

2000crv sport

yeah if i want something fast and off road capable i think id just buy it ..... like a 2002tacoma trd 4x4 with locking rear diff 10,000 bucks i offered my crv as part trade for it.... and then maybe ill wil buy a bolt on supercharger if its not fast enough...... but you seem like a very capable person to make a vehicle what u want and u have the machinery for it so yeah....

LDForget

Im the exact same way.

dueces

Small update: Got to working on some of the adaptor flanges for the drive shaft. I didn't have much time so I only completed one, and bored another to size, but I should be able to get all four done within a few days.

Also I got the pins to size inside the clutchpack, so that is back to proper size and ready to be installed in the rear diff case. Here are a few pics.



















The front and rear holes were easy to do, the others took some time as I had to trig out the distances in X and Y since I don't have a radial attachment for the mill I work on.

Thanks for looking guys, I should have another update soon.

John

2000crv sport

looks like some good work cant wait too see a true 4x4 crv.... hopefully it will all last and stay together :s

dueces

Ha Ha, yeah I hope she holds!

Here is another update:

I got to work on the other three flanges tonight. The two that will mate to the tranny and the rear diff were a little difficult because after machining them square and doing the bolt holes, I had to turn the boss on center, which isn't easiest thing to setup, but I got them on center within .001", so I shouldn't have any vibration issues.

Here are some pics:









So next on the list is to attach them together and weld them, I am hoping I can do that tomorrow.

John

2000crv sport

ugh i cant wait too see this thing go !!!!

dueces

Ha ha ha, I'm slowly getting there! It takes a while since the machine shop that I use is 30 miles from my house.

Update: So today I worked on the flanges some more. It's crunch time now as it looks like we will get 4-6 inches of snow thursday!

I only got one of the two flanges completed, as I needed to make the center part of both flanges tonight, but I was limited to only getting one done do to my failures, ha ha.

Tomorrow after I finish up the second flange center, I will be stopping over at a friends so I can weld the pieces together. hopefully I can get the carrier mounts laid out tonight so I don't have to waste any more time on that.

Here are the pics from tonight, just to show how the assembly will be welded together.











Thanks for looking guys, I should have an update tomorrow as well. If I don't get this done I will toss in my stock driveshaft and see how it works in the snow.

John