looking to do a quife install myself but never done one before. would be willing to pay someone for the time to do it but would like to learn as well.

anyone willing to help out if i bring the tranny and LSD to your location one day and spend the day doing it?

thanks!

 

Damn man, I would love to! We could trade for some dyno time.....but I am clear in Ohio.

 

I'm here in dallas. I can do it. Just fly me there And I will do it for free lol.

 

This may or may not help: http://turbomafia.com/Arturbo/quaife/

 

where in ohio?
i'll drive out there possibly. shops around here are ****** about letting you hang out and look over their shoulders. i don't blame them but hey, i know more about this stuff than most of them and quite honestly, i think i could do a better job. i want to do this with someone who has definitely done it!


I'm sure there must be someone a little closer, like in northern PA or jersey?



[Modified by GruvyTune, 2:31 PM 2/22/2003]

 

I am in Columbus. It is tempting to make the trip out there.

 

I'm doing a ATS 4.929 FD Install and a ATS Metal LSD Install sometime next week or so...

Suprdave

 

Columbus is a bit over 7hrs. you got a place I can crash for a night? Can we get it done in a day? What about shims if we need them?

 

Yeah, we could get it done in a day and you could crash here on my couch. Heck, I would take off work to help out. I never used shims, nor did I check to see if they were needed. My Acura tech I know told me it was pretty rare to need them for the most part. I have not had any problems for 3000+ miles. But we could get shims from a dealer here if we needed to or maybe order some standard sizes ahead of time to have in case they were needed.

 

I may have to take you up on this! i'll keep in touch by email.
thanks...

 

Sounds good!!.....Farnsrocket@sbcglobal.net

 

You might need shims... How's that for vaque.

the thrust shim may need to be replaced with a different size depending on the clearance with the new diff. I would suggest buying the shims from Honda, and having them available. This would save you the trouble of having to wait a week to get the parts in while your transmission is already apart. (like I did)

I suggested this to a friend, and he was able to get new clutch, flywheel and Quaife installed in a day; thanks to having the shims already.

Hope that helps, good luck.

 

Having a torque wrench that reads 12-23 in lbs would be a good idea too. The shim sizing relies on being able to measure that low.

I'm still waiting on mine and it isnt something that you can run to Autozone for.

 

thanks for the suggestion. i think i can order them and be able to do a return so long as they are still sealed. aren't there a lot of sizes (seems so when i looked in the helm manual)?

 

There's 20+.

A-T(?) with each letter corresponding to a size.

 

I am in cleveland, oh. Doing my own install. It doesn't seem that hard. I took the old diff in and they are transfering the new bearings and final drive over to my quaife. I let you know how it goes.