fidanza. i wondered if it was defective or fake as the new fidanza wheel i got looks slightly different.

BUT all my parts came in for me to revive her this weekend. look at my T2W4 that came in today. looks ok, like its been outside a few storms, that pipe on the top, idk what its for, but it is bent, some other stuff that just needs to be wiped off, all i care about is the gearrs.

question, i have to swap to USDM VSS if i want powers steering correct??

 

Yup use your old VSS for your power steering to work, and the tube on top is a vent tube, should have a little plastic cap to keep junk out of it.

 

UPDATE:

Got her running last Thursday, just have been too occupied to post. almost did it in one weekend but at sunday at 4am putting the suspension back together it wasnt really working, so i gave up. the next day i found that the axle drive shaft was done. ordered new one from Winchester Auto, its already leaking, my genuine one arrived today.

OVERALL, my car pulls alottt nicier, climbs alot faster i love it, totally worth it. however at open throttle pulls my car veers to the side. i have climbed under twice and inspected, everything is structurally connected. i have a few theories; shocks and bushings are done, alignment is twakked out, testing an old vss for leaks so restoring power steering soon, thatll be huge, and just maybe only one side is spinning gna jack up the car n test.

So lets keep this between us and ill just tell people i did a tranny swap.

heres what i replaced while i was at it
-T2W4
-new axle seals
-genuine Honda throw out bearing
-new genuine Honda clutch slave & master cylinders
-new fidanza flywheel
-had to use stock f22 pressure plate last minute with action clutch still. becuz the action pressure plate, the bolt that got torn out riped and un-aligned the bolt hole, did not want to repeat.
-new main seal n plate
-new oilpan gasket
-new stock oil cooler gasket/washer

i took a pic of all this but it got lost. what was even funnier was my headers arriving before all of this, a few days after my tranny blew out.

another shipment came in so this weekend i got an axle and brake master cylinder to replace. will post pics in sec