l2Y4N

lovin it

SILVER97EX

Nice progress, I agree about the axles but if you say it will work perfectly, then I will shut my mouth.

mattcivic

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haha its okay i know theres prolly a lot of people thinking the same thing but not only was that the short axle but i didnt have the swing arm tottaly bolted back into place anyways. i called up shucks and they will have me a new axle next wed.

mattcivic

tonight i ripped out all the struts, front knuckles, and the upper control arms so that tomarrow i can all my suspension and integra front breaks onto the CRX. with any luck my stainless break lines, rotors, and my LCA's show so i can put it all in there. oh ya we also started on the rear disc swap still have no idea how its going to be done but im hoping that by this time next week it will be a rolling car.

mattcivic

put the new integra breaks on tonight along with new pads, rotor, and all the struts, springs, and upper control arms from my wagon. pulled out the rear half of the interior. the reason u see the old civic caliper hanging is because my stainless lines have shown up yet and i dont want to get brake fluid all over the place just yet.

usdmblackcivic

nice man..keep us updated!!!

Swipe'd

hell ya man, good luck glad 2 c u went a differnet route n didnt buy those internals from em....

mattcivic

well i got the stainless lines in, put my MF performance LCA's on, and one hub is tottaly finished and painted. tomarrow were gunna finish the other one and hopefully my energy suspension trailing arm bushings show up so that wed night when i go get the other long axle that i can bolt the rear end up 100%









can u see anything strange in this photo?................. its only got an axle end in it so when she fires up for the first time i can do some RWD testing AKA cookies, burnouts, and maybe a drift or two.

OG SHG_EM1

haha this is pretty awesome

88ED8

you can also have used a big bolt/nut and washers on the hub/bearing instead of an entire axle end

mattcivic

ya i know but i have tons of axles layin around and a set that was all beat down so dismantled them took the 1 good inner and both outers to make it RWD.

Jaker

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mattcivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ya i know but i have tons of axles layin around and a set that was all beat down so dismantled them took the 1 good inner and both outers to make it RWD.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Make sure you throw a stub into the tranny too. Otherwise, your oil will all come puking out the first time you round a corner.

mattcivic

thats what the inner is for that i saved as well. the drivers side will have a half shaft in it so its all good.

SILVER97EX

this is gonna be a cool lil car

Jaker

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If the rear tires do any spinning, and you only have 1 front driveshaft in there, the front diff is going to unload big time, and you'll either toast the diff prematurely, or the center viscous coupling is going to break.

88ED8

^^ What? he has a halfshaft on one side and a inner cv cup on the other... not the whole axle, it's just his way of "sealing" the tranny so no fluid will leak out, and it will work just fine

Jaker

But with the axle not attached to the wheel, the power has an easy outlet through the diff. That's only if the rear wheels spin a lot.

88ED8

no, because the transfer case is driven off of the ring gear, there is no center diff. in the tranny.... The center coupling is on the drive shaft.

mattcivic

ya but me and mike were talking about it tonight and it may kill my tranny..... well kinda. the viscouse clutch in the tranny might get smoaked running it in just RWD. im gunna look into it some more ive asked on hondacivicwagon.com if anyone has attempted it with no luck...... ive got a spare 4wd tranny with a broken case that ive been meaning to gut for parts i was gunna check it all out and see how it works and see if its doable. after BOTI and the autocross i may just put it in RWD and go for it and see if when i put the axles back up front and see if the 4wd is still working.

As for progress i pulled the motor tonight and mike got the final welding done on the other trailing arm all it needs now is the bracket for the caliper to fit onto it then paint. got my clutch and flywheel today as well and with any luck my trailing arm bushings and axle show up so i can put it all together wheels and all and put it down on the ground.

88ED8

There is no center differential or coupling in the tranny, it's all just gears in there, nothing gives or slips in the tranny.... Your issues will be with the center coupling in the middle of the drive shaft that will slip befor it locks the rear tires, thats how it works, but once it locks it locks unless you put down enough power to make the internal mechinism slip, but I hope your not planning to do that... I think just for testing reasons you should be ok. If you plan on doing some real RWD action then you should weld up that unit or get a custom drive shaft that is just a one piece design (no coupler)

mattcivic

ahh okay dont worry driveline got dropped off on monday and its going to be shortend and no more viscouse coupler.

heres a pic of the inner working of the tranny. i dont have a scanner so this is the best i can do. there is nothing about a viscouse coupler or a viscouse clutch.

88ED8

tight work.... You should definately not have any issues in that case, but remember your not driving a Supra or a 240 so don't beat it too hard

mattcivic

haha I just hope the RWD thing is gunna work out so at BOTI i can drive around the water box back into it and smoke off the rear tires that should start some ****.

mattcivic

put the hub back on to check out the disc breaks. ive got a bunch of little **** on the way from honda i dont think im gunna make my goal of having it on the ground rollable till next week too many things just didnt happen this week it doesnt help today was so hot that i was just beat and un-motivated all night. i also got the motor out.

l2Y4N

keep it up, can't wait to see this finished