im new to this site and to my stock 2000 gsr. any suggestions for my car?

 

welcome to HT, its a different experience. just hang with it, this site is probably the best for knowledge and experience.

as for your gsr, there are TONS of options. just stick with what you like.

always start by making sure you're up to date on maintance. Go ahead and do any repairs that are neccessary. If you want, get a compression and leak down test (to tell condition of your engine). do a vacuum test (you can do this with a simple vacuum gauge from any autoparts store.) just look for 19" hg of vacuum at idle, any less... find the problem, any more... thats a plus.

i'd also recommend changing the tranny fluid. there are two acceptable fluids in my book for honda manual tranny's: Honda MTF and GM syncromesh (DONT GET FRICTION MODIFIED).

after you do that, do whatever floats your boat. take good care of it, and have fun.

 

You can go a cheaper route by getting pennzoil syncromesh instead of gm. You can find it at autozone.

Why not get friction modified. Syncros need friction to work best. Friction modified also usually eliminates grinds when shifting. Even though it is more expensive than original syncromesh, it is better.

If your tranny doesnt grind, i would just use Honda tranny fluid.

 

friction modified reduces friction, it doesn't add friction... its for LSD's that bind in corvettes... thats why gm made it, to get rid of the LSD action in parking lots. you can actually buy friction modifier seperatly. its to add to rear ends of LSD equiped cars that bind around parking lots.

it will make your blocking rings wear quickly.

i dont trust anything but GM syncromesh. pennzoil is just like saying i can save money buying fram filters for my car at autozone, but i'll stick with honda.

 

Okay, I have a question in regards of the compression and leak down test. When you perform this test, and say that the result is not so good, what do you do then? Rebuild the engine?

 

ultimately this would be the best idea, but there other options

 

good luck.

 

I perfer redline transmission fluid over the GM synchromesh.

 

u gotta unhook da vtec on da gsr cuz ur car aint gonna grab traction on tha track

 

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you have to find what the problem is. depends on why you're leaking (could be as simple as a head gasket) or why you're low on compression.

but most of the time when you get a low compression number you rebuild the entire motor since you're taking it apart anyways.