Hey everyone,

So a few months ago, my car started shaking pretty mildly when launching from first gear. Now, the car shakes fairly heavily when launching from first gear.....While driving, I feel no signs of clutch slippage, but I was wondering if I could attribute this to the throwout bearing? Would buying a clutch replacement kit such as:

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/cat...054&questions=[]

solve the problem? I should also mention that I have the notorious third gear grind. Otherwise, would a Z6 transmission bolt up to my Y7 mini-me? Either option would be fairly easy, since the motor is currently out on the rack after a crank pulley mishap.

Or could it be my motor mounts? The motor is mildly built...stage 2 cam, and p29 pistons, I/H and a chipped ECU.

Thanks, and as always, I appreciate any advice anyone can give me!

 

chances are it is a combo of poor motor mounts and poor suspension, creating wheel hop. it could also be your trans going out too, maybe the counter shaft or input shaft bearings?

At a minimum get the polyurethane motor mount inserts while you have the engine out, see how that helps.

If its still a problem, check your front suspension bushings for wear, and get a stiffer suspension... or a traction bar, but i doubt you need that with a mild na build like that.

And yes a z6 trans will bolt right up, you will want to do that anyways because it has better gearing.

 

It's clutch chatter. Replace the disc.

 

put a z6 trans in if your going to take out the clutch. Its gears are shorter and better for your mild build.

 

When my motor mounts were shot, it would shake pretty bad, but only at idle...

 

I looked up information about both, but I'm not sure how to interpret it. Can someone please explain this to me?

D16Y7 2000 Civic Coupe / Sedan
1st gear Ratio 3.25
2nd gear Ratio 1.782
3rd gear Ratio 1.172
4th gear Ratio 0.909
5th gear Ratio 0.702
Final Drive Ratio 4.058

D16Z6 1992 - 1995 Civic Coupe
1st gear Ratio 3.25
2nd gear Ratio 1.909
3rd gear Ratio 1.125
4th gear Ratio 0.909
5th gear Ratio 0.75
Final Drive Ratio 4.25

Thanks!

 

the final drive shortens all of the gears because it is a higher number and has less teeth.