anyome know how much a pain this would be? and if the spoon sports lsd kit is good or should I go with somethimg a bit cheaper. On the other hand theres buying a type tranny. Thoughts?

 

Do you know what's involved in installing an LSD? I suggest just the 98+ itr trans plus that spoon lsd is the cost of almost 2 ITR trans.

 

What transmission do you have ? , might be better off buying an mfactory LSD for it.

 

i have the gsr tranny

 

know a bit but never had a transmission apart

 

If you have no experience in rebuilding engines/tranny's just buy an itr tranny.

 

Ive done alot of engine work, even took a course on them just not trannys. The reason I want to know is because im buying a new engine and rebuilding mine. Wondering which route would be cheaper and less of a headache Gs-r motor and tranny with a conversion or Type-R motor and tranny. New motor is to use the car while rebuilding mine

 

there's no need for an overhyped spoon lsd, a itr trans will be just fine if you were to go to the hassle of an aftermarket one OS-Giken is by far the best. Trans internals are a whole different game, don't be fooled in thinking you can swap pistons and rods then just dive into ripping a trans apart.

 

Deffinitely dont think that... transmissions scare me lol. would do much needed research first

 

it's still not worth it that's what i'm trying to get across everyone overhypes "spoon" the one spoon thing I did have wasn't even good the spoon calipers my stock R calipers worked just as well. they were just for bling if you read about them lots of ppl share the same opinion.

 

I dont even care about the spoon lsd just lsds in generalI

 

Just get the ITR trans, much better ratios and already has the helical LSD installed. Buying an aftermarket LSD isn't cheap and it isn't easy to install either.

 

Spoon is a clutch type lsd. It's far more aggressive than the ITR lsd. It's expensive too. There are other companies, like MFactory, that make a good bang for the buck lsd.

Decide what you plan on doing with the car. If it's not a track purposed car, I would go with a Helical lsd, but you can search helical vs clutch type and decide for yourself.

The people telling you that it's hard to install a lsd, probably have never done it themselves, so take it with a grain a salt. They're trying to scare you because they're scared themselves. They'll tell you you can't do it because they can't do it themselves. Pick up a helm manual, and you'll find that it's pretty straight forward.

 

Let me start off by saying I agree with most of the things the above members have said.

However,

I too was originally terrified to "break-open" my mint gsr tranny. I have built engines before, but never fooled with the transmission. With that being said, I researched the procedure and watched a very informative video on youtube about swapping out differentials in the b-series transmission.

I purchased a OEM Type-R helical lsd for $450 and took a crack at it. It was a very basic install and all said and done, works flawlessly just like before I pulled the trans. The most important thing was shimming the new diff. to stock tolerances using a good digital caliper. The most difficult part was lining the damn case back up.

You can do it yourself if you are thorough and patient.

Here is the video I watched:
Good Luck

 

Installing a diff isn't as hard as you would think. I did a diff swap myself with no previous experience and more recently a final drive swap.

Do some research, download the manual, and take your time.

 

It is pretty straight forward but he did say he wanted to take a "cheaper, less of a headache route" and he just wants LSD.

 

Stock itr >> gsr with lsd and its easier to deal with.

 

Keep the clutch LSDs for the track. I installed an ITR helical LSD in my GSR trasmission 11 years ago. I also converted the differential bearing from tapered to ball. It took ten hours from staft to finish. It has has zero issues.

 

how much power can the stock tranny handle? i could look it up but already in this thread