Transmissions

Posted 02-12-2009 at 07:54 AM by GreenGSX

I got a few hours out in the garage last night and I was able to do some work getting the right transmission in the VR4. A friend of mine, Chuck, came over to lend a hand.

I order to get the VR4 to my house we had to put my spare transmission in it. The spare is a stock 91 tranny. What we need to do is get the good transmission out of the Eclipse and into the VR4. The Eclipse transmission is a 93 that's been rebuilt with a double 1-2 and a 4 spider center diff. It shifts great and it should hold up for the entire One Lap.

We had already done a lot of work pulling the exhaust and intake manifolds off both cars so getting at the transmission was a snap. We managed to get the Eclipse tranny out and the VR4 is only moments from dropping out. Hopefully this weekend I'll get things buttoned up.

I also have a great trick for installing transmissions that I'll document. It makes getting them in a snap.

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	Sweet love the updates, looks like someones already done the 5 lug swap.. good luck with the trans.. J
	Posted 02-12-2009 at 04:23 PM by theSicKness

	Not somebody...me! http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/blog...g-started.html We are stripping my Eclipse in order to turn the VR4 into a track car. So not only did we get 5-lug hubs but we got the urethane bushings, good ball joints, good bearings, and best of all my 17x9 wheels.
	Posted 02-12-2009 at 05:24 PM by GreenGSX

	1gs and vr4s have so much room to work on stuff .. It make me sad and jealous.
	Posted 02-13-2009 at 04:36 AM by viperlp01

	how long? alldata tells me 14 hours to take my tranny out of my gsx, whos gonna pay 2800 to have a tranny installed and on top of that the price of a good one 3200(ipt)
	Posted 02-13-2009 at 08:05 PM by costas14

	$2800 to install a tranny?...No wonder DSM's have been turning guys into mechanics for years. You should find some local DSM friends, buy some beer, and have a transmission swap party. That's how I got my first transmission swapped. You also get to learn a thing or two along the way. Throw in some pizza and you'd be amazed how hard guys will work with you.
	Posted 02-13-2009 at 08:20 PM by GreenGSX

	i can do it at my uncles shop since i work there but we never do trannys, nor can i keep a lift for more then a day occupied, my local dsm friends which both had fwd have destroyed engines and have since quit
	Posted 02-14-2009 at 10:51 AM by costas14