red_gsx
15+ Year Contributor
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- Aug 18, 2004
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Rockville,
Maryland
It's been a while since my 2G GSX ran and now I've decided to get back in to the DSM scene with a project. This weekend I am going up to NYC to take a loot at a 2G GST Spyder with a bad trans. My plan is to snag this Spyder and have it brought back down to Rockville MD (where all of this madness will hopefully soon unfold) and to do a proper build by swapping the AWD parts to the Spyder. I am writing for two main reasons with the first being for technical input from anyone in the area. I've done a little research myself but I want to see if there are any specific pointers out there from people who have either done this or who just have general ideas I should consider. My GSX has been sitting because when I was doing the build on it I was too cocky and tried to do too many things at once and thought that money would win over knowledge. The second reason is to see if anyone would be interested in lending a hand with the build. Right now I don't even have the Spyder but wanted to gauge if I needed a hand if anyone would be interested. It's been a while since I've crawled under a car and all my literature is gone from the computer and the brain. Not looking for a Tom Sawyer painting fences deal or free labor but to re-learn what I forgot, learn some new stuff and to do this with people who keep loving the cars that cost them so much money. Oh and I just thought of a third reason for this post. In the even that I do start this I want to document it so there is another article in the technical column.
If you're reading this far then I've got your attention so I want to know if there is anything in particular I should look for in the donor (Spyder) car I'm planning to see? As I said earlier I'm a bit rusty but I keep remember different spline counts for some reason. I think there was two different spline counts on the input shaft of the trans (36 and 37?) and I need to make sure the block can take it? Apologies ahead of time if I am completely wrong in my terminology. Since my plan is to initially just install the trans in to the Spyder and keep the block I am wondering if there is anything to worry when moving a trans out from the GSX to the Spyder.
Well thanks ahead of time to anyone who responds and I want to once again apologize if I made any statements that made those who know cringe, I'm rusty but willing to re-learn.
Artem
If you're reading this far then I've got your attention so I want to know if there is anything in particular I should look for in the donor (Spyder) car I'm planning to see? As I said earlier I'm a bit rusty but I keep remember different spline counts for some reason. I think there was two different spline counts on the input shaft of the trans (36 and 37?) and I need to make sure the block can take it? Apologies ahead of time if I am completely wrong in my terminology. Since my plan is to initially just install the trans in to the Spyder and keep the block I am wondering if there is anything to worry when moving a trans out from the GSX to the Spyder.
Well thanks ahead of time to anyone who responds and I want to once again apologize if I made any statements that made those who know cringe, I'm rusty but willing to re-learn.
Artem