xHoNNy7
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- Feb 26, 2013
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Madison,
Wisconsin
Hi I just recently took interest in cars when I bought a 98 GSX roughly one year ago from my dads friends son. I knew it would be a good car to learn tuning and modding on and I got it for a roughly fair/cheap price. It had it's fair share of problems from the start but being my first manual car, I was just going to get the learning curve down and drive very conservatively. After a few months I met some people and started to get into the technical side of things. That is where I stand today.
Once a few months had passed I noticed in higher gears at high rpms that the clutch was slipping since my speedometer would quickly go up but of course the car would not actually be accelerating. This was my first sign it was time to rip it apart but I held off for a little while to troubleshoot any other possible problems that I could fix in the process. I began to notice that whenever I was in neutral and went into first sometimes as the car started rolling it would pop into neutral again before I was actually moving. This problem started to get worse and worse so eventually I would just leave it in first whenever I was at a light and hold down the clutch. There is also a slight grind when going from neutral to reverse and even between first to second it feels a little grindy. Of course from neutral to first it was terrible. So that is where I stood, that is when I decided to rip apart the trans and go to town.
(Btw during the same time period, I installed my Hallman Manual Boost Controller, crushed 1g bov, did some sanding, and some painting in the engine bay.) (Will post some before and afters of this now)
(Edited: Oh and I had a K&N air filter on it when I bought it)
Here are some pics before I ripped it apart.
Before
After
Now to rip it apart and see what is going on inside..
So... from what I've looked at so far. (just had a quick minute glance so not exactly sure yet) I can see that the third fork has wear on it and also maybe the first and second. Need new shift forks, syncv rings, and first gear.
I don't know much about cars, and am trying to learn so if I didn't word something right feel free to tell me. I'm sure there are a lot of other things I need too inside of the transmission, figure I'll replace things that look like they might not make it another year or so.. and also the slave cylinder, throw out bearing, and timing belt.
So.. what i'm looking at getting would be..
New 1-2 fork
New 3-4 fork- 2G
New all bronze synchronizer blocker rings 1-5 including double synchro 2nd, OEM- 2G style
New 1-2 synchronizer hub
New 1-2 synchronizer slider
New 1-2 synchronizer springs
New 3-4 synchronizer springs
New 1-2 synchronizer shoes
New 3-4 synchronizer shoes
New seals
New tapered roller bearings on each end of intermediate shaft
New 1-2, 3-4, and 5-R roll pins
New center diff spider gear side shims
The rest of the parts seem to be fine in the transmission after looking at them. I'm thinking all of the gears are fine, aren't they known to take a beating and do fine up to 600 hp? I'm not looking to make a lot of power even if I make some small upgrades. Just need to get everything rolling as daily driver right now. Eventually I'll go for a bigger turbo and stuff but for right now I just have 3in catback, Hallman manual boost controller, boost gauge, a crushed 1g dsm bov. I'm thinking turboback exhaust eventually, some work with the dremel up in there also, new turbo, bigger fuel pump. I've got my clutch and flywheel ready to go and then these parts for the tranny is what i'm looking at. I just don't want to miss anything important and have to take it all apart again.
and what I already have to install is...
Act 2100
Lightened Flywheel
and maybe this that I had in my apartment
Right now i'm in the process of ordering the transmission parts, and figuring out how to disconnect the o2 sensor so I can install my catback. Eventually I'd like to go for a bigger turbo, fuel pump (re-wired), and maybe replace all the piping and do an engine bay cleanup.
If I missed anything, or left anything out, or if anyone just has any advice for me i'd appreciate it. This is my first time really working on a car at all beyond putting air in the tires So it has been a learning process along the way and I've had my dad and some DSM friends to help me.
Anyways this is my first post on DSMtuners while i've been lurking for a while here I just never had anything to post until I started working on my DSM. Oh, yeah.. i'll get it painted too! Hopefully I posted this in the right area and all my pics properly embed! Well anyways, thanks! Looking forward to having my DSM on the street again.
-Kevin (HoNNy)
Once a few months had passed I noticed in higher gears at high rpms that the clutch was slipping since my speedometer would quickly go up but of course the car would not actually be accelerating. This was my first sign it was time to rip it apart but I held off for a little while to troubleshoot any other possible problems that I could fix in the process. I began to notice that whenever I was in neutral and went into first sometimes as the car started rolling it would pop into neutral again before I was actually moving. This problem started to get worse and worse so eventually I would just leave it in first whenever I was at a light and hold down the clutch. There is also a slight grind when going from neutral to reverse and even between first to second it feels a little grindy. Of course from neutral to first it was terrible. So that is where I stood, that is when I decided to rip apart the trans and go to town.
(Btw during the same time period, I installed my Hallman Manual Boost Controller, crushed 1g bov, did some sanding, and some painting in the engine bay.) (Will post some before and afters of this now)
(Edited: Oh and I had a K&N air filter on it when I bought it)
Here are some pics before I ripped it apart.
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So... from what I've looked at so far. (just had a quick minute glance so not exactly sure yet) I can see that the third fork has wear on it and also maybe the first and second. Need new shift forks, syncv rings, and first gear.
I don't know much about cars, and am trying to learn so if I didn't word something right feel free to tell me. I'm sure there are a lot of other things I need too inside of the transmission, figure I'll replace things that look like they might not make it another year or so.. and also the slave cylinder, throw out bearing, and timing belt.
So.. what i'm looking at getting would be..
New 1-2 fork
New 3-4 fork- 2G
New all bronze synchronizer blocker rings 1-5 including double synchro 2nd, OEM- 2G style
New 1-2 synchronizer hub
New 1-2 synchronizer slider
New 1-2 synchronizer springs
New 3-4 synchronizer springs
New 1-2 synchronizer shoes
New 3-4 synchronizer shoes
New seals
New tapered roller bearings on each end of intermediate shaft
New 1-2, 3-4, and 5-R roll pins
New center diff spider gear side shims
The rest of the parts seem to be fine in the transmission after looking at them. I'm thinking all of the gears are fine, aren't they known to take a beating and do fine up to 600 hp? I'm not looking to make a lot of power even if I make some small upgrades. Just need to get everything rolling as daily driver right now. Eventually I'll go for a bigger turbo and stuff but for right now I just have 3in catback, Hallman manual boost controller, boost gauge, a crushed 1g dsm bov. I'm thinking turboback exhaust eventually, some work with the dremel up in there also, new turbo, bigger fuel pump. I've got my clutch and flywheel ready to go and then these parts for the tranny is what i'm looking at. I just don't want to miss anything important and have to take it all apart again.
and what I already have to install is...
Act 2100
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Lightened Flywheel
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and maybe this that I had in my apartment
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Right now i'm in the process of ordering the transmission parts, and figuring out how to disconnect the o2 sensor so I can install my catback. Eventually I'd like to go for a bigger turbo, fuel pump (re-wired), and maybe replace all the piping and do an engine bay cleanup.
If I missed anything, or left anything out, or if anyone just has any advice for me i'd appreciate it. This is my first time really working on a car at all beyond putting air in the tires So it has been a learning process along the way and I've had my dad and some DSM friends to help me.
Anyways this is my first post on DSMtuners while i've been lurking for a while here I just never had anything to post until I started working on my DSM. Oh, yeah.. i'll get it painted too! Hopefully I posted this in the right area and all my pics properly embed! Well anyways, thanks! Looking forward to having my DSM on the street again.
-Kevin (HoNNy)
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