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Got my beautiful trans back from Team Rip Engineering. Jon is local to me and is THE best in the DSM transmission game. He tore down both the transmissions I brought him right in front of me to assess the damage and go over potential upgrades.
Original trans had seen better days. F that stupid B&M shifter.
Current trans from the car didn't look so bad upon first inspection. Car had no 3rd/4th gear and Jon immediately noticed the shift rail was broken. I took the piece of the rail home to serve as a new mascot of the car. I shall call him, Railbert!
This trans was built by Jon in 2003 and already had a few goodies. Most notably a 10% taller 5th gear from an Evo III. We decided to do an Evo III 1st gear as well along with a 4-spider diff upgrade and his usual shot-peening and other small tricks. Unfortunately after digging into the trans more he found it needed a completely new 3rd and 4th gear, intermediate shaft and some other stuff. $2600 later I had my trans back. I lost the pic I had of it all shiny and new, so you'll have to settle for it in the car.
Trans went in pretty smooth but I ran into a big problem when both ears of the bracket for the equal length axle shaft on the driver's side didn't line up. Turns out the bracket is different for a 97-99 DSM and one bolt goes to the a/c bracket and the other to the block, as opposed to every other year DSM which has them both bolt to the block. Weird thing was my car has an a/c bracket from a 95-96 car. That means my factory axle only had one bolt holding it on the block. This is really sketchy because it is notorious for breaking these bolts off in the block if you abuse the car and they are loose or one is missing. Fortunately I had an extra bracket to press onto the 97-99 intermediate shaft so that I could bolt it all up correctly since the shaft is also a different length. Crisis averted.
Trans is all bolted up and ready to go. Let's focus our attention on that horrible AFPR.
I guess bolting down important parts of your fuel system is for the birds. Regulator just hanging out in all its terrible glory.
Mismatched lines/fittings.
All black everything.
Decided to take my other Magnus rail I was going to use on my Colt and use it on this car when I had a problem with my A/N fittings. It also was black and looked much cooler.
Made new feed/return lines.
Found a nice little spot on the firewall.
Ick. Changing injector seals/boots yearly is a good idea for a car that runs ethanol.
Cleaned the injectors with some gasoline as well while they were out.
I also changed out the brake master cylinder and booster a little while back to one from a 3g Eclipse. I plan to upgrade the brakes in the near future and this is supposed to increase pedal feel a good deal. I don't have any pictures because I was too busy swearing and bleeding to take them. Next post, body work!
Got my beautiful trans back from Team Rip Engineering. Jon is local to me and is THE best in the DSM transmission game. He tore down both the transmissions I brought him right in front of me to assess the damage and go over potential upgrades.
Original trans had seen better days. F that stupid B&M shifter.
Current trans from the car didn't look so bad upon first inspection. Car had no 3rd/4th gear and Jon immediately noticed the shift rail was broken. I took the piece of the rail home to serve as a new mascot of the car. I shall call him, Railbert!
This trans was built by Jon in 2003 and already had a few goodies. Most notably a 10% taller 5th gear from an Evo III. We decided to do an Evo III 1st gear as well along with a 4-spider diff upgrade and his usual shot-peening and other small tricks. Unfortunately after digging into the trans more he found it needed a completely new 3rd and 4th gear, intermediate shaft and some other stuff. $2600 later I had my trans back. I lost the pic I had of it all shiny and new, so you'll have to settle for it in the car.
Trans went in pretty smooth but I ran into a big problem when both ears of the bracket for the equal length axle shaft on the driver's side didn't line up. Turns out the bracket is different for a 97-99 DSM and one bolt goes to the a/c bracket and the other to the block, as opposed to every other year DSM which has them both bolt to the block. Weird thing was my car has an a/c bracket from a 95-96 car. That means my factory axle only had one bolt holding it on the block. This is really sketchy because it is notorious for breaking these bolts off in the block if you abuse the car and they are loose or one is missing. Fortunately I had an extra bracket to press onto the 97-99 intermediate shaft so that I could bolt it all up correctly since the shaft is also a different length. Crisis averted.
Trans is all bolted up and ready to go. Let's focus our attention on that horrible AFPR.
I guess bolting down important parts of your fuel system is for the birds. Regulator just hanging out in all its terrible glory.
Mismatched lines/fittings.
All black everything.
Decided to take my other Magnus rail I was going to use on my Colt and use it on this car when I had a problem with my A/N fittings. It also was black and looked much cooler.
Made new feed/return lines.
Found a nice little spot on the firewall.
Ick. Changing injector seals/boots yearly is a good idea for a car that runs ethanol.
Cleaned the injectors with some gasoline as well while they were out.
I also changed out the brake master cylinder and booster a little while back to one from a 3g Eclipse. I plan to upgrade the brakes in the near future and this is supposed to increase pedal feel a good deal. I don't have any pictures because I was too busy swearing and bleeding to take them. Next post, body work!
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