the two gearbox variants we have here a first gear ratio of 3.23 [42 and 13 teeth on the big and small cogs]. US gearboxes seem to have 3.25 [39 and 12 teeth]. do you have the tooth count for your gearboxes Saxophonias?

About the overflow issues it seems as long as i blast within gears 1,2 and 3 since the 1.3bar cap upgrade seems to be keep it all in place. Boosting in 4th gear and getting past 90mph its when it all starts to very quickly spill out. sounds like the head is lifting under load and leaking cylinder p...

thanks for the picture Betek. the cog on one of the shafts can be changed to alter the gear ratio but it is limited. the cog needs to have a different number of teeth while having the same diameter as the one it is replacing and needs to mesh properly with its counterpart on the main shaft. this is ...

Saxophonias, 2nd gear is solid with one of the shafts [I don't remember whether it is the primary or secondary shaft] along with 1st and reverse from what I've seen. so you cannot change 2nd without changing 1st and reverse along with it.

EDIT: I never saw the date of the last post. silly me.

If you are going to replace a gearbox read the right topics in order to be sure. The d14a4 box isn't the perfect one but it can be if you swap the 4.4 fd and the 4rth gear from d14a8. A good solution is the d13b gearbox of civic egs too. I did do a lot of research on the topic of gearboxes. was run...

ok so it's normal weight, normal tyres (a bit wide) maybe the speedometer confuses me. As for the time laps of the magazine, they refer to real speed not the km you see on the speedo. Also bear in mind that the d14a4 engines have the loooooong 4rth gear and they are underpowered in comparison to yo...

certainly. engine: D16Y8 head 75 mm bore 76 mm stroke PM3 flat top pistons Fidanza 7 [or was it 8?] lb flywheel VTEC crossover point: 4500 RPM at high load and 5000 RPM at low load rev limiter: 7500 RPM transmission: 1st gear: 3.23:1 2nd gear: 1.69:1 3rd gear: 1.25:1 4th gear: 0.9:1 5th gear: 0.7:1 ...

she's getting quicker! comparison with a 1.5 VTEC with a FFE [blue curve]. http://gearheads.in/attachment.php?attachmentid=102555&d=1346260331&thumb=1 ... and a video. the rev limit is 7500 RPM. that is when the CEL comes on. the tacho and speedo are inaccurate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

jangz wrote:I'm so torn man... but i wont give up, I will try and chill the F**K out and get my head screwed on and think more strategically.

right on!

slow down Jangz. you need to troubleshoot instead of guessing wildly. there are tons of resources around that show you how to identify a possible head gasket leak. try them out. also, if it helps any, I have *slight* heating issues myself. when I drive normally, everything is fine. but when I apply ...