Sick ass build man I'm like never in the CL section lol, but I will def keep checking up on this thread.

 

Thanks guys

 

how much did that 80mm TB run you?

can we get a vid?

 

Talk to NVA-AV6 about the prices. Its not my place to say what I paid/he charges.

Ill make a vid when I can. It will most likely be Sunday because Im going to a meet, but I dont really want to do anything stupid because there are alot of cops out this time of year, especially where I am going.

 

cool, thanks. did you have your intake manifold port matched also?

i wish i came out to that mountain run with phee so i could see your car!

 

Yea, its port matched. The TB doesnt bolt up to the stock manifold. The entire neck of the manifold was cut off and reformed. There isnt enough material on the neck to bore it out the way its done on the 7th gen Accord.

 

dang. ok that just sounds expensive LOL.

maybe ill just stick with a b-series TB for now.

 

Car PC project officially started. I am going to toss the stock headunit back in the car tomorrow just so I can have some music, even if it wont sound good

I tried fixing the Pioneer, but even in recovery it reboots on its own, so I cant actually apply the fix for it and reformate the flash disk I refuse to give Pioneer $250 just to look at the damn thing.

 

Did that site help? Also I got the rear backing plates in and no go, completely different.

 

Yea thanks. And fuck, I was hoping for a quick and easy swap

Oh well. I guess we'll go with option 2 but I want to finish up some other projects before I go with that.

 

Funny story.

I took my car to Nicks place (01clinprocess) to have it detailed for the meet tomorrow. Spent about 10 hours doing it. It looked great. It was late and we were hungry so we all hopped in the car to grab something to eat. We were pulling out onto the main road and I decided to get on it. HARD. Spun through first, slammed it in to second and hear a boom then what sounded like parts hitting the ground. I lost all power.

We coasted into a parking lot and I parked it. I thought I blew up the clutch, but I didnt smell anything out of the ordinary. Climbed underneath and this is what we see:







Yep, snapped the axle. Right at the balancer too. That would explain the light vibrations Ive been having over the past few weeks. Im assuming it started out as a hairline crack and chose tonight to shit the bed.

Im going to try to source a new axle in the morning and still make the meet, but it all depends on it I can find an axle, and how long it takes to get it. Im not even pissed really. I think it was just pretty damn funny. I just hope I didnt damage the LSD at all.

 

Why did you paint everything rust?

Get both.

BTW I HATE JOBA.

That is all.

 

North East FTL.

Im replacing both.

Missed the Yankee game. Im assuming we lost though

BTW, just sent you an email.

Im going to sleep now.

 

actually honda calls them the driveshaft assembly, but yeah names do get a little mixed up occasionally

 

forgot to add the ones inside the housing, not the shaft running to the housing from the tranny

 

I have talked to the drive shaft shop in NC about making axels for the 7th gen AV6, they wanted $900 to make a 500WHP set.

 

i remember someone on here buying from http://www.gatorracingaxles.com/

 

Gator axels are NOT beefed up, a couple of guys on the other forum already blew then apart.

 

ouch. u geting oem axles or going to get the beefed up axles?

 

30+ Off Topic posts deleted, and that was AFTER the first 6 or so pages Chris (97BlackAckCL) went to town on. Please keep it ON TOPIC fellas, Especially Jacob and Fries, 1/2 of it was you two alone. Thanks.

On topic, my cousin's s2k has level 5 axles to hold the 1,016hp it makes (In August edition of Modified Mag), if you're interested in beefier axles you could contact The Driveshaft Shop and see what they could do for you also.

 

Damn that sucks. Get that thing back on the road asap. Btw if your in the area stop by Pauls I'm driving up to VA this week.

 

Quite a long day yesterday was. What a way to end the night man.

 

I picked up a set Auto Zone cheapies for right now. $149 for the pair with a lifetime warranty.

I picked them up this morning but ended up taking my brothers Accord to the meet. I came home this evening to install them and tried using the super duper special youtube honda ball joint breaker and it wouldnt work for shit. So I have to wait until the morning and get a tie rod end puller.

Pics of the decimated axle will be posted tomorrow.

 

i used a BFH get my tie rods and ball joints loose. just whack it a couple times (no the thread or joint) and should loosen up.

 

My brother hid the sledge somewhere and I cant find it.

Thats what happens when he "cleans" out the garage

 

same shit with my family. always moving my shit and throwing things out that dont belong to them

 

Hey! Stop cluttering this thread!!

But, if you dont mind PM'ing me a link to this car if you have one, Id love to check it out.

 

depends on exacly how it is design to work, but i careful of not destroying the joints boots though
as far as the hammer method, it also helps if you can get someone else to lift knuckle and such up away for thr lowerarm, so once does break frr you know

 

That sucks about snapping your axle Morgan, the same thing happened to me last summer at an AZ meet, drove 3 hrs away from home, got on it pulling out of a parking spot and boom, axle snapped. Sucks yours went before the meet, but it could have happened at the meet like mine

 

but then again, he was closer to home and his tools, so a little better then being 3 hours away

 

Fries, ur not hitting the joint. Ur hitting the knuckle so it frees up a bit. Worked like a charm on my tl and my cl.

 

Yea, Im just happy I have free unlimited towing

It wouldve sucked to happen at the meet though.

Im a bit nervous aiming for the knuckle with the RL caliper there. My brother went to work before I woke up so I have to find a ride to Auto Zone to rent the puller. And I do have a new set of lower ball joints. Maybe now is the perfect time to install them

 

I'm gonna pick up some moog lower ball joints today or tomorrow. Then moog front end links, tie rod ends and upper control are with upper ball joint. All of that is twice as thick as oem.
One of my front endlinks is garbage. So might as well replace it with something beefier

 

Yea, Ive got the Moog ball joints here. Ive already replaced the tie rod ends, and I want to replace the inners as well (already have the parts).

Im heading out now to do the work. I was originally trying to preserve the old ball joint but now I am going to destroy it to get it out and replace it with the new one.

Depending on the time I may also lower the car some more.

 

Do it.

 

i have autozone axles and have gone through one of each side already. the warranty comes in handy. if ive broken them, im not sure they will hold up to your beast....

 

^

 

Welcome to my world Inf

 

Civic:

Do you think lowering our cars plays role in the axles weakening over a period of time.


Woot , 500 posts, LOL

 

my good friend is the manager of the AutoZone near me so i get everything for commercial price. did you get new or re-manufactured? i first got the reman axles and broke those in 3 months, so i switched to the new and haven't had a problem yet 8 months later...
I feel you when you need parts in a bind. the axles are 500+ from Acura.