Look what came in the mail today (the beginning of MY 6 speed story)

[Subafreak]

You have to change the studs in the back to the longer SVX ones.

[Subafreak]

You have to cut the bracket that goes under the front of the rearend, you can see where I have to cut it.

[Subafreak]

The installed R-180 rear with alxes and modified bracket.

Everything fits pretty good, but one thing I didn't count on was the driveshaft flange having a bigger bolt pattern. I have to take it off and have it drilled to bolt to the SVX driveshaft flange.

[Subafreak]

And one more pic just becouse. I had the wheel off and I didn't have any pics of them yet.

Ignore the rusty rotor, remember the car hasn't been driven in three months.

[SVXRide]

Originally posted by Subafreak



I would be happy if Santa shows up with my axle stubs anytime

On the other I'm just finnaly getting the stuff I have had laying around in the car.

I havn't tapped into the fule yet but probly just gonna go with a T off the fule line after the filter. I'm not sure of the jst sizeing you will have to ask L.A.N. about that. I'm useing the stage II kit.

Jesse,
I thought you bought the NOS system separately. It would have come with jets (50 hp, 75hp, 150hp....something like that....).
Looks like you're having fun!
-Bill

[SVXRide]

Originally posted by Subafreak
The installed R-180 rear with alxes and modified bracket.

Everything fits pretty good, but one thing I didn't count on was the driveshaft flange having a bigger bolt pattern. I have to take it off and have it drilled to bolt to the SVX driveshaft flange.

Jesse,
What gears are in the R-180 rear? Is it a LSD rear, or do you have to swap in the SVX LSD
-Bill (realizing he's asking really newbie type questions.... )

[mbtoloczko]

Jesse,

While you're under the car, have you thought about taking up the slack in the rear subframe mounts with some hard rubber spacers? Some guys have done this with WRXes, and its made a marked reduction in driveline bounce. I'm hoping to try out this mod myself within the next month.

[Subafreak]

Originally posted by SVXRide


Jesse,
What gears are in the R-180 rear? Is it a LSD rear, or do you have to swap in the SVX LSD
-Bill (realizing he's asking really newbie type questions.... )

As far as I know all the STI 6 speeds are 3.90's so are the rears. The rear is an LSD as I would imagine all R-180's would be. You don't have to swap out the carriers becouse you can just use the STI axles to. You can see in the axle pics the difference in the STI axle compared to the SVX axle. The SVX axles are the only ones I've seen that use the funny little extended shaft nub on one axle to work in the LSD rear.

[Subafreak]

Originally posted by mbtoloczko
Jesse,

While you're under the car, have you thought about taking up the slack in the rear subframe mounts with some hard rubber spacers? Some guys have done this with WRXes, and its made a marked reduction in driveline bounce. I'm hoping to try out this mod myself within the next month.

I have installed some plastic spacers that I made out of F-150 radius arm bushings in the front carrier bar. If you look real close in the pic with the Koni in it you can see a thin gray spacer wedged in the mount, just in front of the rotor. It made a huge difference in the drivetrain bounce, got rid of alot of slamming from the back. I want to make some bushing inserts for the rear carrier mounts, something like Energy Suspension makes for Neon or Civic motor mounts. They can even be used in junk mounts. I havn't really had a problem with them before but the R-180 rear sits real close to the top of the cross-member so I might need to stiffen them up to keep it from hitting.

[Subafreak]

Originally posted by SVXRide


Jesse,
I thought you bought the NOS system separately. It would have come with jets (50 hp, 75hp, 150hp....something like that....).
Looks like you're having fun!
-Bill

I did buy the NOS kit separately but the Stage II chip comes with custom jets for the NOS kit.

[mbtoloczko]

Originally posted by Subafreak



I have installed some plastic spacers that I made out of F-150 radius arm bushings in the front carrier bar. ... I want to make some bushing inserts for the rear carrier mounts, something like Energy Suspension makes for Neon or Civic motor mounts. ....

Nice. For the F-150 radius arm bushings, you just removed the lower plate on the subframe mount and slid the radius arm bushings in place? Did you have to modify the bushings at all? What year F150 are they from?

[Phast SVX]

wow, so how far away are you from driving it then? You should hit an AWD dyno and get some numbers with that bad boy and get an AFR confirmation as well.
Good work, like i even needed to say that.
phil (watches 1/4 times go down the drain )

[Subafreak]

Originally posted by mbtoloczko


Nice. For the F-150 radius arm bushings, you just removed the lower plate on the subframe mount and slid the radius arm bushings in place? Did you have to modify the bushings at all? What year F150 are they from?

I acctually think they were for like an 89 E-250 but I think there all the same around those years. I just cut the hard plastic one in half with a sawsall "very percise tool" and did exaclty what you said about the install. Quik, cheap, and effective.

[Subafreak]

Originally posted by Phast SVX
wow, so how far away are you from driving it then? You should hit an AWD dyno and get some numbers with that bad boy and get an AFR confirmation as well.
Good work, like i even needed to say that.
phil (watches 1/4 times go down the drain )

Make sure to polish my Championship belt before you sent it back.

[Subafreak]

STILL WAITING FOR AXLE STUBBS!


And wile I wait I'm working on the Stage II install. Got the NOS line hooked up and relocated my fuse panel to make the missinf battery look less stupid.

No the battery cable positions arn't permanent nor is the overflow jug.