HB's l28et swap

[hbpignosePA]

or if you have rust, the sound deadening is in the way.... thats why i stripped mine. i plan on laying some fatmat down. not complete coverage but i will have some sound deadening

[johnnyappleseed]

oh okay sorry for taking off your current topic i was just wondering why everyone does that. but good job on the build

[White Comet]

we need to see some more pics. words mean nothing to me

[hbpignosePA]

well somehow i managed to misplace my spacer in my differential, so i gotta wait till courtecy sends me one.

[White Comet]

what spacer are you talknig about?

[hbpignosePA]

when u put the diff in the casing theres spacers on each side of assembly where the output shafts go

a thick one and a thin one... i cant seem to find the thick one

its huge idk y how the hell i misplaced it

does monday work for you to get those pieces i need from the black car?

ill give u a hand for a few hours too if u need

next sat is when my car goes to start the metal work

[White Comet]

you i got ya, i just refer to them as shims. i think i have a spare of the thick one. hit my up on mond ay, it sounds good to me

[hbpignosePA]

damn if you do i wonder if i can cancel my order from courtecy

grrr....

haha

[mRodiek]

I gotta give you respect for doing all the sound deadenin stuff, I dont think I would have the patience to do all that! You should do a write up on the shim installation since I want to do that to my VLSD to get a 2way action

Keep it coming

[White Comet]

were talknig about a different shim that holds the diff in the housing

[mRodiek]

See I need help on the subject Write up required

[hbpignosePA]

thanks.... its more of an issue with rust as the reason im takin the sound deadening out. i will lay some fat mat when im done, but not as much as WC... i dont mind the noise but i dont want to roast in the summer w the heat from the transmission

[240sxFTW]

sorry for the pretty newbish question but why do you remove the sound deadening? less weight? And when you do so does it make a huge difference in the loudness of the inside of your car? slap me if you wish

[hbpignosePA]

alright well i covered it a million times but obviously you are slow

im removing it because i have rust.

im replacing it with new material

how do you not get that "sound deadening" it blocks the noise from suspenison travel, motor, transmission, exhaust etc and absorbs the heat from the mechanical aspects of the car

[240lookis]

meh, its not that loud.plus having everything white bare metal is bad a**.

hb is doing it for a specific reason though.

[hbpignosePA]

the corners of the floors traps moisture and rots out... i hate the northeast

[Future_gohan]

meh, its not that loud.plus having everything white bare metal is bad a**.

hb is doing it for a specific reason though.

Yeah, can't wait till mines done, all white metal.

But gl on the rust, thats why i sold my red hatch..

[White Comet]

looking forward to the next update. let me know if everything worked out

[hbpignosePA]

alright small update:

i reassembled my diff after cleaning the housing and painting it. needs some touch-up spots but overall its pretty good.

helical looks great in the pumpkin, and should feel nice with my test drive on my way to my friend's for bodywork.



to those asking how hard the swap is, is simple once you get the pumkin out. its putting it back on thats a pain in the a**. i managed to get it by myself, but a second set of hands would've been nice. you gotta line up the two axles first, due to the way the lock together. i made the mistake of trying to bolt it to the subframe first.

tommorow i need to tighten everyting up back there and ill be good to go. I was running late to work.

the diff in the car



heres a shot of the drivers side floor, with my wiring finished until i pull the dash. its basically without the US seatbelt wiring and all that junk goin to their control box.

[Future_gohan]

So what do you plan on doing with that rust on the rear well? Cut it off and patch it? btw I almost got all my sound deading out without dry ice. haha ughh

[hbpignosePA]

which spot?

cutting it out and welding in patches.

its goin to my friends tommorow...

hes gonna do most of it, im gonna probably drop the gas tank, and rear subframe and take it home to rebuild it while he does my welding work.

ill help him when i get time, but he just asked for a timeframe and will have more access to work on it a little at a time.

[Didderson]

I like your choice of diff colors. I'm glad I'm saving my hlsd. Did you get yours from ebay like most of us? lol. When I got mine it came with some JDM candy!Awesome job on the sound deadening removal. That was down the road on my long list.

[hbpignosePA]

nah, i got the diff from a nico member while back; then the output shafts from ebay for less then jspec has em.

i didnt get no candy... but if you look at my output shafts it looks like they have some madd tyte JDM lettering

argh it will be clean when im done, just gonna be longer than i want.

you gotta get back in the game man... u know you want one

[White Comet]

text sent

[Future_gohan]

which spot?

cutting it out and welding in patches.

its goin to my friends tommorow...

hes gonna do most of it, im gonna probably drop the gas tank, and rear subframe and take it home to rebuild it while he does my welding work.

ill help him when i get time, but he just asked for a timeframe and will have more access to work on it a little at a time.

the one where your seatbelt bolts into, I think thats what it was. lol It looks like an evil spot to patch. lol

All my rust on my red one was on the floors, i was happy the wells wernt rusted out, idk how i'd patch it. lol

[hbpignosePA]

ooo WC hooked me up with that spot off his old hatch

as bad as the rails were on that car, the floors were pretty solid

go figure

[White Comet]

that car defied physics with its rust. the rocker panels (where i need) are solid too

[hbpignosePA]

no pics today (im lazy)

got the car to my friends, where its probasbly gonna be for about a month till i finish everything. i found more rust. above the muffler the rail is shot

jeff, do u know if the forward drivers side subframe mount on the old car is solid? mines rusted to hell - that bolt that comes down.

i may head over tommorow to snap some pics. The gas tank and rear subrframe are at my house, and will be torn down this week.

[Future_gohan]

That spot was shot to hell in my red hatch also. Most are. :[

[White Comet]

next time im over at the car, i'll have to crawl under and start checking it out