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bubblecivic
23-10-2004, 12:53 AM
hey fellow civic drivers,
i'm thinking of getting a Si conversion done into my breeze but i just like to ask if all d series engine have the same gearbox?
how do you guys, vti/si owners, find your gearbox's responses to racing once in awhile?
are they capable of such abuse? are they easily destructable?
bennjamin
23-10-2004, 01:17 AM
well i guess i should be the first one to reply :)

MY Si gearbox...has taken ALOT of abuse - perhaps the last 8 months of its life ( my time of owning her) has been the worse...plety of racing etc etc and is still holding up very strong :) As long as you stick with a stock/ not-too heavy duty cltuch - the stock transmission should last a very long while :)

BTW the tyres then clutch itself are goign to wear out long before anythign else too seriosuly does - drive happy in moderation and it will be cool in moderation :)
Baopham
23-10-2004, 02:57 AM
haha yes i agree with bennjamin... keep the gearbox and clutch stock and u will last a very long time.. as he said, the clutch will wear out b4 ur gearbox.. abuse it.. and abuse it good
K3NstyL
23-10-2004, 12:35 PM
Good old clutches protecting the gearbox!
Weq
23-10-2004, 05:37 PM
my vti gearbod has help 11psi of boost for quite a while. its all in the clutch. im running a uprated pressure plate with a nice organic disc.
Baopham
23-10-2004, 05:40 PM
stocko gearboxes and clutches are good enough.. only bother changing them if u decide to get turbo or something... the stock gearsboxes and clutches that come with the engine are well and truly good enough
Setanta
23-10-2004, 08:15 PM
My Y1 on my EF9 has 280,000kms on it. Still going strong. Damn I love my car. Dunno if it's just me, but the EF9 is so much stronger than its Aussie ED6 counterpart... by a long shot.
bennjamin
23-10-2004, 08:33 PM
My Y1 on my EF9 has 280,000kms on it. Still going strong. Damn I love my car. Dunno if it's just me, but the EF9 is so much stronger than its Aussie ED6 counterpart... by a long shot.

I wish my L3 was a SS0....:)
wynode
23-10-2004, 08:36 PM
Whats L3 ?
bennjamin
23-10-2004, 08:45 PM
Whats L3 ?
...our Si transmission Win ? Remember the talk with John the other night ?
onabuzz
25-10-2004, 05:22 PM
i recently changed from standared d16y4 no-vetc box to a v-tec box. the ratios are so much better alot more power out of every gear i have noticed!