4WD Civic conversion

[emanuera]

Hey everyone!
When the guy I was dealing with through Honda NZ said he had found the fuel tank, I asked for pics of it and he emailed me that diagram.
Yeah it's from a service manual, I was meaning to ask for a copy but it slipped my mind.
Before I got the tank, I tried looking for it everywhere. All I found was the Japanese RTSi brochure ( I remember thinking I needed to find some Japanese mates to translate)
I should really track the service manual down, I reckon I could probably get it now.
But here's what I'll do for you guys...
Here's the part numbers for the parts I bought:

Fuel Tank Part Number: 17500-SR7-030
Fuel tank protector Part number:17519-SH7-050
These items are available from Honda Japan only.

I hope that helps some people.
I know how frustrating it feels when people know the answers to questions you spend hours trying to research and they won't tell you.

[nd55]

> thats the type of diagram that honda australia use for parts.

Been there (Honda spare parts that is).

No 4wd exploded parts diagrams available from Aus. Honda.

Honda Australia never sold the 4wd civic versions so they don't carry it on their books.

If you have a part number and insist it's real they can usually get it in.

Nick.

[nd55]

emanuera, can you get back to your contact and ask for an exploded parts diagram of the 4wd trailing arms with accompanying part numbers?

I want to know if the 4wd arms are different from the 2wd versions.

I know there exist some 4wd arms from the earlier Wagonvan civics, but they'
re ED platforms and hence too different.

Nick.

[nd55]

I think I've been given info on EK5/8 trailing arm (the awd version).

Part number of Trailing Arm

RH is 52370-SR7-A00
LH 52371-SR7-A00

and price is about $1000.

Any Kiwi's out there able to take a photo the rear sus of this mythical beast?

Nick.

[emanuera]

[QUOTE=nd55;1866224]emanuera, can you get back to your contact and ask for an exploded parts diagram of the 4wd trailing arms with accompanying part numbers?

I want to know if the 4wd arms are different from the 2wd versions.

QUOTE]

Yeah Man I'll see what I can do

[schizo]

Hi there ,
First of all -> I've registered here becouse I've read your thread.
I am investigating Honda's 4Wheelies 4th and 5th gen for 2 years and can be helpful I think.There is a forum called www.hondacivicwagon.com where I was trying to register 5 times to give dem info but they do not authorize me - maybe becouse of my Bulgarian IP. So they suck DK.
Anyway.
First I cannot understand why you've bought that fuel tank - you will have to make serious modifications in order to finish the project so a DIY fuel tank is one of the easiest parts compared to the other difficulties in the project... but you got it so that's good
So,
there are 2 differen 4WD systems - with normal diff in front(tranny) and rear(diff) and the second is with LSD in fronth and LSD on the rear diff. In the 4th gen civics and wagons this is the so called INTRAC system. If a CIVIC - no matter 4th or 5th gen has ABS(ALB - the old name) it has LSD infron and in the rear... in that case the rear diff is similar maybe even the same like the CRV one...( I can compare this - there are russian sites with parnumbers and everything so if you need something I can help becouse I know russian )
The epic tuning 4wd 4th gen hatch is with the normal tranny and with the normal diff. I have a 4th gen sedan with the same 4wd system and it is good. I have a shuttle INTRAC too that it is with LSD infron and in rear and handles better. Now I am buying the RTSI - this month - I've found it and in Saturday will go to see it and prepay it.
After buying it we can compare images so you will see all the differneces in the arms and so on...
The driveshaft from the 4th gens I think can be used in your project. Want to mention that there are little differneces in the lenghts of the driveshafts - after [1990;...) the driveshaft is with something like 2 cm longer.
It will be a problem for you to use 4th gen tranny becouse it is with cable clutch(yours must be hydraulic I think) but 4th gen tranny can be done with some welding...
Ask questions I can answer.

P.S.
I've found the service manual for the RTSI 4WD sedan ferio before 2 hours, I was searching for it for 8 to 10 months... and after finding the service manual I've found your post

P.S.2.
If someone from the hondacivicwagon forum reads that - authoryze me - you have lack of information, we can collaborate insted of not authoryzing my little bulgarian IP LOL

P.S.3.
If my english is bad - sorry :!)

Good luck with your project emanuera and please tell me where are you from - do you have any 4WD Shuttles(Wagons) there?

[ongsta]

this is gonna be interesting