How you doing mate... I am the buddy Dxs speaks of. I've had my fair share of headaches with the EF8 driveshafts. I've tried a few combinations and what I can say is:
- Early DA axles are too short and will pop out (ask me how I know)
- Late model DA axles and DC axles are too long and will bind (car will vibrate at speeds over 10km)
If you can't rebuild your current shafts, what I can recommend is to build a hybrid/custom driveshaft, which is what I did and worked well.
Using your EF8 midshaft, you will need to get the outer joint and axle from an early model DA integra (87-89) and use a later model DA integra (90-91) inner joint (or even EF8 inner joint). Put it together and you have an EF8 sized driveshaft.
Reasons for this I found are:
- Later model DA shafts are longer than early models, which may cause binding issues.
- Early model DA inner joints are a few cm shorter than later DA models, and may cause the shaft to pop out of the joint.
- Having the longer inner joint mixed with the shorter shaft gives the right length compatible with the EF8/9
It's been a few years since I messed around with my axles so hopefully this information is somewhat accurate and useful.
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