the noise your describing sounds like a tooth is missing on the ring gear.

 

I didn't check that too. damn.

 

ur best bet is to swap the gear sets out of the rsx base add ur sixth and be done

 

if i add the 6th in the rsx base it will be way to long for highway cruising

 

fyi the 5 speed trans is not that much stronger than the 6 speed! they can be found very inexpensively on car-part.com

i would look into the 2012 si trans to see if that can be swapped, that seems like its a better/stronger tranny

 

have you noticed anything different with that trans? gear ratios, design

 

... Or you could do what I ended up doing... Demolishing my bank account for Albins parts.

After 2 broken countershafts, a broken ring gear, and a broken 2nd gear, this seemed like the best way to ensure I stopped breaking those parts.

 

... Or you could do what I ended up doing... Demolishing my bank account for Albins parts.

x2
:wavey:

 

the 1-5 rsx gears and si 6th is really nice if possible id put a 09 accord 6th gear in

 

si 6th with this trans would too low for highway cruising.

 

Me an you both are in the same spot. I've been told the Rsx transmissions are the best out of the 5speeds an yes they are much stronger people wouldnt go 5speed if they weren't.. I picked up my Rsx tranny.for 250 it has way longer gears than the 6speed. What I was trying to do is take the LSD from my previous broken tranny an.add it on the 5speed, maybe add the 6th back on. I actually have a good si transmission right now for sale because im sure it'll break so ill rather sell when its good an make me a good 5speed.. Instead of ending up breaking 4th again

 

I completed the swap tonight and drove it around. I can say it is weird driving it. i didn't really get on it because i have to fix my boost leaks and alignment but i can tell I will have so much fun with this transmission. Did you install your 5 speed?

 

My buddy has a boosted base making 450 ish. And he blew up second gear. And he had a jotech stage 2. So he got albins b set and loves them.

Wonder if we can swap in the new si gears into are case.

 

LOL.... I was waiting for somebody to say something about the stage 2 blowing up. The trans MUST get overbuilt, or the inevitable will happen. :deadhorse:

 

I have ep3 as well and I can tell you the tranny isn`t great. 2nd gear grind is pretty common.
I read over ephatch that the new Si`s tranny is same as old tsx`s tranny. Doesn`t fit to Z3s. Might be misleading info. Haven`t seen the new Si tranny yet.

 

eh, oh well someone is gonna have to be the guinea pig for it.

not it

 

I could have sworn I read shorter in multiple places (outside of the 8th). I guess i should have gone straight to honda to look it up *sigh* sry

 

its all good lol

 

any updates on how the rsx base trans is working out for you? Did you have to swap any sensors or anything like that?

And can you still etune with that? i would assume that BBG is all wacky

 

The swap went smoothly. I didn't have the time to sit down and make a DIY yet. I basically swapped over the bellhousing, lsd, and the internals of the shift selector. BBG needs some fine tuning because of the change of load on each gear.

 

So would you be able to add more boost to each gear since the gears are longer with out spinning as much as you would with the shorter gears?

 

Not really. I noticed quicker boost since there is a higher load because of the longer gears.

 

you have a full race 30r setup?

 

You have a 6th gear?

 

I'm on a 30r setup and I don't have 6th gear. I don't think its necessary. I'm cruising fine with just 5th gear. My 5th gear pulls better than 6th gear in 6speed.

 

What are you cruising at rpm wise at 70 in 5th?

 

if i were gonna guess i would say 3k

 

he is right. at 80mph im at 3700

 

How much longer does each gear last? Aren't those 4.3 FD

 

might as well call you 50 cuz they got 21 question

 

Hey hoe... If this is seriously a viable option... Its gonna be epic

 

:badger:

 

Dance monkey dance... And yes that is a black joke HAHA

 

im mexican :shadyhat:

:rotfl:

but he only spent $250, that sounds so much more tempting than 4k on PPGs. I mean i know it will break but id have to break a crap load of them to equal out

lol, yea i know what you mean

 

Why is our tranny so weak?

 

:rotfl:

 

Gah.. Why cant they just make our cars with strong gears in the first place? I mean.. who the hell puts a weaksauce tranny into a car that they KNOW is going to get modded.. especially given the civics history.. common honda.. work us a bit??

 

I think if we really took a hard look at the # of civic Si owners who modify there cars to the number of cars sold. That would be part of it. People are not willing to pay extra money for something they may not use. If you think about it, your car OTD cost for a civic would probably go up another 2-5K.

And then there is everything else. Noise form the tranny, drivability, and so on.