whats involved in a zc gearswap?

[inh]

Im thinkin of picking up a zc tranny from hmotors while im home in cali for a few weeks. How hard is it to swap gears? Is there any replaceable items i'll need ahead of time? The car is my ride home, so i dont want to find out i need to order soem stupid part or something half way through..

can i still use my 88Ssi input shaft so i dont have to change clutches? etc.

Thanks in advance :D

[transzex]

you'll need shims, and won't know which ones until your almost done, takes a while to get them from Honda.

[DirtyDC4]

you'll need shims, and won't know which ones until your almost done, takes a while to get them from Honda.

If you swap ZC 3-4 into an Si, you need to shim??

[Eyal 951]

Are all the cable trannies the same? if so, why dont you just put a 4.25 into the zc tranny. That would be a better tranny, less work, and no shims.
I can sell you a 4.25 FD if you need one.
actually, are the axles holes different?

[inh]

yea it uses differnt axles, and considering i just bought a new one for the drivers side i dont really want to buy new ones to get the tranny to work

[OniFactor]

if the axle holes on the tranny are different, odds are you'd need new hubs on the wheel side of things, to fit the new axles, too

[Eyal 951]

well, if your interested, I have a zc 1, 2, and 4 along with both shafts, and a 4.25, and all the hydro Si gears, diffs etc. I'm building my own, and i have a few trannies laying around waiting for me to make my badass tranny.

[transzex]

if the axle holes on the tranny are different, odds are you'd need new hubs on the wheel side of things, to fit the new axles, too

odds are your wrong :)

[transzex]

ZC tranny, add 5g OEM Diff ($25) new axle seals ($16) and change the 5th gear to .771 or .702 ($25) then drop in S1 4.25 FD ($40), then labor.

Total bill was $220

Swapping ZC 3-4 onto 5g shafts, you'll likely need a thinner shim. 4g gears tend to be .002-.004 wider, and swapping two of them your gonna bind the thrust washer on the mainshaft.