goodbye dear Si transmission... (#5)

so... the inevitable happened... transmissions toast
coming around a corner off the highway onto a main road, (which is a bridge going over the highway) in 1st gear from a stop, come around and put the gas about 1/2 - 3/4 the way down to get up the hill, (note... no dumping of the clutch, just easing it out) so as it gets upto 3 grand i hear *PING* and the shifter pops out to neutral and then waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 7 grand, i'm like fuck me, trannys fucked, put it in 2nd to be sure and YEP! nothing, so i stop in the turning lane, call CAA and get it towed (i'm on a 1st name basis with the driver by now) so yea, theres my lovely story, but i knew it was gonna happen, day after day it kept getting worse, it would grind 2nd and 3rd, then a week ago it starting grinding 1st REALLY Badly, then tonight as i get off the highway and start going it pops on me :(

so heres the count...
1st tranny - 89 DX - cause of death.. Bad tranny... How it blew... putting it into reverse to back out of a driveway

2nd tranny - 89 DX - cause of death.. Burnouts ... how it blew... dumped the clutch off a stop sign

3rd tranny - 90 DX - cause of death... burnouts ... how it blew... passing a teg, dropped it to 2nd from 3rd at 60km/h

4th tranny - 88 DX - Cause of death... hammering it and burnouts... how it blew... coming around a left corner in 1st slowly and went to shift to 2nd

5th tranny - 90 SI - cause of death... too many burnouts, too many hard launches and weak from the start, was sitting for awhile and grinded right away from the start... how it blew... turning left again shifting from 1st to 2nd going easy...

note to self... stop turning left.. stop shifting from 1st to 2nd.. and for the love of god.. stop doing burnouts and racing!!!!!! :banghead:

how the hell do you blow trannys up so much? a buddy of mine beats the living piss out of his si trans and its still fine.

just added a breakdown of all trannys

Your a fucktard. Your not making enough power the brake that many trannys unless you cant drive worth a shit, and even thats pushing it. ZC - if they dont kill themselves they taint the rest of the car.

Yeah man, you need to learn to drive and respect your car. After the 3rd tranny broke you should have learned your lesson (I say 3rd because obviously a bad tranny is not your fault). And as soon as 2nd and 3rd started to grind, you should have bought a new one or got it rebuilt immediately. I pray for your wallet that you finally learn your lesson (though I'm doubting it).

What kind of tranny do you need??

one for my ZC that wont eat another stupid differential
i'm thinkin about getting a quaife or OBX like Kun did, the OBX seems good for 400 bucks CND and i know someone who can get me one too ;) so i might get my Si trans rebuilt with new synchros since the ones in there are chewed to shit. and just run a wimpy DX trans for awhile, who cares if i lack top end for awhile, once i get LSD... no more tire spin :D

blowing diffs again eh ?...

I say pull the Si and teach your self to rebuild one. Thats my plan whenever I get my other tranny out. My cousin learned how to do it, said it's easy just a little time consuming.

We thought you'd learn your lesson a little before now... Tear that bad boy apart and fix it yourself. Don't spend the money for someone else to fix your mistakes. Besides, you could save a little money and add it to your 'paint Derek's Car' fund. :P

dude you need a punching bag or something perhaps a g/f :screwy:

dude you need a punching bag or something perhaps a g/f :screwy:

Don't tell him he needs a girlfriend. If he did have one, he'd probably beat on her.

You obviously either have been getting some crappy trannies or you suck at driving. I may not be the best at doing burnouts but I can drive... only gone through one si tranny and it had 180k? on it. GL with whatever you decide to do...

Wow Derek, I suppose it was kinda funny that four DX trannies took a dive, but now an Si tranny has fallen victim. You sound like your on the right track now, please resist the urge to do burnouts and drive all crazy! Your car and your wallet will thank you. ;) GL

find urself a zc 5spd drop in the si final and install urself the (quaife) OBX reminds me of APC! And i think u would be ok for a week or so :evillol:

Shoot yourself. :evillol:


























jk But damn I beat the shit outta my car all the time and I haven't broke one yet, it might grind a little if ya shift hard but damn...5!? You should get an award or something. 'cause you've GOT to be trying to break them things.

damn i can do anything to my car and i still havnt killed anything major except 1 axle which was bad when i bought it. How do you have such bad luck?

find urself a zc 5spd drop in the si final and install urself the (quaife) OBX reminds me of APC! And i think u would be ok for a week or so :evillol:

I have been using the OBX LSD Since November 10 000+km still going stong. Works as it should and no maintenance.

don't hate on something Unt'il you Try it.

the Only Problem I have heard of is that some Axles get stuck in them, all you need to de-burr the inside to make sure the locking Clip slips out with no problem.

I have not had that problem with mine.

no i'm not trying to break them on purpose, i can drive fine as well...

turtle, thats the dumbest thing u've said ever... how can u judge someone like that? a car anda girl are 2 different things, my car is for fun and beating the piss out of, if u wanna play... u gotta pay, also, alot of the trannies i got were beat on and had fairly high milage on them too...i think if i get new inner workings i'll be set... my buddys blow 6 trannys since january as well so its not just me... he's gonna be helping me do mine so we can have it done faster

Relax man, j/p...

ever think of welding your next diff pin?

ever think of welding your next diff pin?


yes i have
i'm getting 2 trannys tonight, ones got new bearings, other one the condition is unknown, so my old ones coming apart, see what it looks like and how hard it will be to weld it

Dude you just gotta go easy on the heavy driving.

I think my S1 has been grinding gears for 3 years now and I still take it to the track on the weekends.. Its been good to me. (knock on wood)
Just go easy on the burnouts and stuff. I don't think I've ever done a burnout, so maybe thats the problem!?

Yeah since my swap I've never done a burnout or launched my car. I still drive it hard but burnouts are uncalled for. Hell even when I had a D series I think I did like 4 burnouts with it total. Just go easy on it man, give the 4th gen some love.

so.. just picked up 2 new trannys tonight, both 91's, one has new bearings in it and i traded my amp for it, the other i paid 40 for :D but there both DX trannys but oh well, i'll be getting the Si repaired since i have a good casing here :D

if you cant do a burnout without dumping the clutch, you dont have enough power to be doing burnouts.

^^^^^ agreed

Haha, my LX can burnout without clutch dumping. Maybe you should find an LX that has been hit and yank the tranny out of it. 80,000 hard-driven miles on mine since I've gotten it. :)

i remember the 4spd dx tranny.. thing ran strong until i cracked the whole housing, didnt even know it was cracked till i spun uh little tire in the rain and the car stopped on me. musta been from the moisture getting in there. oh well any1 crack there shit yet?

i remember the 4spd dx tranny.. thing ran strong until i cracked the whole housing, didnt even know it was cracked till i spun uh little tire in the rain and the car stopped on me. musta been from the moisture getting in there. oh well any1 crack there shit yet?


lol, if i had my digital camera i'd show u this one, altho the first tranny i did was the worst, i blew the whole back of the casing off, this one i blew a hole on the inside about the size of a quarter.

but i dont need to dump the clutch to do burnouts either, i can slip the clutch and still smoke the shit outta them