front big brakes?

[amy@af]

we swapped out the blown tranny & a6 out of jer's si and dropped in replacement. after getting it back together the front assembly was froze...tire would not move. the next day i took his stock out and put an integra assembly in. it bolted right on and everything appears all good. last night dropshop told me the caster was off and i'll have allignment problems. what the hell? input please?!?!?

[amy@af]

hello? somebody...anybody......i know theres mofo's out there who have done this. input please

[95civicman]

i've heard of someone on here puttin on the integra assembly to correct - camber(i think) but i have no idea. i say if it looks the same and is driving sr8 then don't worry about it.


*edit- civicdude said it can be done http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...gra+suspension

[amy@af]

Originally Posted by 95civicman

*edit- civicdude said it can be done http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...gra+suspension

crazy...i was hoping he would reply. i guess next time i should go with my instinct and pm the guy

i suppose after the exhaust gets here we'll take it to the tire shop and get a final answer. thnx for the reply 95civicman

[Problem_Si]

I remember someone saying that it will never be quite right, because the Integra Knuckle is too big. They were saying something about throwing the syspension geometry off.

I have the Ex big brakes, and they work awsome. I had to get my car aligned when I first did them, but that was as simple as adjusting the tie rods. Now everything rides great.

[sarcoa]

stole this from another board:
Regarding the integra knuckles, the point where the upper ball joint mounts on the integra sticks out about 1/3 inch more on the integra than on the crx knuckles, this throws off the camber by a few degrees.
I have teg front hubs on my crx. braking is noticably better, but it's giving me some pretty serious camber issues, the tires are wearing down pretty unevenly. camber kit should fix it, though

[amy@af]

thnx to all theat replied! i was thinking a camber kit would fit it as well.

change of plans. jer was able to hook up some lowering springs the other day. yesterday we stuck his stock stuff back on. he had to run so i took off the cut springs and put the front lowering springs on.

i don't want to make another thread so i'll make my update here. we got his si from an auction. jer is friend's with the previous owner. before the auction ended he tried to contact the guy (# was disconnected) to let him know he was bidding. we got the car but jer never was able to talk to the guy. we've had the car well over a month. last night a 90-ish si prelude came slowly rolling up on the house. it turns out to be the previous owner of jer's si. someone saw the si in the driveway and told him. apparently after the hole in the tranny he couldn't get the axels out so he let the car get repoed. jer told him how i lowered it and all the stuff i did durning the swap....then showed him the parts i replaced. i was stoaked he was all proud of all the stuff i had done.

as i mentioned the axels were stuck. it took over 3 hrs to get them out. one of the gears was just floating around in the tranny and the axels were somehow caught up. since jer was stuck dicking around with that i got to bust out on a bunch of stuff on the "new stuff" like change the oil, tranny fluid, thermo, radiator and so on. the previous owner slid in some snow and hit a guardrail....so i dug out an extra filler piece wet sanded & painted it. also dug out a spare bumper and polished it back to black. mounted both parts. it looks so much better.

check this hole in the tranny...click the thumbnail for the big pic

[Melt]

holy shit thats a big ass hole!

[GTA]

Originally Posted by Melt

holy shit thats a big ass hole!

you can say that again

[ci5ic]

ZOINKS!

That's pretty big.

[Jetts]

damn what did he do to that tranny!?!

if he did that by hitting a guardrail, im staying the fuck away from them

[amy@af]

Originally Posted by Jetts

damn what did he do to that tranny!?!

if he did that by hitting a guardrail, im staying the fuck away from them

he did the hole by racing. the guardrail flattened the filler piece under the lights and scraped up the bumper really good. luckily we had both those parts laying around

[Jetts]

Originally Posted by LadyNRedSi

he did the hole by racing.

hahaha stock si racing, now i have seen the day

[dirty91crx]

hehehehe thats a nice lil hole.....as far as the integra knuckles go.....even with a sprint camber kit out front capable of adjusting 3degrees pos.....we still couldt get the crx camber anywhere close to oem....we managed 1.8 degrees ng with a few other modifications to the front end....yeah caster is gonna be off a tad bit.

[91EF3ZC]

Originally Posted by LadyNRedSi

we swapped out the blown tranny & a6 out of jer's si and dropped in replacement. after getting it back together the front assembly was froze...tire would not move. the next day i took his stock out and put an integra assembly in. it bolted right on and everything appears all good. last night dropshop told me the caster was off and i'll have allignment problems. what the hell? input please?!?!?

Hey Amy!

I did the Integra brakes too. Do me a favor, look at the front wheels and see if they are centered in the wheel well. My right side wheel sits closer the rear of the wheel well, and the left side sits perfect. My car also feels "lose" in the front while driving. Let me know if you have these problems too.

Mike