J spec 6 speed w an RPS carbon carbon clutch upgrade and more!

[vr4tune]

Last week I started pulling out the trans, steering rack, sway bars, and front half shafts to replace with new ones. I'm at a stand still as I'm waiting for the clutch to come and need to order the Addco sway bars from 3sx later today.

I thought I had lock on a set of Saner sways from Polygon but he screwed me over time wise. I payed him his Full asking price of $500 and 3 days later decided he didn't want to sell then to me as he felt that the shipping was to expensive. He claimed that ups wanted $150 for shipping and so he backed out of out deal instead of trying USPS, FedEx, and Grey Hound. I PM'ed him to try these other methods but No Response! Shady if you ask me!

New parts to go in:
Jspec transaxle 0 miles
5 speed rear end (50,000 previous miles)
EMPI Front half shafts
Steering rack
RPS twin carbon clutch (2000 previous miles)
Addco AWD sway bars front and rear.
PST 6 speed two piece aluminum hybrid driveshaft.

Here are a few pics!
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/5554c9aa9b5b3264ad726d8638936507.jpg
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[vr4tune]

Had a couple a little time to work on the car today manage to mod the counter weight to fit my intercooler piping.
I also got my clutch and sway bars in! Unfortunately the flywheel bolts didn't come with it. I can't use the stock ones as they are to long so I order them and should be here in soon.

Halfway!
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/7fddd932b3f5351b607c47cf74fcebb1.jpg
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http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/141f9285241e5f7e633c45e12cc63123.jpg

All done!
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/c3533feabae8bac62399ec800b97f72c.jpg
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/6c1ea1401620e72718ce6ab00f6187c6.jpg
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[vr4tune]

Front sway bars compared side by side.

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/0cb06f78f7ee7abfbb2d022d94a438af.jpg
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My carbon carbon twin disk.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/0c41dfa5a0596c5cfc7c1028e2feb931.jpg
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[vr4tune]

Got the rear addco sway bar in Friday. Did not take many pics. But here are a few.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/b31bf9d44854d70db69dd21258e37c36.jpg
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New flywheel in for the carbon carbon twin disk.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/bd56d3d8203da6fb7a678ffdb96f4ff1.jpg

[mb3000]

How's the fitment on the rear? I don't recall seeing a review on the latest revision.

[vr4tune]

The rear subframe is not 100% complete I have new oem end links coming on Tuesday. I will post more pics when it's all done.

[fullracegt]

Pretty cool you have a lift to this I wouldn't wanna do it in a garage lol

[vr4tune]

Almost done just a few things to button up. Anyway here are a few more pics of the sway bars!

Here is the rear where it hit the floor pan. I used a pry bar to put a small dent. I suspect that this is not needed as when I put load on the suspension it should give more clearance.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/b047666e1a328db3879a0a343a81cf67.jpg

When I was done I could slide the wire with out hitting the floor.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/e50e278ccd5147003ad6b750be898ae8.jpg
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Shims are required for the front bar only.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/6c8c97c2256cbc6aa2c35c9d123d24aa.jpg
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I also added an extra 5 washers per side to the end links or the front for better angles.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/dddd06cef68bf04e376013af27157be9.jpg
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[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

they seem to fit pretty good then. looking forward to a road review, I may start working on the front one today.

[vr4tune]

Fitment is ok I think the rear is just about spot on, and love that it uses stock hardware. Front could use a few tweaks.

[hotflarexxx]

AWS DELETE TIME! LOL



jk

[vr4tune]

AWS DELETE TIME! LOL



jk

Nope I kept it. I don't see a performance gain removing it. I feel their is a reason Mitsubishi kept it in every vr4.

[green-lantern]

Nope I kept it. I don't see a performance gain removing it. I feel their is a reason Mitsubishi kept it in every vr4.

If it works keep it, older models are worn out.

[hotflarexxx]

True. If it's not broken don't fix if. Lol but many people feel it's a gimmick for our cars

[vr4tune]

Worked on the car for about 2 hours today. Got all the drivetrain components in just waiting on the PST 2 piece aluminum hybrid drive shaft to come. I removed the aftermarket sway bar links and installed all factory links. The after market links wouldn't fit (without a lot of shimming) once I put in the half shafts (axles) in. And I didn't want to use 20 washers!

I also put all new redline fluids in.
-MT85 in the transaxle,
-Heavy shock proof in the transfercase,
-75-90 in the rear end.

Pics with axles in and stock end links.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/3d0febc84bc2365d7d5f516a7f981aa9.jpg
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These pics are for you ABM! I did not mod the bracket or egg the holes what so ever.
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss357/vr4tune/jspec%20trans%20swap/5c14206bd55311539857b1c2da1515c2.jpg
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[CoopKill]

I will be looking at the same view this weekend... Nice you got her all figured.