BeerBurner

I'm a little late to the party, but good luck Ethan!

BB.

alex

what are you doing about motor mounts or does it totally drop right in?

lovemyp-car

motor mounts are custom made, it's a tubular upright at a compound angle going to a solid mount on the engine (from the original mount point on the crossmember)

alex

Did you fabricate it? I would be interested to see a picture if you ever get a chance.

lovemyp-car

yeah, i should have some pictures taken soon that i can put up

turbobrat930

you have PM....

tifosiman

My opinion (if it matters) is that while the car is down, buy the afore-offered $400 turbo trans now and install. I guarantee the 944 trans will blow and if you do it now you can at least re-sell it for some cash while it still works. Waiting till after you blow it up is really false economy. Good luck with the project!

CPR

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alex

I ask because I am doing this. Had my wife's odyssey transmission not *&(*^(%&(&*^, I would have one in hand. Thanks honda, you let a known issue continue without a warning or recall. They cover it up to 100k. Hers was @ 103k.


Sorry, back to fun stuff.

lovemyp-car

like i said, i'm going to take it easy until i have enough money to buy one...i'm not saying that i don't want to spend the money, i'm saying i don't even have that kind of money left over from the parts i've bought recently. I have a spare 944 n/a transmission that i can throw in if this one blows, that'll hopefully give me a few more months...i'm easy on my car anyways, and i'll probably be even easier on it for the first few hundred miles when i'm breaking in the engine..

so far some good advice and thanks to all for the encouragement!

Dougs951

We got a letter about the trans issue on our Odyssey. Ours was over the limit, but annoy the dealership enough and it gets done! Good Luck.

tifosiman

I understand about the money thing, but if you have 2 N/A transmissions you could sell them both and have enough money for one 951 trans and only have to mess around with it once. I know you said that you will take it easy on the loud pedal, but we all would have some difficulty doing that with a couple hundred extra horses under the hood. Even if you half-pedal it you are still going to be putting way more HP and TQ thru that trans than it was designed for. Best of luck to ya.........

lovemyp-car

Well, the fittings my dad bought when right in with no problems, and they're all hooked up nicely to the coolant tank. The motor mounts are done with paint (high heat engine paint) and are installed and the engine is sitting pretty with no hoist holding it!

and yes, i will be replacing those nasty steering rack boots shortly.....

V2Rocket

theres no way those look strong enough..but maybe they are who knows.

lovemyp-car

they're solid as a rock, the pictures make them look pretty small, but they are thick steel and welded by a union steel worker...they should hold up just fine