Re:volvo 900 turbo
 

im using a d16a1 w/ 6sp wagon tranny
machined to mate together.... and bolted
in to my 88 crx... w/ some fabrication.

the wagon is geared like this thou....
(SL = super low)
SL 1 3 5
2 4 R


im either gonna do this

SL 2 4 5
1 3 R


or
1 SL 3 5
2 4 R


depending on stuff

since i know nothing of building trannys
i do beleave that i should be able to rearrange
the gears thou, as long as i don't mess w/ R...

im thinking of
SL-wagon - unknown yet
1st -crx si 1st - 3.250
2nd -1g teg/zc 2nd - 1.944
3rd -crx hf 2nd - 1.650
4th -1g teg/zc 3rd - 1.347
5th -crx hf 5th - .694
final - crx si final - 4.250


#1 im not sure about rearrangeing gear order
so that i could change the shift pattern

#2 not sure about how close the gears go
till you can have a too tightly geared tranny

#3 for boost i thought i would have to gear differntly

anything you would do differntly than n/a

oh i chose hf 5th for highway, so i wouldn't have to die
of high rpm's...


oh i sourced a place to get a cheap 14b turbo for 50$ instead and the trannys to donate gears for like 20$ a piece...

which do you think i would be better off with the
volvo or the 14b, including the fact that i might want to
update boost down the line... but then again
i guess i could just make a new adapter plate later
for a bigger turbo... hmm not sure.


and from what i gather from you jeff i need to stick with
lower / shorter / tighter gearing...
im guessing those 3 words all mean the same thing...

Re:volvo 900 turbo
 

Either turbo will work fine, t3 or the 14b, I would say go T3, because I dont like 14b wastegate actuators.

Re:volvo 900 turbo
 

whats the difference in waste gate actuators between the two...?

say i left the gears the same way in the 6sp
but swapped out gears from other cars
that fit...

what do u think of my gear ratios that i plan to use?
are they too close?

or should i start another post in hope of some tranny expert on here possibly hiding?

Re:volvo 900 turbo
 

I'm not a tranny expert so I cant really help you out..

The 14b wastegate actuator is huge, it hits the front cross member on most HF/STD setups on 4g civics, the thing lags like a mother fucker using it. It opens to fast, so boost takes awhile to hit.

Every T3 actuator I have ever used has always worked fine.

Jeff

Re:volvo 900 turbo
 

thanks, i think i'll go t3 then...

right now im short on funds anyhow
i need to sale my vespa to cover
other things, but luckily my friend
is getting a great job soon, so he can
pay me the rest of what he owes me (1k)
and i can either sit on that and eat...
or maybe work on the crx....

right now im trying to plan everything out
and cost evaluate everything....

staying busy and keeping my mind off of reality
is the only thing that keeps me going....