OBX LSD First hand experince?
 

So are these things holding up. I really need something for the drag car and the more I think about it a welded diff and snapping an axle with the welded diff just doesnt seem like a smart or safe choice.

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not first hand, but 1.5 hand i suppose, haha. it works, but don't expect anything like a quaife. but can't complain with the price. It was pulled out though for an upgrade. Application was a drag car with an H2B.

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Used a couple now and they work perfect.Good idea to strip it down and reassemble with upgraded Beleville washers and re tourqe etc.You can order new washers from this guy rich_bryant_is@yahoo.com and the write up is http://www.marcuccimotorsports.com/j...eplacement.pdf or the honda tech one at http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1752849&page=1.They are a good unit and i will never buy a Quaife as the OBX works exactly the same and is not $500 overpriced.There is no way a diff the size of a something from a ATV should cost more then a third member for a 9" :3

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Been using mine for well over 6 months with no complants. I'm only pushing a little over 200hp, but live in the mtns, and have gone to the drag strip a couple of times. Also, I have a friend with a DA pushing 400hp, also with no issues. I think they got the new units fiqured out, just don't buy an older one.

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from what iv read and herd the main problem is that you just have to fix the washer problem and clean the insides torque them down to spec. Im buying one when i finish my vitara build. ;D

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----, i bought one about 2 years ago and threw it in w/o the washer bs just how it came and i havnt had a problem yet. itll leave 2 black marks for a good 50 feet. im pushin 200whp.


whats with the replacement of those washers? i mean, whats the reason they need replaceing??? :edit nvm, i read the pdf file and its answered there.

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Been using it over a year now.. 2 trannies later the diff still work fine.

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475 WHP going thru a 1st generation OBX, no complaints in 2.5 years he's been running it.

Number 15 should be installed this week, number 14 and 15 have been 3rd generation 9200's

Number 14 from ebay sellet Tuning Depot, $378 shipped

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Number 15 from ebay seller hracing1234

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$350 shipped off HondaTech.......end of page 3, then page 4 and 5

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1962959

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Thanks bone Im trusting you on this topic has I think you have more hands on experince than anyone with this stuff. Dan Phan more OG hybrid name dropping said he will beat any advertised price for me. Thanks for the link.

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DP selling OBX's?

please tell me he's the man behind ERZPerformance on HT or Ebay seller hracing1234.


PS: Glad I didn't have those thinner shims made, I'd be out $3500 right now.

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Ya last time I was down there he had a few Im going to have him install mine since Im conviced Im buying one now



No dan has another ID on ebay looking under rcrew in the search and he will pop up




5000 sq ft shop in San fran=baller status



K series for days in that shop. Dan is a nice guy

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Any update on this chris? I went to an autox the other day with an open diff and didnt get any traction whatsoever... So frustrating and it pissed me off because I made this car to be cheap but now I gotta pay up. Screw quaife charging that much (if i got one used thatd be cool) but obx looks like a good alternative.

HT advice I found:

:3

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i love my obx.
transmits power nice and evenly between both tires nicely and hooks up beautifully. never had any problems with it at all.
no reason to ever get a quaife

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Its installed and waiting for me to finish the car which should be by 2011. Im back puttng together a d15b

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Ah good to hear 2011 isnt far! Im just surprised to see how many people go by name brands and dont back their reasoning with any solid fact or technical info.. Its pathetic really

Good to hear ty

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There has been over 600whp ran through these with multiple passes down the track at those hp levels.---- Quaife and there overpriced ----.

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---- Quaife? ---- lifetime warranties? Because that's what you pay for when you get a Quaife.

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I bought a used OBX diff that was locked up, not sure how but when we took it apart the gears were all jammed together. seems the gears just have too much slop in them. But after the diff was taken apart and put back together its seen 11.1's@128 with 1.6 60' without any probs since. If i can find a used quaife for a hunderd or so more then a obx id but it if not ill probably rock the POS obx :-\

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quaife is overpriced.

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Is there an OBX LSD for b16 cable trans? I've been getting some mixed results on HT and google. J1 non-lsd ???

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chris,

have one in my turbo lsvtec ef drag car.

on the drag radials and street tires, no issue.

on the slicks, every couple of runs we'd notice in the burnout box that the car would be pull to the left as one of the wheels wouldnt spin. Only happend the one weekend at the track, every other time we didnt seem to have an issue. 300+ at the wheels, with slicks and drag axles and it took the abuse, no issues.

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quadtech, you do understand how a TorSen diff works right? If one wheel spins too easy in the water box (WTF you doing IN the waterbox anyways?) as if the whell was in the air, TorSen/Quaife/OBX isn't gonna do anything.

Yes, there is a OBX LSD for the cable trannys, same ring gear bolt pattern (small) as the B16/LS Hydro diffs.

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Ya ---- a severly overpriced diff that should cost half of what it does.Lifetime warranty comes on damm near anything you buy these days its a marketing scheme.

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Does it come on an OBX LSD?

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So 3 OBX or 1 Quaife... I guess its worth it if you have a TON of power and its at major risk

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If you look around you can get an ITR LSD for a reasonable price off ebay. I picked up one with bearings and ring gear for less than an OBX. I bet the obx is stronger but i have faith in the reliability of the oem unit and i am not making insane power.

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I've seen ITR diffs explode on NA power, they suck like that.

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Yeah, "Lifetime warranty from manufacturer defects"

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I suppose, but I'd need to compare that to Quaife's to get a fair interpretation of the meaning. I'd hate to have OBX say "You installed it wrong" and be screwed.

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hey bone.. i have been wanting to use one of those OBX's in my zc tranny forever!! i know i have to use the crx si one but i dont want to go back to unequal length axles.. anyway around this or could i use one from a cable B or something??

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There are quite a few guys out here that have been using them for a while. One a prominent shop owner with a 500+whp civic who seems to like it a lot.

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your screwed then.

IF your lucky you might find a Cusco or Mugen DOHC ZC LSD, but it won't be cheap. Go OBX, small axle seals, normal axles.

While a cable diff itself will fit in the tranny, there are three MAJOR ISSUES to why it won't work. Don't worry why, it just won't.

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http://www.redpepperracing.com/forum...3&#entry315473

dont the D16A1's and the ZC's use the same diffs?

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86-89 D16A1 trannys are a beast in their own right.

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oh...that makes me fell good... :-\

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been a issue since the first JDM ITR trannys hit the dragstrip.

Read about it on HT>>>>>>>>>HEHEHE

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i hate reading the ITR fags posts...

if the ITR diff breaks does it take out the whole tranny/case?

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i can see why they wouldnt work.. shimming it and bearing size.. so you think it would be worth it to swap out to one and back to unequales? i have been looking for a zc diff forever.. they are hard as ---- to find

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Nice.... I read that but shortly thereafter I read someone bitch about it not fitting.. I'm gonna assume they were idiots. Thanks bone.... I didn't realize you were a Bseries connoisseur aswell. :P