My Comptech Housing Just showed up, So i was time to yank the diff. For a rebuild (Thanks Rick's) I thought I would share:

 

heavy?

 

Not too bad, The transmission weighs more. I'm guessing 50lbs assembled. Of course anything is heavy when you are on a creeper under a car.

 

Something I would expect to read in a post on riceboy.com.
"I am gonna remove my differential as I hear they weigh 50 pounds, to lower my 1/4 mile times". DIE RICERS DIE!
On a serious note, please post impressions of the Comptech re-inforced rear as I am very interested in it once the 4.57's are ready to go. Thanks, jeff

 

More pics of the Comptech to come..

 

Great post!

I am very interested. How long did it take you to remove it and how difficult was the job?

 

The diff was on the floor in about an hour and a half. I do work on Hondas for a living so I might remove it faster than most. I wouldn't say removal was too bad, It would have been much easier on a lift. It's not a job for a beginner. The real fun comes tommorow when I swap the housings.

 

prolly a silly question but what is that black box hanging down? with the plastic mesh on one side?

 

Evaporative emmisions (EVAP) canister. Fuel vapor is stored in the canister to be later burned in the engine. It also was in my way, so I removed it from the bracket.

 

^ thx.