Wesmaster broke the OEM diff, and reused his undamaged Comptech housing.

 

Need I consider the diff. if I am going to be driving the car only a few times a week at most? I mean, I have no problem paying for it, it's just that I won't be taking my car to the track or pushing it's limits from a standstill. I do like the occassional flooring, but I'm not sure that I want my car out of service for an extended amount of time when it really doesn't need to.

I would like to consider that I have an ACT 6 puck clutch and a Fidanza lightweight flywheel.

 

I'd say you have 2 options.

1. drive the car untill something breaks, fix it then.

2. Swap the housings, if you want to install a different final drive gear, this is the perfect oportunity. If you break the housing in option 1, it will cost you the core charge plus anything else that destroyed itself in the differential assembly. (you can destroy the entire assembly rendering everything unuseable)

Option 1 is MUCH more expensive later, option 2 is more expensive now.

BTW, retail for a new differential assembly from Honda is around 2k$

I went with option 2

 

Yea, I thought of that, but I am wondering what it is going to take to destroy my diff? Will it really break with just regular street driving for the most part?

Also, how long did the whole differential swap process take?

 

Considering even stock cars have broken differentials, It's hard to say when or how yours may fail. Most of the failures have been from launching the car, but not all. The ACT 6 puck isn't going to make the diff last any longer by increasing the shock loads between shifts at WOT.

As far as removing the diff, it can take anywhere from an hour to several.

Swapping housings is much more time intensive and requires speciallized tools and knowledge/training/experience. It is not a DIY project. Take the diff to a specialist to get it done right.

The housing swap is the same operation as a gear swap. It took myself about 4-6 hours, including replacing all of the bearings.

 

Yea, I definitely wouldn't touch my car with that. If I understand correctly, you have to send your differential to Comptech and they will send the reinforced one back to you with your refund right? If this is the case, how long did it take for all of that? Thanks for all your help!

 

my understanding is that they send you their diff housing and add a core charge to your credit card until they recieve and inspect the housing you send them, at which time they refund the core charge.

 

okay, makes more sense to me. What do they do with the one you send them?

 

Your housing becomes the next guy's reinforced housing.

 

Would the reinfornced housing allow you to drop the clutch at high rpms without worrying about the rear end or would you still be messing up your gears? Assuming you have a strong aftermarket clutch.