Some of the legal questions about sales may be technically true, but would any of you actually take Rick up on his $300 no warranty offer and then try to sue him if you blow the gears? Common. Who would do that here?

Anyway, as already stated above, Rick does have an easy way out. He is selling Kia gears that happen to fit S2000s. If you put them in your S, no warranty. In fact, he can probably put it in writting that you have intentionally bought parts that are not fit for your intended application with a full warning that they will not work and cannot be returned.

More important than this...Any group buy for the 4.44s?

 

ARE there 4.44s?

 

I just recieved my 4.57 final drive yesterday....planning on having them installed next thursday......hopefully over the test of time it will prove to be stronger than the mazda gear...I recieved excellent service from Ricks regarding this purchase (as i have with past purchases from ricks) and I am happy to pay, both for a quality product and excellent customer service.......

one question that I havent seen addressed much is regarding break in periods for the new gear....my install is set for thur. and I have an autox that sunday......what is the proper breakin procedure?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bullet1123
I just recieved my 4.57 final drive

 

You should break the gears in just like you did when the car was brand new. Go 600 to 1000 miles easy, then add more load over the next few hundred miles, dump the fluid for new stuff, then you're good to go. Although "bagging on it" right from the get go is not a guarantee of something going wrong, you can increase your chances of trouble free service life if you do the "break in".
It's a gamble - You feel lucky?

 

You forgot, "punk"

Gawd, my trip back from Sacramento is going to suck bigtime. 55 mph the whole way.....

 

Just checking in.....

 

okay, now it makes more sense. thank, Rick.

 

hehe, I promised HondaGal I'd behave (for a while )
Yes, that would be painful to have to drive like that on the way home. It is the heat that is generated after a new install that has me concerned. If the installer is really good, he'll calibrate the new gears at the "small" tolerance end of the range so the gears can wear in and loosen up and be in the middle of the range. When tolerances are on the tight side, heat is a concern. I would suggest overfilling the fluid by about 100 cc to help dissipate the heat better. The occasional foray into the higher speeds is no big deal as long as it is not using heavy throttle (ie, high load), then give it a few miles to let the cooling fins on the diff to do their work.
(You needn't curtail your fun too much.)

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xviper