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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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Hey all, I dont post very often but when I do I usually post pictures of some kind of a build. I work at a shop in San Marcos called Infinite Motion, we specialize in Honda repair and maintenance and have been around for quite some time. I'm fixing a customers car (known as Latinocho on the boards), he brought me his car due to a sudden and violet noise from the rear of the s2000. After some diagnostics I found that the differential was internally damaged. Upon removal and tear down I found the following:




Not a good sign








Now thats a souvenir!
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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ouch!
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 12:18 AM
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yeah makes me sad..
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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god damnn thats insane

nows the time to upgrade to ap2
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 01:16 AM
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were gonna fix this diff and re-gear it, the only reason it blew up was because it had almost no fluid thanks to a quick lube place that is going to remain un-named..
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 05:11 AM
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Hey look at me!

Well i guess with every end there is going to be a new begining. Upgrading the gears is pretty exciting. I really miss driving my S. I cant wait!

Thanks Gavin for your help and patients
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by TurboViper' date='Jan 13 2009, 02:16 AM
were gonna fix this diff and re-gear it, the only reason it blew up was because it had almost no fluid thanks to a quick lube place that is going to remain un-named..
Sad indeed.

Where'd you take it to, Autobacs?!?! JK

That sucks, Castro. What gears are you going to go with? 4.57? I'd like to just do 4.44's someday.


Infinite Motion.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 09:52 AM
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4.77
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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damn castro thats crazy i have never seen that before.. i mean my b16 LSD exploded like that before but dang... good luck mang !! glad to see your on your way back to the road !!!
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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[quote name='latinochino' date='Jan 13 2009, 10:52 AM']4.77
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