Affordable aftermarket FD - Honda Prelude Forum

Honda318dx · 12-14-2005, 07:45 AM

I don't know anything about quality, but the price is right! I have no affiliation with that company.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1453964

NiMaDiFoB · 12-14-2005, 09:07 AM

hmmm interesting....

71dsp · 12-14-2005, 09:39 AM

I would certainly wait until they're proven. A broken FD will surely frag a transmission. I wonder how many people will buy them because they're cheap, not realizing it's going to cost more than the FD to install it!

Honda318dx · 12-14-2005, 11:20 AM

I would run one in my accord before my prelude.. So cheap its tempting! OBX and Final drive under 1k, sweet!

vwong · 12-14-2005, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Honda318dx

I would run one in my accord before my prelude.. So cheap its tempting! OBX and Final drive under 1k, sweet!

Do it, Corey. Then tell us if it's good or not.

That price is very tempting.

Paul H22 · 12-14-2005, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 71dsp

A broken FD will surely frag a transmission.

I can attest to this..

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Honda H-Series 4.64 - US$475 Shipped.

4.64. What a strange ratio. Never seen that offered for the H series before.. Guess it's only slightly longer than the typical 4.74 most people choose.

NiMaDiFoB · 12-14-2005, 02:37 PM

meh... made in china too... yikes

71dsp · 12-14-2005, 02:58 PM

I'll have to play around to figure out the tooth #'s. These are just by calculations, not by actual counting. I should have counted mine when they weren't in the tranny.

Stock: 4.266, 64 teeth on the gear ring, 15 teeth on the countershaft
Houseman: 4.850, 97 teeth on the gear ring, 20 teeth on the countershaft
Pro Drive: 4.714, 66 teeth on the gear ring, 14 teeth on the countershaft
New: 4.64, could be a few different combinations, 65/14, 102/22, or 116/25. 116/25 is dead on, but I'd really worry about tooth strength with that many more teeth than stock.

Again, these are just by calcs, not by actually counting, so take it for what it's worth.

Honda318dx · 12-15-2005, 06:32 AM

Someone on Honda-Tech did some investigating. Its the same manufacture as the SSR units..

71dsp · 12-15-2005, 06:43 AM

Haven't the SSR had limited reliability issues? I think I've heard of only one or two problems. If that's true, it's surely not a bad deal then.

MRW · 12-20-2005, 12:28 PM

Hmm... I'm going to have the tranny out for an LSD install, I'm tempted to try this new FD.

Paul H22 · 12-20-2005, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MRW

Hmm... I'm going to have the tranny out for an LSD install, I'm tempted to try this new FD.

Oh, I thought you already had a diff. What type are ya getting?