F25M-R Differentials

[zoompastu]

Ok I'm in the middle of doing this swap right now. I got the msp trans, j-spec msp flywheel, exedy clutch, ss clutchline, msp axles, msp trans mount bracket and trans mount. got everything off and out(1.7 hrs) and broke a bolt off in the flywheel. F**kin crapy torque wrench is now in the trash!! good thing snap-on will be by tomorrow. I won't get the trans bracket till monday or tuesday from mazda but this is going to work. Guess I'll weld the diff in the mean time.

 

[zoompastu]

Ok ran into another small issue the rear (firewall) motor mount bracket is different too. ordered it from mazda for $33 but it won't be in till thursday

 

[Protege2886]

Oh man - can you do me a huge favour and keep a list of everything you ended up needing. I have all the same parts you've got (minus the firewall motor mount)

If you feel like writing up a how -to while you wait for thursday..that'd be sweet too !

 

[zoompastu]

yeah I was planing to write one up if this works (and it will) since there's a lot of speculation on this topic but no hard facts. oh and the front mount bracket is different too but fortunatly it was still attatched to the transaxle when I bought it. for now though I'll be updating the progress in this thread.

 

[zoompastu]

hey is that a 2000 msp front bumper you got?

 

[FunkRider]

Like I said, all of the mounting brackets are different. The 1.8 F series trans is located much more toward the center of the car vs the G series. The locations of the mounts to the car do not change nor do the mounts themselves change.

Also he has the stock 99/00 bumper with the 01+ sedan mazda lip

 

[zoompastu]

which 01+ sedan front lip? MP3? ES? verry interresting. it's a clean look.

 

[Protege2886]

It's just a factory option / "aftermarket" lip

Picked it up from njaremka's GB

 

[Protege2886]

any progress on this swap ? I'm really thinking of just selling the MSP transmission and picking up a regular 1.8L transmission.

 

[icedaugg]

Same prob here check the pics.

 

[icedaugg]

And the rest of them

 

[E21BIMMERHEAD]

Um correct me if Im wrong but can us with the F-series tranny make like some wierd sort of F/G combo tranny? Something like swap the axels and something else; allowing your to use the MSP diff and beefing it up to the point were we dont need to worry about blowing it out....? I have already replaced my transmission once because of blowing out the diff; anyone know anything about this concept? would be nice to be able to have one already put together and waiting for when this current transmission blows up, because we know its going to happen again lol.

 

[clement_ghost]

I'll bring back to life this old thread with my F25M-R diff pics!!! Boosting a 1.6L means this: (not so bad because the tranny was working good, and after 270 000km of beating up the car, it's kind of normal!)

So until I find another diff for the tranny, let's clean it up a little bit!