Vibration on Acceleration
Joined: May 2012
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Octane is posted differently in UK/Eur. There's actually a dozen or more ways to measure "octane". RON is "research octane number" & MON is "motor octane number".
UK posts the RON numbers which are higher. USA fuel is labeled as the average of MON & RON. The same fuel will measure say 86-MON and 96-RON so the UK pumps will say 96 and USA pumps will say 91.
I know a couple guys from UK who have come over here. It's really funny when we complain of fuel prices, within earshot of the UK guys...
Just for my curiosity, I thought the MOT exams include a lot of stuff like structural roadworthyness. They can fail you for holes in the fenders. True?? Legend?? We get very little of that kind of exam here.
UK posts the RON numbers which are higher. USA fuel is labeled as the average of MON & RON. The same fuel will measure say 86-MON and 96-RON so the UK pumps will say 96 and USA pumps will say 91.
I know a couple guys from UK who have come over here. It's really funny when we complain of fuel prices, within earshot of the UK guys...
Just for my curiosity, I thought the MOT exams include a lot of stuff like structural roadworthyness. They can fail you for holes in the fenders. True?? Legend?? We get very little of that kind of exam here.
While i remember does anyone make a bolt on turbo or super charger for my 2005 2litre vtec accord?
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 7
if we had safety inspections in addition to the smog program and removed vehicles from the road that had structural and/or saftey issue with them 10% of the cars would be gone overnight...but then of course that's discrimination, and every poor person or minority would be up in arms here in cali. we used to smog cars with bald tires little or no brakes, wiped out suspension components, but as long as it passed you got your tags. boy did we get off topic 
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Joined: Jul 2011
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Tires are pretty new and balanced. I'm 99.9% sure it's not a tire issue. It's a different feeling and it only happens when I hard accelerate. I'm pretty sure it's the drive axle / CV joint. I'm going to order the axles today. Any opinion on remanufactured vs new aftermarket?
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 9,652
From: Katy, TX
I had a bad experience w/ aftermarket axles from Autozone (Duralast I think). I installed 2 new axles on each wheel w/ same results; vibration under acceleration. I finally bought new axles from Raxles and fixed the problem. They cost about twice as much as aftermarket. Check raxles.com.
good luck
good luck
Super Moderator : And A Texan
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 9,652
From: Katy, TX
Don't buy an axle w/o the mid-shaft vibration dampners. None of my AZ axles had this feature and both my Raxles had it and have worked well. The OEM have them. I used to wonder why the dampners were there, and now I know.
good luck
good luck
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After much reading and many nightmare stories on aftermarket axles I decided to go OEM or refurb. Then someone mentioned used which I haven't thought of. Found a pair of axles on ebay from A1 Partsmart that carries a lifetime warrantee and is also OEM. The donor car had only 60k so they should have another 40k-50k left in them. The cost was about the same price as 1 refurb. I'll let you know how this works out. If they turn out to be duds then I have a set of cores I can use for refubs @ autozone...
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Newest Of Newbies
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 29
After much reading and many nightmare stories on aftermarket axles I decided to go OEM or refurb. Then someone mentioned used which I haven't thought of. Found a pair of axles on ebay from A1 Partsmart that carries a lifetime warrantee and is also OEM. The donor car had only 60k so they should have another 40k-50k left in them. The cost was about the same price as 1 refurb. I'll let you know how this works out. If they turn out to be duds then I have a set of cores I can use for refubs @ autozone...
Well... That didn't seem to workout. I received the drive shafts but there is no ABS ring on them. Is i the right shaft that has the ABS teeth? Can I take the ABS ring off my current shaft an put it on the ebay shaft (both OEM)?
