| Here is some photos of my failed 
                        transmission internal swap.  You may want to 
                        contact Kevin (asian312) on the message board or Alex at
                        www.dentsport.com.  
                        They have put their transmissions together, but have yet 
                        to run them.  Eric Phlebani also has been reported 
                        to have done the swap, but I have not met anyone who has 
                        successfully contacted him.  I might try it again 
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                        | Lets Get Started! | 
                       
                        | Dad and I started taking apart the transmissions today.  
                        We are really winging it with a little aid from the FSM.  
                        It's pretty scary so far.  We don't have all the 
                        special tools that are required and some of the large 
                        nuts we have had to take off with a pipe wrench.  
                        I'll be pretty excited when this all comes together.  
                        Until then its just a scary bitch.  Here are some 
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                        | Which one of these transmissions is the Starion and 
                        which is the D50?  Let me give you a hint.  
                        The bottom one is the Starion transmission.  Now 
                        lets see if I can point out some obvious differences.  
                        Listed in they're order on the shafts...
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                            | Gear | D50 | Starion |  
                            | 4th (1:1) | 0.64 | 0.72 |  
                            | 3rd | 0.61 | 0.69 |  
                            | 2nd | 0.61 | 0.69 |  
                            | 1st | 0.78 | 0.78 |  
                            | Reverse | 0.64 straight cut
 non-syncronized
 | 0.81 diagonal cut
 synchronized
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                            | 5th | forgot to measure 
                            this | forgot to measure 
                            this |  | 
                       
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                        | As you can see the gears are wider in 
                        the Starion transmission.  Wider might equal 
                        stronger.  Also, there 
                        are different bearings in both transmissions.  This 
                        becomes the big issue with the gut transfer.  Also 
                        the transmission case is slightly different.  This 
                        is why you need to make spacers. More 
                        updates before I edit this down if I ever get done.  
                        The Starion bearings are tappered while the D50's are 
                        sleaved ball bearings.  Another difference is the 
                        front cover on the transmission.  Because of the 
                        bearings there are different covers.  Don't know if 
                        I'll get away with using the pivot for the shifter fork.  
                        Probably won't.  Lots of differneces... mainly with 
                        the bearings.  I did find a site selling rebuild 
                        kits that shows the different types of bearings. 
                        
                        http://www.drivetrain.com/mistsubishKM4_5RWD.html 
                        Time to beg for help.
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                        | Its too early to give a step by step 
                        description of how to do the swap.  Right now we 
                        are just winging it.  The easy things that I have 
                        learned how to do though I can talk about.  To 
                        remove the tail casing off of the transmission you need 
                        to use a punch to remove the spring peg from the shifter 
                        mechanism and undo the bolts around the transmission.  
                        It pops right off and its really easy.  For the 
                        front of the transmission you just have to undo the 
                        bolts around its perimeter and pull it apart.  With 
                        just a little bit of balls you can do this and have a 
                        usable transmission to use with the 2.0.   |  Starion Tranny
 (It looks like an awesome machine gun)
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                        | The strength of the transmission internals has not been 
                        proven to me.  I hope it is worth all the trouble 
                        and what might lead to spending lots of money.  If 
                        you want to try it out it is possible to take the tail 
                        end off of the transmission so you can have the longer 
                        shifter extension, and you can take off the front of the 
                        case so that you can have the hydraulic clutch fork 
                        pivot.  Then you would need to cut a hole for the 
                        fork in the bellhousing and weld on some holes to bolt 
                        the slave cylinder to.  Might be a good thing to 
                        try one day.  If I destroy this transmission I'll 
                        probably use this method for a fast recovery.
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                        |  The Ends :-D
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                        | UPDATE:I have given up on the transmission for the time 
                        being.  It was too frustrating... Alex, Ryan and 
                        Kevin all say that they have done it, but neither of 
                        them has run it down the road yet.  Then again I 
                        haven't run mine down the road yet so who knows.
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