Icehouse Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 icehouse - get your lsd yet? :fu: NO!!! The dude said there warehouse is way backed up so it may take a longer to get it shipped than the shipping itself...... I want to get it soon though. I can't decide what gear ration to run... I don't want to go to low, I hate when you can't downshift to 3rd on the freeway. So I think I will go with 3.9's or 4.11's Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 yeah...I posted on the realm the wolf creek r180 lsd, but it's 110mm ID ring gear which is the old kind. The newer ones like ours are 115mm. Yeah thats what I was thinking, I'm glad to have the "new style" You can convert the snap in K R180 to use the bolt in stubs just by swapping some internal bits, so maybe you can do the opposite for the R160? Or get one of the subi r160s that uses snap in? Kamododragon on the realm was converting the bolt in stubs to work in snap in diffs, so I'm sure you could come up with something easy enough. Me and Hainz did that conversion on the R180 I put in the rusty car (stock diffs are wussy) I think it would be easy to drill a whole down the center of the truck stub axle. maybe machine it a little shorter. I think it would be harder to add a snap ring to the diff. I thought all the snap ring R160's are VLSD yuck! Shafts shorter? I was just tryin to give you a more accurate measurement of the bare shafts in case you came across anything else. Those are the normal 280zxt shaft lengths. I need to get my swing arms fabbed up with my heim joints, just haven't had the time/enthusiasm. I have a crappy work area, which basically means not enough space so I do most of my work outside, and this crappy cold & windy weather kills my motivation, not to mention blows away shielding gas... Think I'm gonna need a spacer? :D yeah we work in the cold to!!! BBBRRRRR Today I was getting really wet. I have a lot on my list to! I really want to figure out the CV shafts though..... Maybe at lunch tomorrow I can stop by the truck yard and see what kind of deal I can get on a few shafts. That strut has about the same clearance as Jareds car (my bro's old one) Depending on the ride hight you may be alright. But with the tall springs your most likey fucked :D Nice scrub radius though :D Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Tall?! They're only 8" springs :P That's like 4.5" of spring above the collar. Freakin 7" wheels... Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted April 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I starting putting my LSD in a S12 4.11 R180, its weird it has the threaded ends to accept the old style axles.... I don't really understand why, I thought the trucks had a snap ring style CV... I didn't want to take it apart to find out if the C clips are under the pressed in threaded piece... I figure I can machine the Truck stub so it can be bolted in. Since its a s12 R180 it has to have the 12mm bolts from what I have read, the ring gear fit perfect onto the clutch pack. HHHMMM I'm somewhat confused. I may call the place I got it from just to find out. The instructions it came with are for a solid axle install hahaha I also got all my parts together to start test fitting the CV shafts again. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Man...I emailed them and asked them and specifically asked if they were bolt-in or clip-in and they responded clip-in. Here's a page from the d21/pathfinder service manual and the one side is bolt in, but the other side is...nothing? This is the funky R180A: Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted April 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Dude that makes cents then, I see, it is threaded on both sides. I just have to figure out how to get the bearings onto the cluthpack, we have a press but that doesn't help get them off the old center section.... I may just buy new ones. I tried the only puller that fit, those fuckers are on there! The only worry I have is since I'm using a different center section will the shims need to be changed? Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 How does it make sense? The long shaft doesn't have a bolt or a circlip in the picture. I'd buy new bearings for sure since the old ones will probably get damaged pulling them anyways :P The service manual shows a funky puller they use...I'm not sure if a normal 2 or 3 prong puller will work. Stupid nissan/fhi :P Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted April 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 How does it make sense? The long shaft doesn't have a bolt or a circlip in the picture. Well I wondered why the 12mm ring gear fit but it had the treaded side flange lock nuts. Now I know :D Who knows why both ends are threaded, maybe if I actually had a truck diff to disassemble I would know :D I'd buy new bearings for sure since the old ones will probably get damaged pulling them anyways :P The service manual shows a funky puller they use...I'm not sure if a normal 2 or 3 prong puller will work. Stupid nissan/fhi :P The puller I was using didn't put any pressure on the bearings, they are just on there a little to good :D I think I'm going to buy new ones. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 icehouse, check out the hub flange on this guy's cv swap...haha http://picasaweb.google.com/Jeff.Shoesmith/SX510SR20DET1971DatsunBluebirdSSSCoupe How's the LSD coming? Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 That is weird, it looks like a CV taken apart... Don't post that on the realm... it looks like the factory nissan shafts will hold 300whp, thats not enough we need the porsche shafts :D hehe It does look like custom or at least painted axles. the diff is wierd to, it looks like a S13 diff. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Yeah it is an s14 viscous Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Where did you find that? Quote Link to comment
Pedro Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 That is jeff shoesmith's coupe here in australia. The rear cradle is modified to suit an S14 shortnose R200. The CV axles are custom made. The rear trailing arms have been modified at the hub section (cut off and custom hub carriers to suit the S14 rear hubs). I put some info about it here It's featured in the latest Zoom magazine (not sure if you receive this over there; Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Where did you find that? One of the picture captions says so ;) Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Hey icehouse...how about dropping a VQ in the rear of a 510? Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted May 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Hey icehouse...how about dropping a VQ in the rear of a 510? What is that out of? Those shafts have to be short!!! Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 What is that out of? Those shafts have to be short!!!G35 AWD. My question was...isn't that the same size block as the normal block? Dry sump? The transaxle is in the oil pan! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Infiniti-G35-AWD-FX-M35-3-5L-Engine-VQ35DE-Motor-LKQ_W0QQitemZ190222742584QQihZ009QQcategoryZ33615QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted July 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Any progress Mat? I've been hunting for parts a little bit, know luck though... Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 I heimed one arm up, but that's all I've gotten so far, and I'm not sure I'm happy with how I did it... Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 I heimed one arm up, but that's all I've gotten so far, and I'm not sure I'm happy with how I did it... Post a pic of it, then I can be a judge of that :D Trust me I've been there, I'm redesigning my rack and pinion, its not that its bad or unsafe (I've driven on it enough to know it won't break :D ) I just have a few new ideas :D I really want to get the CV shafts figured out! I just need to make it to Pull A Part and get some more test pieces. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Well, I should have angled the tube adapters/heims, or just mounted them in a less stock location because right now I can't really slam the rear end without the arm hitting the underside. Right now I'm thinking I need to just make some new tube arms and only use the bearing carrier & caliper bracket. That way the bearing carrier could be mounted wherever you want on the arm and get the arm back to a more level position with the car slammed. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Calmini no longer has the R180 LSD...I knew I should have bought one a long time ago :| Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Matt - any progress on your CV setup? Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Among other things...yeah, I think they'll work with my slightly modified setup Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Any details on them? Can the axle from the ZXT arm be put in the 510 arm? Quote Link to comment
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