Zedz Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Sorry my first post is a request for help but have to start on something I spose A little background: I'm in Brisbane Australia and had two 240's, one at 19 and another now at 38, it's in the blood! Attached a pic of the car, body is done and interior has been renewed, but here comes the problem... I've bitten the bullet and bought the Modern Motorsport shortnose R200 conversion kit. Sometimes I wonder if it would have been easier to just wait for a good ole longnose to turn up... but that's the fun I guess. It should be good as you can find whatever ratio VLSD shortnose for a few hundred bucks. Took the kit down to a wrecker mate and thank god the your American Q45 diff is the same as our R200's R32/33/34 so the kit will fit, but am having real trouble getting a stub/axle solution. Todd at Wolf Creek says that a standard 5 hole longnose R200 stub will fit into his axles, but they need to be the right stubs to make a VLSD work... and that's the problem. I've got some 1986 300zx turbo axles here, not too sure if they are part of the solution, maybe I should go shortnose R180... arrrgh any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks in advance fellas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I'm looking for the same solution. I've been told custom is the only way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surpip Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 There are numerous solutions available form Modern Motorsports and Tecno Toy Tuning, just a matter of how much power your putting down and how much your willing to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Pretty sure I've read of people swapping the CV cages from shaft to shaft. You might be able to take your VLSD stub axle and cage end and put it on a shaft that has the right outer cage and bolt pattern. Two usable CV shafts from four. But I think that the spline count on the shaft still might be a problem, or the type of CV joint, and it would probably still be too long and bind somewhere near the bottom of the suspension travel. Something to explore though. Another option that I don't see much is to just cut up four shafts in the middle, to the desired lengths, than re-weld them with the proper CV ends where you want them. It's failry crude and might be expensive but seems like it would work. A collar or sleeve press fit to both cut ends and welded around the new seam should give more strength than the shaft itself. I'm sure that I saw someone on this forum sleeve the length of a complete shaft to make it stronger for drag racing. Just shrink the concept down to bond two shaft ends together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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