emeraldlion Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Love following your progress Sunny. I don't think I will ever need this level of rear end, but it's good to know that someone is paving the way and documenting it well. Want you to know after bolting up my 9" th350 with your driveshaft everything runs like a champ. No vibrations and driveshaft fit perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sq_creations Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Needs more cowbell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Love following your progress Sunny. I don't think I will ever need this level of rear end, but it's good to know that someone is paving the way and documenting it well. Want you to know after bolting up my 9" th350 with your driveshaft everything runs like a champ. No vibrations and driveshaft fit perfect. Good to hear! I Have a steel one for sale thats the right length for an lsx conversion! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy from Oz Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) Just make sure you have clearance between the universal and the heads of the bolts securing the front mount to the transmission tunnel. I have a jurid coupling and it's very close as the pinion shaft is 25mm off-centre. (edit) Ignore the mounts, they were a first design attempt and long since discarded. The photo is to highlight the tight clearance. Edited December 14, 2012 by Boy from Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01vincer6 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Your going to need to "reinforce" that front diff mount. I will have you a pic this weekend of my progress hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 I also wanted to state that I'm almost in the black as far as selling things off the IRS goes. I've sold both axles, one knuckle, the rotors, and a tie rod, and I'm only $150 in the hole. Even if I don't sell anything else, $150 for a cobra pumpkin is pretty damn good! Hopefully once the rest of my R200/ 280z stuff sells, I'll be ordering the backing plates, strut tubes, axles, and driveshaft. If I play my cards right, I'll only be into this whole conversion for about $3-400. Granted, I had a lot of money in other stuff in the rear to begin with, so I wouldn't count on anyone being able to replicate this exact setup for the same price. I'll post a spreadsheet when I get it all squared away to tell the true cost. However, if you do your shopping, it could easily be just as "cheap" as an R230 swap and billet things, with a better outcome, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Almost done with the rear mount / brace. I started by squaring everything up, and cutting a piece of angle iron to tie the tops together. Welded those, then I again checked everything to make sure it hadnt crept, and welded on the a arm mounts. Next I cut the bottom brace apart. I then mounted it on the cover again to check clearances, and built some gussets for the inside of the uprights. Welded those in. After that, I found some tubing and cut it to length, squared, and burned all that in. Finally i took some angle iron and braced the outsides of the uprights. This is where the pictures show the progress, as I kinda did all that at once. There is still some more that I need to do, but its coming along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighttool Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) Make me a set too. Edited December 18, 2012 by wrighttool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Free if picked up from my house-not free if I have to pack and ship it.2002 explorer 3.55 open with less than 4 k miles.pm for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighttool Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) ford diff=diff 002.jpg=002.jpgFree if picked up from my house-not free if I have to pack and ship it.2002 explorer 3.55 open with less than 4 k miles.pm for info I can pick it up on Friday.. ish maybe Saturday. Edited December 18, 2012 by wrighttool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 make me a set too I do have a spare set of uprights, and time to build it. Money talks FWIW, I have about 4-5 hours of time in this one, could probably do the next in a little more than half that, now that the "engineering" is done. This baby is solid though, definitely not worried about any flex. I dressed it up a bit more, though I didn't get any pictures yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 So that's it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Don't worry about it, Jon, next year somebody will re-make Josey's simple design in shiny billet and it will sell for a thousand bucks, and work almost just as well ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I hope it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 1/2 of the front mount... The other half will be built later - I ran out of time. Plus, then it will all be installed and fit in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01vincer6 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Still working on mine. Hope I get some more time soon cause its looking pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) Little update: Just placed my order with Techno Toy Tuning for the backing plates, and strut tubes. Edited January 5, 2013 by SUNNY Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Got out to the garage for a bit today, finally. I managed to finish up the front mount (other than welding it, and trimming down some of the fat) Like I said, all i need to do is weld it up, and we should be good to go. Still playing with the pinion angle a little bit, not that it matters as much as with a live axle, but I HATE vibrations, so I'll be sure to keep it as close to 0 as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tube80z Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 The one thing you'll want to add if you haven't already taken it into account is a pinion snubber. The ears will not hold the front of the diff from lifting and will eventually break on a V8 car. Just a piece of square across the top with a basic rubber block should be good enough. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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