donnydatsun Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Any rough idea when u will start making them again will ?? I'm getting antsy!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitsnaugle Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Any rough idea when u will start making them again will ?? I'm getting antsy!!!! x2 ... any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossaNova Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Support you local O'Reilly Auto Parts. Their MasterPro CV axle shaft 60-2112 worked for me. I was excited to see the cv was stamped with the Ford logo. I was even more excited when the "star' slid on the chromoly axles. Your mileage may vary, but I didn't do so well with the Cardone CV axles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnydatsun Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Anything going on with this? Or talk to Will I waited all summer on this gnna buy the techno tuning kit if this is dead ?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 It's dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 NOOOooooooooo ! I was goi to get this seemed like the shit ! What happened? No time ,interest not enough to be bankable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramagedained Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Will just sort of disappeared. About the time of making the last kit(mine, AFAIK) he pulled the motor from the Datsun and threw it in a Volvo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 No he threw the motor in a 4 door e30. Will is fine, family and work has him tied up. He sold his shell to his brother so at least the car is still in the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramagedained Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Ahh. I was trying to remember what it was from the one picture I saw of just the front half of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badjuju Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I was just sitting here going "I wonder what it would take to make an 8.8 diff work in my z." and then noticed this thread. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some reading to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3benz Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Looks like I am about 2 years late to get some custom inner stub axles made.... Would save a few hundred dollars off the DSS ones. $125 plus the stock inners was a deal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrins91 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Dang....just got my first Z and rear and brakes are first on the list. Was all kinds of excited till i got to the end here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) ya i was starting to get exited a bit .... then ........................... maybe some one else will pick up where he left off ... Edited January 23, 2017 by Dan H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladams17 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I have one of Will's kits and was going to sell it a while back. Ended up keeping it and I'm glad I did because it is a great kit. I run a small company that already allows for me to be full time in the shop and I have tossed around with my fabricator the idea of producing more of these kits, exactly like Will's to allow for guys to swap the 8.8 into the S30. I realize there are more options now for guys then when I bought my from Will. I am just testing the waters here but "if" I could produce the exact same kit for around the same price as Will's (1500) in a reasonable timeframe would anyone be interested in purchasing them? PM me or reply on this thread with your thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAFantaZ Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Well. I learned a lesson that not all CVs are the same. I spent the day tearing them both down and on assembly(both CVs themselves greased and back together) find that the stars/axles on the pair that I bought have different splines than the 930 shafts/CVs. They are for an F150 in the correct year range. The CARDONE SELECT 662112(which I'm assuming are what others bought) are re-man'd FoMoCo ones. The SURTRACK FD8023 ones I ended up with obviously are not. Both are on the same RockAuto page when you search the 3L3Z3B436AA number in the pdf from Will. They do still fit into the intrepid hubs. Without taking them apart(at least peeling the boot back) there's no way to tell that there is a difference. Getting the axles that looked like they were $13 cheaper, cost me a whole day and the $100 for the ones I've now cut apart. I also noticed while cleaning up the 8.8 I bought from a junkyard that one of the rubber washer deals is missing from the mount near the pinion. The axles in question: <snip> Apart: <snip> Still fits in the hub: <snip> But, clearly won't work with the 930 axles: <snip> At least having a pipe vise made cutting the axles easy: <snip> I didn't see a reason to take the inboard side apart, I only pulled the boot to see if it would have been worth the trouble. Thank you for posting all this good info. I finally picked up my F150 axles at an O'Reilly's distribution store, and they came out to $55.99 each, part # 60-2112 (remans), but with limited lifetime warranty. $10 core charge each, and $10.99 tax. They have the Ford stamps on them. However, I found an incredible bargain for the Intrepid hubs at RockAuto so ordered from there...$36.51 for two, and that includes $8.99 shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyddn Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Does anyone have a way to get a hold of Will? Maybe he could release the CAD files for the brackets and other parts instead of having to remeasure and copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 @justafantaz You could have called me I have the spreadsheet of the parts info..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z-LS3 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 texix30O can you post up the spreadsheet please. I lost my copy some how... Still waiting patiently for someone to start producing Will's design. I have the Explorer diff and axles but holding off gathering other parts till I can source the custom machined parts that are crucial to making this swap work. It would be nice to have the CAD files so I can have a friend make the parts. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramagedained Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 This one? S30 8.8 Swap Parts List(1).pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlejester Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 A well thought out and made CAD drawing takes time to perfect. Given that Will was selling these, asking to buy the CAD file may be appropriate, asking to be given the file a little less so. If your friend can CAD go out and buy the parts and hand them over. It really isn't hard to make up the appropriate mounting faces and simple brackets if you are used to modeling, finding a shop willing to do a small prototype run affordably is going to be the challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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