qwik240z Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Hey Dave!! seems we took over this 280zx thread. Anyways. I agree 100% with MAS280' date=' the JTR Trans member will work. Mike Knell is on top of his game(talked to him this week). John will give you a refund. Also do me a favor and let me know the length of your drive shaft, say the length of the tube. The reason I'm asking is my drive shaft was about 6 inches short. John knows about this. I figure I bought my kit in January, sooo the problem has been corrected by the time you got yours. I looked at the shaft for 2 weeks, with no time to escape from work and Drive Line services picking up a customers shaft. I had them take mine and lengthen it. John knows this and offered to compinsate. My Z is at the Muffler shop right now, and I will have it back on monday. Soooo if it takes me till then to get back to you on length. I will and I will add to the JOEY PICS post on the exhaust and my throttle cable! JOEY[/quote'] I wanted to move this to a new thread as we did indeed hijack that other thread. (sorry) The measurements for the driveshaft provided by John at JCI with my LS1 stuff is as follows: 27 1/2" overall length from end of slip yoke to end of pinion mount adapter. 20 3/4" from center of U joint to center of U joint. I also measured the distance from the end of the trans. tailshaft to the Diff. mount and it measures 24 7/8". The slip yoke has a 3 1/2" neck on it so that leaves approx. 1" for forward/rear movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1 Z Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Your cool Dave! My original shaft was about 4-5 inches short. What is up with your trans crossmember? Thought about the JTR route? Or I wonder what John's will look like? JOEY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwik240z Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 Your cool Dave! My original shaft was about 4-5 inches short. What is up with your trans crossmember? Thought about the JTR route? Or I wonder what John's will look like? JOEY Joey, Yes. I have thought about the JTR crossmember and know that it will work with my car. But I really like the design of the JCI crossmember. I particularly like the way it mounts to the frame rails. By mounting it this way, it ties the frame rails together side to side and should add to the structural rigidity of the unibody. I know that John is working on the 240Z crossmember and hopefully it will be ready soon. If not, I will probably use the JTR unit. I still have 3 more weeks before my computer and wiring harness are ready so I do have time but I really don't want to pull the motor back out until I know how everything bolts up. The plan is to pull the motor back out and paint engine compartment, run the fuel lines, and then reinstall the motor. So I am waiting. But I am getting the rest of the stuff together. Like the exhaust manifolds and the trans cooler, air intake, etc. I really don't like this being on hold for so long. I found out that the one John sent wasn't right on June 7th so almost 2 months is a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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