Initial Z Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Sorry if this is a dumb question... Say you get a front clip or a Silvia or Skyline and you want to swap all the goodies into a Z, how do you deal with the transmission shift positions? Woulden’t they be all backwards sense it came out of a right hand drive car? Wouldent you be shifting from right to left? Well thanks all, Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Maudlin Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 The Nissans all shift from 1 on left to 5 on right. Yes, you are sitting on the opposite side, but the tranny does not know that. The only thing I had to put backward in my 280Z with Silvia engine was the gear shift had to be put in backward because it sat so far back. That only meant that instead of 1st being all the way forward and 2nd being close to the center, 1st was close to center and 2nd was farther back. The only reason I had to turn the gear shift lever around was that my engine sits so far back. If I had mounted it 1.5"s farther forward, I wouldn't have had to make that change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Initial Z Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Ok thanks thats good to know. Another thing I was thinking about was; is there any problems with the cluch pedel being on the otherside? Is it just a matter of rerouting some hidrolic lines? how dose that work? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Sorry if this is a dumb question... Say you get a front clip or a Silvia or Skyline and you want to swap all the goodies into a Z' date=' how do you deal with the transmission shift positions? Woulden’t they be all backwards sense it came out of a right hand drive car? Wouldent you be shifting from right to left?Well thanks all, Nate[/quote'] Not trying to flame. When thinking about such a question think of how cost effective it would be to make a RHD and a LHD version versus making one transmission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I'm so right handed I can't even scratch my &$$ with my left! I can't imagine piloting a Fairlady, or any right hand drive with a stick, though I'm sure watching me would be worth a few laughs. I entered in a contest for a right drive Silva. If I win, I'll sell it to you. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240Z_Master Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Sorry if this is a dumb question... Say you get a front clip or a Silvia or Skyline and you want to swap all the goodies into a Z' date=' how do you deal with the transmission shift positions? Woulden’t they be all backwards sense it came out of a right hand drive car? Wouldent you be shifting from right to left?Well thanks all, Nate[/quote'] I think it's almost all universal to have the 1st gear in top left to be honest. Even though people drive on the wrong side of the road or what not, I think it's still common sense to not have manufacturers or companies change the shifting pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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