Wilson_WWSC Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Hi, my car is currently a chevy v8 327, 1973 240z. The conversion was done in the late 70's, and it looks nothing like the JTR conversion. The motor is mounted on the wheels as opposed to the JTR way, all the way at the firewall. It also has a turbo 350 tranny. I want to do a JTR conversion, and i was wondering what i need to do to the tranny/drive shaft to move the motor back with the JTR kit. Do i need a new tail housing/ other things, or can i just cut the driveshaft, and move the tranny back, and weld the shaft back on? Thanks, Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Search first before asking............. also get the JTR manual. Welcome to the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 I beleive what you have a scarb conversion. What you will need to do the conversion to the JTR specs is to the get the whole JTR kit minus the radiater and possibly the headers, you won't be able to tell if your hedders will fit until the drivetrain is repositioned into it's new location. As far as the drive shaft is concerned, you will have to take it to a driveshaft shop to shorten it. The orientation of the input yoke will need to be precession welded and balanced, or else you'll have a nasty vibration. Each driveshaft shop has it's own proceedure on how to measure the new length required for the driveshaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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