Mike C Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 While searching for other sources for an r200 LSD I came across this page. http://www.purenissan.com/r200_front_lsd.htm At $449 it is the cheapest new LSD I've found. I emailed them for more info and will post it when I receive it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted July 18, 2002 Author Share Posted July 18, 2002 Anyhow, This is what Calmini had to say: Mike- CALMINI does not offer any parts for the Z cars. All parts that we sell must be tested in the vehicle it is being used for. I am sorry that we could not help you with your search. If you have any further questions, please call the sales office. Thank you for your interest in the CALMINI Nissan line. Best Regards Sales Department CALMINI Products Mfg. www.CALMINI.com Sales Office 800-345-3305 I still think I am going to follow up on this further. I called Reider Racing this morning and spoke to them about the difference in the front r200 in the Frontier with the Z rear. He believed it was 12mm ring gear bolt and it used a different type of stub axle retention involving a bolt but thought it would probably work in the rear since those aren't needed. The Frontier was also a 29 spline unit. Any Nissan factory trained techs out their who could help with this? I just called Calmini and they said they were not available "At this time, 8-12 weeks." I am assuming that this is the same Super Brute diff by Precision Gear. I'm going to email Calmini again and find out if they will tell me who the supplier is so hopefully I can contact them directly. I have now found out the manufacturer is Tochigi-Fuji Industrial Ltd and here is a link to some of the (really cool) products they make: http://www.marklines.com/en/presen/tochigifuji.jsp I cannot find their home page to contact them, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dp351zcar Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 What is it with marklines, when you click details it wants a password. I thought that when advertising a product you wanted people to find out all they could about it. Maybe I am missing something besides my brain and not clueing in to what I should be. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CU Zcar Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 "This is the factory stuff!" -off the Calmini page, specifically http://www.purenissan.com/r200_front_lsd.htm also http://www.purenissan.com/d21_front_lsd.htm Both say "fit front R200" Correct me if I'm wrong, but that should mean we can get LSD's out of Frontiers and Xterras if we were to find one of them in a salvage yard, eh? [edit: hmm I suppose if Nissan is selling the diffs alone they probably don't come stock. ho-hum.] Guess there's not many of them in salvage yards yet, but it's another to look for... BTW just noticed that Courtesy Nissan lists that same Calmini differential on their website for Frontiers, at the same price. Another edit: TOCHIGI FUJI AMERICA MANUFACTURING, INC 2223 Woodbridge Blvd., Bowling Green,OH 43402 U.S.A. or TOCHIGI FUJI U.S.A., INC 3250 West Big Beaver Rd.,Suite 333,Troy,MI 48084 U.S.A. got from http://www.tfsk.co.jp/comp/company-p5.html It's not a website but perhaps one may be able to contact them via snail-mail at least. Also found the Michigan address on SAE.org's website. Apparently they're not concerned though with allowing the masses to contact them easily electronically, but I doubt they can do business on a scale small enough for us to buy into anyways. If I even have the right company! No, not another edit! Here's their Japanese homepage: http://www.tfsk.co.jp/first.html and phone/fax: Phone (248) 649-3933 Fax (248) 649-3955 from http://www.yy007.com/car/tuvwxyz.htm also found another confirmation of that phone# and the MI address together on yet another page. I'm bored, can anyone tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted July 19, 2002 Author Share Posted July 19, 2002 I don't know what's up with the markline page, but it's obviously not put up by the manufacturer. I am encouraged by the research I have done so far and I may actually suck it up and buy one when they are available. I'll try to cross ref the manufacturers part # for the Calmini Frontier front with the rear piece from Reider when they are finally available. I am more encouraged as time goes by that these two diffs may be the same. Fingers are crossed as $449 seems a fair price relative to everything else out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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