240zip Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 We ended up going with John Coffey's R180 STi conversion. Suspension components were powdercoated, hardware was bead blasted and then zinc plated. Energy Suspension bushings were used. All bearings / seals were replaced. Half shafts were rebuilt and balanced. We went with Tokico Illumina 5-way struts and 200 lbs/in linear rate springs in back. The R180 installation was simple with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonball89 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 That's some great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitz17 Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Absolutely beautiful, can't wait until my round of flanges are done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240Z_Master Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Absolutely beautiful, can't wait until my round of flanges are done! I personally just used Datsun Maxima (1st gen) round flanges and it bolted right up to my 240Z! No need to pay for expensive pieces and I'm running R180 with CV's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcheeze36 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I personally just used Datsun Maxima (1st gen) round flanges and it bolted right up to my 240Z! No need to pay for expensive pieces and I'm running R180 with CV's But are you running an R180 from a Subaru STI? That's why the custom side axles from JohnC or modded STI axles (like Nizzan's thread) are used in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240Z_Master Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 But are you running an R180 from a Subaru STI? That's why the custom side axles from JohnC or modded STI axles (like Nizzan's thread) are used in this case. Negative... didn't know which flanges you were talking about (inboard vs outboard)... I can't seem to remember what spline count the R180 STI ones are... but that's neither here nor there in this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcheeze36 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Negative... didn't know which flanges you were talking about (inboard vs outboard)... I can't seem to remember what spline count the R180 STI ones are... but that's neither here nor there in this thread STIs are 27 spline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240Z_Master Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 STIs are 27 spline. Yeah I read that afterwards... thanks for the followup... to bad my R180 is a 25 Nissan spline.. but the good news is I can hopefully just drop in a Nissan competition LSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOMES1030 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 What trans are u running? Are your shifts really short with the 3.90. Also what rpms are u running in 5th gear at about 65mph. And it look great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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