Newman's E30/Skyline swap thread

[Iain]

^^ sure are. Can't wait to install the set I've got :)

[Farbin Kaiber]

I know a guy that makes Ti/CF Driveshafts...

And, question. Top speed on toadstool? Mods?

[Iain]

Seriously, for driveshafts maybe look into grafting a Nissan R200 LSD from a Skyline/Silvia under there? They're light, the CVs won't break and it should be easy to get someone over there to graft the BMW hub splines onto the Nissan shaft.

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In a very light, turbo 4cyl car you might find a Subaru R160 with an STi RA plated centre would do you and save a bit of weight. The plated STi RA R160s aren't too hard to find (I can put you in touch with people with plated R160s and 180s through my Subaru contacts) and the 160s don't cost too much. The 180s are fucking expensive, though. Personally, for the money people want for them I reckon converting your car to run on happy clouds, content rainbows and sparkles would be easier and cheaper.

This is a good link for anyone wanting more info about the R200 diff conversion, what R diffs are what, shafts and more.

http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=114798

This will help give people a better idea of the Nissan/Subaru R diffs in long & short-nose...

R32 GT-R is much like the diff on the far left, apparently.

[jonmon6691]

Holy shit, your attention to detail is impressive! I'm sure you've already answered this but what do you do for a living? I would guess mechanical engineer but I thought I'd ask anyway...

[Farbin Kaiber]

He created pedobear.

[E30Kaiser]

He created pedobear.

Dude must be a billionaire.

[nickflic3]

Holy shit, your attention to detail is impressive! I'm sure you've already answered this but what do you do for a living? I would guess mechanical engineer but I thought I'd ask anyway...

You guessed right...

http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/bio.html

[newman]

Seriously, for driveshafts maybe look into grafting a Nissan R200 LSD from a Skyline/Silvia under there? They're light, the CVs won't break and it should be easy to get someone over there to graft the BMW hub splines onto the Nissan shaft.

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Yeah... I have a feeling the M3 4.10 is not long for this world... I'll look into diff swaps once it dies... I'm just eager to get it rolling for now...

[newman]

NO FUCKS GIVEN
03/03/10 - Rear trim

[newman]

stripes!
03/06/10 - Front speakers and carpet

[kronus]

Are you going to be dynamatting anything? It's going to be loud as hell inside there ;)

[newman]

SO HOOD

03/07/10 - Hood

[newman]

Are you going to be dynamatting anything? It's going to be loud as hell inside there ;)

loud? yes.
dynamat? no!


NO FUCKS GIVEN...

speaking of which... printing another shift knob...

[Jparkr]

The CF on the dash looks kinda cheap, shitty and out of place.


Thought about a similar textured vinyl or even ABS plastic to make it more seamless?

[newman]

It's better than the gaping hole behind it. It'd be a real cocksucker to really try and do much else over the hole, there...

However, I used cheap ass double sided tape, i'm going to replace it with 3m foam tape to have it fit a little tighter...