smokehouse_83

Well I did alittle more research and found that Nissan's 33 spline is the same diameter as Toyota's 30 spline and there are really no options for cromo axles. Also looking around for Toyota steer axles and people want stupid money for them and they still need aftermarket birfs. I can get a Dana 60/14 bolt out of a Chebby for cheaper then a set of Toy axles, but then the week link is def gonna move up to the tcase and tranny's. Really thinkin about pullin the L28 out and stickin the Vh45 and auto tranny I have here and going for the 500 dollar adapter and an Atlas tcase. Gonna have to chop the frame and firewall and pull the brake master out and do a custom firewall for the fugger though. But then I know it will be build right and have plenty of power.

Two offset output tcase's would be kinda funky. Rough stuff makes a nice housing for the H233 diff and with Dana 50 knuckles and 35 spline inner blanks cut down to 33 spline would make a sweet front axle. Probably still be around 3k to build though.

I did some measuring and the rear shaft would be 10 or 12 inches long which is doable and with a 720 tcase and low cog truck I could use a normal u joint shaft. A H233 Frontier/Xterra/Pathfinder rear is around 300 bucks shipped, I will weld the spider gears on it and they come with stock 33 spline shafts=never break it with 37's. I imagine I can find a 720 tcase for a few hundred. A fj80 front axle is 400-800 will use a stock elocker and long field shafts=never break it with 37's. A toy truck steering pump and IFS steering box will be a few hundred. I have the engine, tranny's, link material, heim joints, ect. Most expensive part of the build will be rims and tires. So yes it will be a extremely cheap build. Guessing less them 4 or 5k. I will buy a few spare tranny's, 4 speeds are a dime a dozen and extra 720 teases. Dudes are doing double tranny's with Toy W56 tranny's which I would guess are on par with these datsun units.

Gonna extend the wheelbase a few inches but still gonna be a short rear shaft. No different from jeep guys, they do all the time. Also yes I have a rebuilt L28 and 4speed out of a Z. Kinda a throw together cheap build here guys. Planning on using a 33 spline pathfinder/xterra rear and would love to build a h233 front with super duty knuckles for the front, but probably end up with a toy 8" front. I plan on keeping it low on 37's or maybe 40's if I can get the 9" front built. The dual tranny's give me a lot of gearing options that's why I like the idea, I was planning on using some plate steel and making a cradle that goes from trans mount to trans mount and attaches to the second tranny at the lower bolts of the front bearing support since the bell housing is gone.

They are both 4 speeds. I thought about using a d21 trans and tcase but the header is gonna be in the way for the drivers drop tcase. Sooo it's either dual tranny's and a 720 tcase(cheap) or a Samuai tcase with 5 or 6:1 gear set(expensive). I am just worried the trans might not be up to the task. I could use a 2wd d21 trans and the 720 tcase I guess if I run into durability issues, heard those are tough. But are the inputs the same as the 280/620 tranny's?

Decided to turn my 620 into a 4wd/rock crawler and instead of aftermarket gears for the tcase I have decided to do dual transmissions since the input and outputs are the same I can use a cut down slip yoke to connect them. My question is how strong are these suckers? Is the second tranny gonna be able the handle the torque from the L28? Yep I put a L28 in the 620 and no don't try it unless you are building a off road rig where it don't matter. Front trans is a 280z unit and the rear trans is from the 79 KC. Also do later hardbody and frontier tranny's have the same spline and diameter input shafts by chance?

Not trying to sell them. I have a guy that wants them. I thought they were stock rims till I pulled them out of the shed and noticed the shank lug nut deal. Then I got to looking and saw the one cap and started researching them to make sure I wasnt gonna get screwed if they are worth a bunch.

I have a set of 14x7 Japanese Appliance Slot mags that came with a Z I bought and I am wondering what the things are worth? I am guessing they are Appliance because they came with one Appliance center cap and use a shank lug nut. They Say X Japan 8002-# 14x7. Does anyone know what they are worth or where I can sell them?

Wow. I tried to drop the 5.0 in there and it ain't fitting without cutting out the firewall and I don't want to do that. Changed up plans and ordered a Laine kit to put the 5.0/t5 in my 280z. Gonna sell the vh45 and probably put a stroker 2.3 ford in the 620 when I'm done with the 280.

The kit I bought has the 5 bolt l16 flywheel though. I would have to buy another flywheel and a motor. Would be alot cheaper to build a turbo system with a small instant response turbo and it would add alot more then 20hp.

ready for lots of boost on pump gas then LOL.

I used a Kennedy adapter to mount the L16 up to the bus trans in my bug. I thought the L16 with a ported L20 head/ cam/ header would make more power though. Thing is gutless, but I had an adapter welded to the intake and have a motorcraft 2150 carb on it so I will probably throw a turbo on it at some point since the carbs are great for blowthrough. If you PM me your phone number I will text ya some pics. With the truck I am trying to get the front end/brakes figured out to hold the power. Rear is gonna be a disc braked Explorer 8.8/caltracks though so I think with either 720 or 300zx calipers it should be ok. My real issue is I need coilovers in the front that are atleast single adjustable. I could buy the Beebani uppers and coilover kit and do that style coilovers, but them bitches are 400 buck$$$. What if I stuck the coilover on the upper a arm like a early mustang? I probably should do a s10 or ranger, but I have a 620 and I think they are the best lookin mini truck out there and it will be very unique.

Its getting a small block Ford and a 70mm turbo, should be around 500-600hp. I was gonna stick a vh45 that I have into it, but it looks like a bad fit for the truck. So the VH is going in my 280z in the fall and the 5.0 is going into the 620 now. Gonna build a little drag truck with some 8.5/235 tires. Thinkin about GSXR carbs for the vh45. The L motor out of the truck came out and went into my baja bug.

Rim choices for drag racing, pretty limited when it comes to large spaced wheels studs. I have thought about fabricating A arms and using mustang knuckles and struts since I have a mustang sitting here that I took the engine out of for the truck, gives you alot of option for drag oriented shocks and wheels. I think i want to leave it as close to bolt on as possible for class racing though. So maybe just modifiy the stock upper control arms so a coilover will fit through them, seems tight though.

I have a 79 so its ball joint. I was thinking if the 280z control arms would bolt up I could have better brake and rim options as well as be able to use a rack. I could fab up some strut mounts and get rid of the upper control arms. The torsions are already gone and I am looking for options for front suspension.