GUYS I have the ultimate 200B a SSS 2 door coupe complete except for dash and motor IT has bigger front Jap brakes and IRS with a R160 4:1 diff and on casual inspection not much different to a 510 anyone interested its on the backburner as a long term project Peter Steven Harney wrote: > >If I'm not mistaken the early 200b's had rear independant suspension, > the > >late ones had live axle. I dunno if anything is needed, or even > > >available for the rear of a 200b. > > Thats right although you would be lucky to find a 200b independent rear end > in any thing but poor conditdion. > > >Rear brakes on a 200B, one word, dunno. On a independant end 200B a r30 > >skyline rear disc conversion might fit with the same mods as a 1600 > >(articlein the pipeline from elsewhere on the list). A live axle >200b, > >maybe bluebird TRX rear discs/calipers. You will need to look >around at > >the wreckers and see what you can transfer. Again the >engineers might > >have already seen and can recomend a particular avenue >to go on. > > For the rear the best conversion that I have seen is the trx bluebird diff. > you should be able to get a series I or series II for < $200 ( I paid $80 > and $120 for my last 2 diffs disc to disc). if you uses the series I tail > shaft you can have a bolt on rear disc conversion ( not counting the master > cyliner). If you also grab the sway bar and lower links ( the bits that the > sway bar bolt to ) you have a rear sway bar as well. also note that this > will push the rear wheels out about 10-15mm, I had to lip my guards to fit > the 200b sx mags under. the series 3 is a lot stronger although I am unsure > if it will bolt in. and will cost $300+, and I have only blown 2 s2 bbird > diffs in the last 2-3 years. > > As for conversions the 200b tends to be a little easier with the larger > engine bay and the cross member towards the back of the car. I have a z18 > in mine. I used the standard 200b gear box crossmember and the 200b engine > mounts redrilled & swapped left right. The fj is just as easy using the fj > engine mounts it will bolt to the 200b cross member. > > Steve. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
