Nat, Another good reason to do it is you have parasidic drive train loss on a lowered car through uni movement. Read Terry's comment on the drive shaft angles.
One thing I want to look into is the extension limiters on normal shafts. ie if they bump stops are removed does this limit wheel travel? If it does then hard launched on hipo cars would compound the breakage problem. Cheers Trev On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 10:22, nat P. wrote: > Has anybody done the CV conversion????? Why? WHERE? > WHO? how??? How much?? > > IS it worth it? > > > > > > --- Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Balancing half shafts is not a big deal but > > lightening them - that's > > interesting, so is the combination of 180B shafts > > and a R180 (may be the > > diff housing was sourced from a 240Z) I'd give them > > to Cam for an hour or > > two, we'd soon find out how good they are. You > > mentioned swapping the shafts > > around on a lowered 1600 - can't say I'd recommend > > doing this but lowered > > 1600's do put a lot more strain on the rear drive > > train especially if you > > run a diff with side axles, trunnion type seems to > > cope with a lot more > > deflection (I think that's the correct term) The > > problem is that a pair of > > unis don't like running more than about 15 degrees > > out of the horizontal > > plain - same problem immerged in the early days with > > gearbox conversions and > > the tailshaft unis until we all got wise about it, > > fortunately CV rear ends > > don't suffer the same fate. > > > > regards > > Terry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Rob P > > Sent: Friday, 14 February 2003 12:43 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Half shafts > > > > > > Just to add strength to your argument Terry, there > > was a guy selling what he > > said was a R180 4.1 LSD > > (clutch pack type) with LIGHTENED and balanced > > halfshafts ( which from a > > 180B SSS if I remember correctly) . > > So thats saying something about the L4 shafts if you > > can take material off > > them and they still don't break. > > This was in Perth a few months ago, came out of a > > 1600 that he had smashed > > the front of and was selling the bits. > > I procrastinated about buying it and missed out. > > The whole setup sold for $1200 to another guy called > > Rob. > > If you're out there mate, I think you got a good > > deal, ENJOY! > > > > Rob P > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:18 PM > > Subject: RE: Half shafts??? HELP!! URGENT!! > > > > > > > $64K question - This has been a contentious issue > > for as long as there has > > > been IRS Dattos, I've seen augments between > > friends nearly turn ugly when > > > this subject arises over a few beers. In theory > > you'd expect Mr Nissan to > > > fit stronger shafts under the L6 cars than the L4, > > but in practice I've > > > never seen anything to suggest this to be the > > case. R160 diffs will > > > generally grenade before the axles even with a > > turbo under the bonnet > > and/or > > > sticky tyres, stick in a R180 or R200 diff and a > > hypo L4 doesn't seem to > > > break either very often. With R180/R200 the torque > > produced by a turbo > > does > > > snap shafts when you least expect it - have a look > > at some of Cam's > > efforts > > > on his website. > > > > > > TR > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of nat P. > > > Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2003 11:07 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Half shafts??? HELP!! URGENT!! > > > > > > > > > Thanks Terry. > > > Are there any stronger ones? > > > Cheers NAT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > NAT, > > > > > > > > Bolt on flanges at both ends are off a 4 cyl > > Datto > > > > that has a R160 diff > > > > standard eg 1600, 180B or 200BSSS. > > > > > > > > regards > > > > Terry > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Behalf Of nat P. > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 11:01 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Half shafts??? HELP!! URGENT!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Morning all!! > > > > I've got the half shafts in my car which are the > > > > bolt > > > > on on both sides, and I need to get new uni > > joints, > > > > does anyone remember what these come off, cos I > > cant > > > > remember!!!!! OR are they all the same? > > > > Cheers NAT > > > > > > > > http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! 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