rclough, where are you located? I'm very interested in grabbing the arms off you, I have flared guards on my 1600 and the increased track would enable smaller or no spacer plates. Also cam I bolt my R31 rear discs onto these arms out of curiosity?
Sam. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rclough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:27 PM Subject: Re: what diff in r30 skyline hatch? > 1984 Manual Hatchback MR30' Skylines with rear disks used 4.1 R180's. Auto > MR30's would have been fitted with 3.9 R180's. The diff and the > driveshafts from either bolt into the the 1600 (But note my last para > below). > > If you like a bit of work to get big, beefy, rear disc brakes, the MR/HR30 > trailing arms (with the big discs) bolt on to the 1600 cross member giving a > slightly wider track. The real work starts where you have to use a > coil/shocker unit to replace the separate 1600 spring and shocker, or insert > a 1600 spring holder in the Skyline trailing arm and lower the shocker > mounting point on the trailing arms - big engineering jobs. These days its > easier to use R31 disc conversions on the 1600 trailing arms. > > HR30's (not originally sold in Aus but they now exist here.) have the same > R180 diffs but are fitted with CV type driveshafts that have 6 bolt outer > flanges at the axle, so they need to be altered if you are using the 1600 > trailing arms. I have only studied one HR30 (the original Skyline turbo) - > a low Kms import fitted with a 6 cyl L20A Turbo. I got my 1600SSS a bolt > in (no floor cutting) 5 speed gearbox from it and I scored the rear trailing > arms just for interest - (still have them if anyone is interested). I > assume the beefier rear driveshafts were to cope with the bigger power. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuey Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:12 PM > Subject: what diff in r30 skyline hatch? > > > > > > hey there listers, i have a guy who has offered me a radiator from his > r30, > > and i was wondering what diff is in the 84 r30 hatchback skylines, and if > > its an r180, can i use the shafts from the skyline to put into my 1600, or > > do i have to use the standard r160 1600 shafts......???? > > > > > > > > > > > --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.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
