NC: 2.9X posi IRS pumpking donor/halfshaft q?

[Pat Ford]

Previously, you (Ross Corrigan) wrote:
> I know this is NC but I'm just amazed at some feedback/backgrounds members
> can relate back so here goes. (plus I know theirs several owners of
> possible donors on these lists)
> 
> A fella from Detroit called me up this eve. on a net tip from a friend that
> I'd checked out swapping a 'vette posi into a Datsun Z car.  Neat to hear
> his name when he intro'd as I knew it immediately as a fella that had a
> gorgeous older Z in Hotrod a year ago April or May as an import w/ domestic
> muscle feature.  Anyhow, we were trying to figure out how one could
> fabricate 'telescoping' halfshaft for such a swap (he thought I'd solved
> this but it hadn't even occurred to me yet).  Vette's (I'm not v. familiar
> w/ their setup) have fixed length halfshafts and our Z's all have
> compressible telescoping  halfshafts and he hasn't been able to find a shop
> that has a clue on fabricating anything similar.

how about a fwd half shaft most have a double offset joint on the inboard
end. put one of those on either end of a shaft??

>  I've got nil
> exposure to other makes etc but thought some BMW's or Mercedes (or any
> other) might have feasible donor diff's for this swap as well??  Basically
> he's looking for an ~8.25" or larger ring gear posi pumpkin w/ low ratios
> (~3 or even less).  He said the viper ratio is 3.07, no ideer if other

Thats aroud the same as a subaru


> ratios were available?  Dana 60 'vette units only go down to 3.07 and he's
> at 3.15 know so that's not much gain for him but he's still interested in
> that step if it's all that's available.
> 

> 
> PS he runs high 10's in the 1/4 in street trim w/ A/C and a fully insulated
> booming slick car that weighs in at 2600lbs wet w/ no driver that also sees
> track roadracing several times a year.  A seriously cool ride I hope to see
> in person some day.  Just trying to spread the fun .
> 
> Ross Corrigan  /  Vancouver, Canada 
> 
>  '80 327ZX   IZCC#255, Edmonton Z-car Club #44, British Columbia ZCR        
> Life's a journey, not a destination.. Enjoy the pitstops and maximize the
> straights
> 
> mailto:zxv at istar.ca     *New ICQ # 11549358
> http://home.iSTAR.ca/~zxv/index.shtml
> http://207.212.212.139/~corrigan/gearheads/pics/wheels/sirbg.jpg    where a
> Z belongs

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