2.9X posi IRS pumpking donor/halfshaft q?

[C. Brooks]

Contact Six States Distributors. They helped an acquaintance (Note I did not
say friend, I don't have the details on the swap but I did see pics of the
finished project :) put an IRS in the back of a Toyota 4X4.
http://www.gowheels.com/sixstates/  They made a couple miniature driveshafts
with several inches of travel. Depending on the mounting configuration i.e..
U-joint type...  This might work fairly well in your case as well.

Charles Brooks

-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Corrigan <zxv at istar.ca>
To: kv at us.ibm.com <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>; nw-f-body at f-body.org
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Date: Friday, May 28, 1999 5:00 AM
Subject: NC: 2.9X posi IRS pumpking donor/halfshaft q?


>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.  Anyone w/ ideers on this
>one?  He also mentioned that a Viper rear end looked a lot easier to
>transplant d/2 it's OEM dimensions ('vette unit needs narrowing etc he
>said) but he only found one locally available for big bucks.  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
>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.
>
>So any ideas/thoughts at all on the halfshaft fabrication (other donor
>telescoping parts? our Z ones are too weak for him), other donor diffs w/
>any ratios, and lastly any sources for the viper rear's or others suggested
>w/ any ~ costs would be great.  He's not on the 'net so I want to
>accumulate what I can before phoning back etc.
>
>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
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>http://207.212.212.139/~corrigan/gearheads/pics/wheels/sirbg.jpg    where a
>Z belongs
>