SamboD21
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Gday all
Well the old ute has had a tough life. Even tougher in the last 2 years as it has seen some pretty serious off road work. Its finally had enough, blew the front crank seal this arvo. Time for some work on it.
Ive been looking into getting into some very serious wheeling, naturally this needs serious flex. IFS doesnt cut it anymore. Ive looked at newer rigs with live front axle, but I love the D21 shape. So I decided to SAS it.
Started to look for info, decided on using GQ diffs (may have to shorten them) because they are easy to bulletproof and cheap to get bits for.
I have a vn v6 and t700 auto sitting in the shed. Do I use them with a patrol transfer? Or do I turbo/rebuild the Z24 and flip the front diff so the centre lines up on the correct side?
Using the V6/auto setup will be awesome for power and torque. But both need a rebuild. I will also have to buy a patrol transfer to mate to the auto, so that will also cost money.
If going the turbo/rebuild Z24 route, which turbo/manifold setup would work on it? Is there a bolt on manifold? Will the manifold from the 1800cc motor nissan put in the 180sx fit?
I know what I want to do, but it will take a while, as money is tight here. Either way, its gonna end up taking some time.
Suggestions? What would you do?
Well the old ute has had a tough life. Even tougher in the last 2 years as it has seen some pretty serious off road work. Its finally had enough, blew the front crank seal this arvo. Time for some work on it.
Ive been looking into getting into some very serious wheeling, naturally this needs serious flex. IFS doesnt cut it anymore. Ive looked at newer rigs with live front axle, but I love the D21 shape. So I decided to SAS it.
Started to look for info, decided on using GQ diffs (may have to shorten them) because they are easy to bulletproof and cheap to get bits for.
I have a vn v6 and t700 auto sitting in the shed. Do I use them with a patrol transfer? Or do I turbo/rebuild the Z24 and flip the front diff so the centre lines up on the correct side?
Using the V6/auto setup will be awesome for power and torque. But both need a rebuild. I will also have to buy a patrol transfer to mate to the auto, so that will also cost money.
If going the turbo/rebuild Z24 route, which turbo/manifold setup would work on it? Is there a bolt on manifold? Will the manifold from the 1800cc motor nissan put in the 180sx fit?
I know what I want to do, but it will take a while, as money is tight here. Either way, its gonna end up taking some time.
Suggestions? What would you do?