2 Part Question

[paulmac]

doing a manual conversion in the mr30's would i need to change the tail shaft?? and the other question is what clutches are compatible? as i got a qoute from grand auto and they said a grand for everything except i'll prob need to get my own clutch just doing some research to find out whats the best for it $$

cheers paul

[blue_leaf]

Not sure about a tailshaft, but any clutch for an L6 engine (L20,L24,L26,L28) would fit - you can get one from the wreckers from 280ZX, R30, 280C and many other cars - just take you time picking the one in best condition

[Ghostrider]

Paul,

The best of XXEDDY clutches will cost you about $600/700.00 and they make them to handle 3 & 400 rwhp for 280ZXT's, but they are 240mm and to use that size you will need a 260Z 2 + 2 or 280ZX flywheel.

Everything else will be the same as R30.

But if your looking a fairly big HP at the wheels and your going to use one of the top range clutches, you might want to consider a VL Dunnydore slave cylinder, as they are 22mm (7/8) as opposed to the R30's 19mm (3/4)

More fluid, less pedal pressure on big pressure diaphrams?

Cheers, D

[Ghostrider]

Sorry!

Tailshaft I'm not sure about, but if you have a dimension on the Auto one I'll measure the manual spare I have and we all will know in the future.

As for gearboxes, there is less hassles staying with R30 boxes than any others. L20ET boxes have lower 1st, 2nd & 3rd gears than L24E, but have a higher 5th, so I use L20ET boxes for now, but have L24E, RB20DET & a US spec BW T5 for future maybe.

Cheers, D

[paulmac]

yeah cheers for the advice but the car was written off on saturday morning

Cheers Paul