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hay dan here new to all this im looking at doing a 2 wheel drive manual conversion on my s1 stagea using R33 box and flywheel and make a 1pc tail shaft.

exedy cushion button clutch

remove and modify front diff and drive shaffs to suit 2wd and mod plate so drive in 4wd auto and drive out 2wd and 5 speed.

is $5000 to much to pay??

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hay dan here new to all this im looking at doing a 2 wheel drive manual conversion on my s1 stagea using R33 box and flywheel and make a 1pc tail shaft.

exedy cushion button clutch

remove and modify front diff and drive shaffs to suit 2wd and mod plate so drive in 4wd auto and drive out 2wd and 5 speed.

is $5000 to much to pay??

I'm no expert, but why wouldn't you just sell your car and start with a Stagea RS, and just do a manual conversion on that? saves all the reverse engineering...

*edit* Actually, thinking about it: it's waaaaay easier to find brake and suspension components for the RSFOUR, and I believe the RWD cars were all S2(?), so it may be better the way you're thinking...

hay dan here new to all this im looking at doing a 2 wheel drive manual conversion on my s1 stagea using R33 box and flywheel and make a 1pc tail shaft.

exedy cushion button clutch

remove and modify front diff and drive shaffs to suit 2wd and mod plate so drive in 4wd auto and drive out 2wd and 5 speed.

is $5000 to much to pay??

I could do it for less but thats a fair price for what you want. I would not use a 1pc tailshaft.

$5000 is a very fair price

My AWD manual conversion cost me $3000 in parts with r33 gtr box only costing $800 and s/hand manual console (very rare to find) $650 and clutch $850.

Your conversion

R33/R34 manual box $1200-1500

New Console approx $1000

New clutch $500

Clutch pedal, brake pedal, hand brake and all the bolts etc needed $500-700

Does not leave too much for all the labour to do the conversion and the sump mods.

um, apart from the car feeding power away from the driving wheels when they lose traction?

not much i suppose....

just sell it for a 2wd version. manual will be much easier to fit and you wont be draging the extra 200kgs that you dont need around with you.

Anyway the tailshaft would hit the floor when your suspension compresses this would be worse if our car is lowered.

How would that occur when the diff is attached to the subframe? if we were talking a live axle car,that might occur,but not in an IRS nissan.

the only movement the driveline has to deal with is engine twist and a little vibration.

Justin...

um, apart from the car feeding power away from the driving wheels when they lose traction?

weeeell....not if you pull the 4wd fuse as well

......

personally I don't see why cvs are a problem unless something else is stuffed. cv boots should last 50-80k, and cvs joints themselves for the life of the car

How would that occur when the diff is attached to the subframe? if we were talking a live axle car,that might occur,but not in an IRS nissan.

the only movement the driveline has to deal with is engine twist and a little vibration.

Justin...

i thought the same thing when i read it

good luck with the conversion if you go ahead with it!

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