Arse End Conversion

[NUT515]

Ok guys I need help. I've got a r32 gts t making some serious hp. Nothing has broken so far touch wood in the are end department (wheel spin is my friend) but I want toupgrade and fix the problem before something does break, ie at power cruise. I have a crashed r33 I was wondering will that whole rear cradle bolt into the back of a 32 or wat can I change to upgrade this using both cradles. I doubt want suggestions of going to a full 9" conversion I want to utilize the materials I have available to me . Any feedback would be appreciated

Cheers

[GTR260]

Gtr diff & axles?? Not shure if they will bolt into ur cradle but will b plenty strong enough

[GTSBoy]

I'm not sure if I understand what you want to achieve. The R33 rear cradle is only slightly better than the R32 one. It's not the cradle so much that is better, it is the suspension arms that are slightly better. But many many R33 cradles sit off to one side of the centreline of the car. I'd want to know that any R33 cradle I was aiming to retro into an R32 was not going to bring that problem with it.

I tore out the HICAS cradle in my R32 and replaced it with a non-HICAS one from a Cefiro. That fixes one big problem with Skyline rear ends. I replaced the VLSD with a helical centre. That fixed another. The R200 diffs are pretty strong. You have to be making massive power to do too much damage to them, and there are plenty of aftermarket centres avaialble with any amount of lockedness anyway.

[NUT515]

Ok I prob didn't explain it real well my bad.

Instead of pulling my actual cradle out all together is there anything from the 33 rear end which I can put across into the 32 to toughen it up

I've thought of going the gtr option as I know they ar a lot stronger but was trying to use wat I had available first

Im pushing 800 at the rears so power isn't a problem. My mate said he has only had dramas with the half shafts not being up to the task in his 32

[GTSBoy]

R33 shafts and CVs are the same as 32. Diff is the same. Nothing is stronger between the two. They're all old enough now that you'll never know the complete history of any of tehm, so it's a lottery as to which will break and which will not.

[WMDC35]

800 at the wheels niether be much different, with that much power no point skimping on the rear end

Edited July 21, 2012 by WMDC35

[KiwiRS4T]

I have a GTR LSD and half shafts (and gearbox) in my Stagea to handle the extra grunt from my RB30 conversion. Didn't change the cradle.

[NUT515]

I wont be skimping on it just can't afford it right now before powercruise.

Thanks for the advice on the mode u did I will def keep that option in mind