Drive Shaft Help

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Hi Guys

Ok i havent touched my stagea in the past few weeks, been to busy with work and family.

But im wanting to get back into getting stuff together for my track car build. Question i have for the stagea specialists is the Re5R05a transmission do they run the same driveshaft yoke as the Re5R05a 350z? main reasoning is i know that the 350z 6 speed and Re5 run the same yoke dimensions, just with the dust boot on the yoke not the gearbox.

My track car is a S13 Silvia with a RB26 running a 350z 6 speed, and i need to get a custom shaft made and finding a yoke is proving hard or expensive. if the stagea RE5R05a matches i can get a whole drive shaft for a fraction of the price and chop that to size.

Any help appreciated guys. i can post a picture of the spline count and look if you might be able to compare.

[scotty nm35]

Not the Stagea one, that's for sure. Our gearbox has a transfer case on the back for the AWD, and a 4 bolt flange not the splined yoke.

That said, I do have a 350z carbon tailshaft here I was keeping to hack up for my manual conversion... You could make me an offer...

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You were the man i was hoping would reply, seem to be the stagea guru around here. What about the RWD vq35 re5r05a stagea's? are they a NZ only model?

Haha they seem to be going to $300 NZD here brand new. so with the conversion rates and the shipping, i dont think it'd be worth while for you.

[scotty nm35]

Ah, yep shipping long articles to NZ is expensive too.

I would be looking at a wrecked V35 for the rwd RE5 box, not sure if the splines are the same. The VQ35 rwd Stagea isn't allowed to be imported here yet, and was fairly rare I believe.

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here's part of my project build. i designed my own adaptor plate and made it myself.

Testing the starter engagement on the flywheel

All bolted up

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Dont mind the messy garage and the old HQ project/storage for parts.

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Thanks for that scotty, i'll have to get my mate to pop out to the wreckers and compare his 350z yoke i think. They's a few of them floating around in NZ, seen a few of them in wreckers as well.

I struggle to see why nissan would produce a different variation of the RWD Re5 though. Searching yahoo jpn i find the odd shaft on there, but the shipping costs out weigh the cost of the product itself and cant find a picture to confirm the spline count.