Jump to content
SAU Community

Reenginered suspension/steering for DR30

DR30RULES
 Share

Recommended Posts

Ghostrider Grand Master

Ghostrider

Posted
Posted

Why is everyone so hell bent on changing something that works fairly well as it is?

The semi trailing arms don't cause massive camber problems and if they did SWR can do a conversion for about $800.00 to make the rear camber adjustable. It's a sliding rose joint affair in the trailing arm, as it's been explained to me.

Remember when doing these conversions, if you have any aspirations on competing the car in anything, even club events, off standard & fabricated modifications, engineered or not, you end up in a sports sedans type class against just about anything that goes.

As for rack & pinion Vs steering box, why not just overhall the steering box? Take the slack out of the box and all the ball joints and arms and the stock R30 steering isn't all that bad. Doesn't give the feedback the R & P does, but it is still a fairly good system.

I think the dollars would be better spent somewhere else. JMHO

DR30RULES Enthusiast

DR30RULES

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Why is everyone so hell bent on changing something that works fairly well as it is?

The semi trailing arms don't cause massive camber problems and if they did SWR can do a conversion for about $800.00 to make the rear camber adjustable. It's a sliding rose joint affair in the trailing arm, as it's been explained to me.

Remember when doing these conversions, if you have any aspirations on competing the car in anything, even club events, off standard & fabricated modifications, engineered or not, you end up in a sports sedans type class against just about anything that goes.

As for rack & pinion Vs steering box, why not just overhall the steering box? Take the slack out of the box and all the ball joints and arms and the stock R30 steering isn't all that bad. Doesn't give the feedback the R & P does, but it is still a fairly good system.

I think the dollars would be better spent somewhere else. JMHO

I hear what your saying regarding the rear end. Probably more trouble than it is worth.

One the the reasons that I am still very keen on the steering rack is that Nissan no longer sell the internal worm drive components for the steering box, so can't really properly overhaul the box.

Could you get the worm drive parts custom machined? If so where, and would it really be better value than doing a rack conversion and getting better feedback? (although someone has said I may lose some turning circle if I do the rack conversion)

Thank you Ghostrider for your feedback.

Cheers

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 2 months later...
discopotato03 Grand Master

discopotato03

Posted
Posted

Dennis the issue is finding new bits for R30 power steering boxes , when I had my DR30 I could not find rebuild parts anywhere . All the 2nd hand steering boxes were no better than mine .

I think you have two choices with R30's , you either find an alternative steering box or convert to power assisted rack and pinion steering .

The racers had non std quadrants and worms to make for faster steering so to speak .

Basically the steering and suspension issues are what made me sell that DR30 because the fixes were uneconomic . Easier to buy a car with multilink all round and five stud hubs and four piston calipers std etc etc .

You know what my R33 drives like , its no E36 M3 but closer to it than an R30/31 .

We differ because you like the classic and I like the tecnology , I just cant afford the best there is out there .

Must share an ale sometime , cheers A .

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • sunsetR33
      Blue/grey smoke after idle

      By sunsetR33 · Posted

      Can't you put the pistons to TDC and then do the valve seals? Or will the drop down too far to pull them back up?
    • sunsetR33
      Replacing turbo water line - any recommendations or advice?

      By sunsetR33 · Posted

      One thing I can tell you is, do it properly the first time. If you encounter unexpected problems just let the car sit for a week or two if you have to get some other parts or figure stuff out.  I'd have said go and use as many OEM parts as possible but since you want to change the turbo later on a custom kit is probably the better choice. Since I have no experience with RB25 just compare parts diagrams and images before buying a line kit and it should be easy to see if it has everything you need. Amayama has very good parts diagrams and part number lists, that is what I used a bunch to figure out what I might need. And don't forget to plan ahead and possibly renew other stuff that's easy to get to while you're in there doing the turbo lines. Happy wrenching
    • sunsetR33
      Unpeeling the Orange

      By sunsetR33 · Posted

      Update 4:   Hi all, good news. Engine is running and all the gaskets and seals seem to be working as intended. No leaks so far, even the JB Weld seems to hold. I flushed out the old coolant a few times and put in fresh coolant, not Nissan stuff, I decided to try the Ravenol Protect FL22, they claim it works for a wide variety of JDM cars and the opinions on it by some people were pretty good. And it has the nice poison green color! And man am I glad I bought a coolant system tester earlier this year, vacuum filling works wonders on this engine. I can definitely recommend this to anyone still doing it the old school way. All you need is compressed air supply. Will have to do a small test drive as soon as I can, I removed the gauge cluster again as the tacho needle was still bouncing around a bit but it was much better than before already.  I also found some cracks on all 4 tires inner and outer sidewalls. Apparently these tires should 't be parked on for extended periods or be kept under 0 degrees during storage, which I did not know. Clearly the previous owner didn't look into those details either, he probably bought them just cause they are cool semi-slicks. I'm just wondering how tf I am supposed to reach 30-80 degree tire temperatures on the public road consistenly, these tires were never going to work for my use case. I'll probably order Continental SportContact7 ones as these are the best allround summer tire available right now and I don't think I'll need anything crazier for now. Do let me know if you have experience with various tires and which ones you recommend.
    • sunsetR33
      Unpeeling the Orange

      By sunsetR33 · Posted

      You have no idea how many goddamn boxes I received these past three months haha Most have been put to use by now though, luckily
    • sunsetR33
      Unpeeling the Orange

      By sunsetR33 · Posted

      Not going to pretend I didn't do a bit of junky work this time around, but mostly due to the fact that some things I am not willing to spend days fixing right now, like wiring. I try to do most things properly the first time around.
×
×
  • Create New...