James Z31 Engine Blueprinting

[85_Z31]

Made up a JIG today for setting up fitment of the secondary pipes for my manifold setup

I'm pretty sure with some more imagination and tweaking i can make this work

I'm pretty sure i can make it work, if not i can still have unequal length's and still have some pretty sweet headers.

[southerndatsun]

that some sweet headers there james.I need some at a later date.had a look at thet vg33 down here it was rooted had a mount smashed of block.

[85_Z31]

Headers are on hold a wee bit While I'm back to fixing one of my 2 broken diffs . I just seem to have bad luck with these things.

However I stripped down my 3.54 R200 and discovered that the shim stock spacer i made to get the correct preload had actually torn away, this increased preload to the point it made bad sounds.


Good news is that it was my fault and the Gear Set itself is actually in good condition, Ordered 3 new bearings from Wilson Bro's and I can start fitting that back up.


Does anybody want to swap some 12mm Ring Gear for either :

10mm bolts + a set of already spacer tubes to suit 12mm holes or
12mm ring gear bolts that had the threaded part macihined down and re threaded on a screw cutting lathe

Going to make sure I'm ready for Southern Cruise with bells on.

[sr1600]

Are you arfter the standard r200 bolts, i tapped all mine out to m10x1.25 for the newschool rear cover so they are redundant now.

Best thing is with the new skool cover on there it fits between the boot crossmember that is notched normally in the 1600..........win

[85_Z31]

Are you arfter the standard r200 bolts, i tapped all mine out to m10x1.25 for the newschool rear cover so they are redundant now.

Best thing is with the new skool cover on there it fits between the boot crossmember that is notched normally in the 1600..........win

Ah I should have worded my post properly, I am after 12mm Ring Gear Bolts. I too tapped out my rear cover to M10 and have done a few for other people too.

[Datto_610]

James smashed out some work on his adjustable kit today ill let him explain it in detail. But got some photos!

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[85_Z31]

wasn't happy with first cross member attempt

so i found a proven design for a much better kit and started to smash it out !

just need to make up the rest of the plates and get it tig welded !

[85_Z31]

After doing so much on Greg's Adjustable Cross member i gave mine a fairly good going over today.
Toe Adjsuters


Reinforcement Plates to beef up the origional brackets






Just have to get it Tig welded, then off for another Round of NDT Crack testing to keep it all 100% legit.

[DJZ]

This is that one I was telling you about the other night:

[Datto_610]

Those ones do toe and camber all in one don't they?? I was looking into that as well they look quite good but would need a bit of modding to fit a Z31 Xmember Id say??