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17th March 2011, 09:36 PM
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Personal note again,if you mod the sump add wings to the side's to add capacity lost through shortening and if you intend hard driving/track use baffles are essential to stop the oil splashing around too much as it will cause problems in the breather system and removing the guts of the pcv valve helps,use a catch tank with a filter.
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17th March 2011, 09:58 PM
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Yeah the skyline sumps steel and ally have quite good baffles as standard. But the GTR pickup i have wont work will the steel sump so will have to a lot of modding to get everything to fit ok. Will have to cut out the steel sump baffles and try and fit the ally ones in. Humm will be fun......
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#3
17th March 2011, 10:13 PM
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Sorry for being a bit nerdy but i know the answer to this one
a standard propshaft uj,s normally accepted working angle is 15 degrees so a propshaft with two joints is normally recommended to work at up to 30 degrees. so your 30mm offset is well within nomally accepted limits. There are specials that allow more angle at extra low revs but then torque starts doing massively strange things and extra large support bearings are needed and then it gets really extra nerdy.. but the simple answer is 30degrees in a car drivetrain is normally acceptable cheers les g seem to remember there is a variable somewhere that the maximum angle decreases as maximum revs increase ,but too throw in a googly i seem to remember that lifespan and rating of a joint is based on a continuous rpm figure Last edited by les g : 17th March 2011 at 10:58 PM.
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#4
18th March 2011, 12:14 PM
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Just rang Bailey Morris and they said anywhere between 3-5 is ideal. So i can lift the engine by another 15mm with no problems. This allows the bell housing to be a little higher and also the sump (will mod it at a later date). This will leave me with 35mm of sump below the chassis rail and that is not too bad.
Next thing i need to do is get the engine sitting parallel to the diff. Anyone have any tips or tricks?
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#5
18th March 2011, 04:52 PM
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Crap installed gearbox mount that promptly dropped 8mm when removed the jack. Dunno what to do now. Shoul I jack the gearbox up to it's intended height the do the engine mounts?
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