cletus Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Yeah that would be fine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.craw4d Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Here’s a pic of the diff stub shaft with a 5 bolt set up. I’ll machine it off. Weld a new flange on and machine it to suit the 4 bolt axil. Will also machine a spigot to suit the axils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.craw4d Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Thanks again. Just checking before I do it. It’s for a customer at work. He’s put a Lexus v8 into an early celica and upgraded to a skyline lsd unit. Should do a good skid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Would it not be a possibility to get CVs from a Nissan that the cups fit the Toyota half shaft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.craw4d Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) 55 minutes ago, kyteler said: Would it not be a possibility to get CVs from a Nissan that the cups fit the Toyota half shaft? ???? It’s Toyota driveshaft and axils getting mated to the Nissan diff. Are you meaning if that Toyota inner cv was replaced with the correct 5 bolt Nissan unit that happened to also fit the Toyota spline on the axil? Or combine a Nissan outer cv shell with Toyota cv guts? Could be possible but we also need to narrow up the diff as much as we can. Nissan is about 80mm wider than the stock Toyota. Also not mine to do the required research and the work asked above is all easy to do. Stock Toyota on left, Nissan on right. Edited November 2, 2020 by a.craw4d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Either option but I was specifically thinking of the Toyota guts inside a Nissan. Given you (or whoever) have to modify the length of the shafts then I would have thought up sized and custom shafts may be a better option given the power increase being sufficient to up rate the diff, not upsizing the half shafts seems a bit.. Odd. Ditto for up rating the drive shaft with bigger ujs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.craw4d Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Ah yep I see where you’re coming from. I’d imagine the half shafts and cv’s will be fine, if anything the driveshaft and uj’s might want to corkscrew. It’s a street car so won’t get a real hiding. Or should I recommend he runs supercats, linglongs or equivalent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I mean... That would be a great way to save the drive train any pain but it will also be a fantastic way to kill him really quickly. Haha 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kseries.rookie Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 If I brought a car that was stolen and recovered and then de registered from insurance company - would they have removed the VIN plate off the firewall? Engine, chassis and plate number etc match up so i don't think it's too much of a dodgy situation but if that a major if it's missing for the re vin process or do they create a new one anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 They just need to be able to identify it and will put a new one on They were happy to revin one of my bikes, even though it had the vin removed and the frame number ground off as there was enough info there to identify it through the police. insurance wouldnt have removed the vin or anything when dereg, just the plates. Thieves could have done anything 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Quick question on safety hoops. Do two piece tailshafts need just one next the gearbox or two including an extra one near the centre bearing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 They need two. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transom Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 2 - one just behind gearbox uni one just behind centre bearing uni - at least that’s what I had to do on my hilux with 2 piece rear shaft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Thanks, gents. I was in town and popped my head into the cert guy's office and got the lowdown and he confirms it. His note was that if the uni is before the center bearing than it only needs one. A 66 chev has it after so no biggy. Two it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 @cletus what's the story with cert prices going up? I would have almost expected them to decrease due to NZTA funding deal and abolishment of cert plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, ajg193 said: @cletus what's the story with cert prices going up? I would have almost expected them to decrease due to NZTA funding deal and abolishment of cert plates How would that make sense when the work that was there prior still exists, the medium its presented on has changed and the work required to be put on the medium is greater? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Financial compensation for dealing with utter morons. Seeing some of the shit Clint has to deal with makes my brain itch. 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Work required to put on the medium would be reduced, wouldn't it? You don't need to write any data to the tag. And assuming there is a decent computer system in place it should be pretty simple for the cert guy to put the data into the database Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Also, I'm not asking/saying this stuff as an attack on the LVVTA, I'm just genuinely interested in the reasons behind what is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 There was going to be a much larger increase which would have been unaffordable. The NZTA deal took care of most of it but there was still a shortfall which is covered by the increase The cost part that certifiers pay is pretty much $200, next year it will be $250 It sounds like there will be a few things to lighten the blow a bit though, the new system instead of plates will make things a lot easier, and the CCM will probably be free to download 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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