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Re: Rear end

To: sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Rear end
From: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:31:05 -0700
This string has piqued my curiosity on the subject. Has anyone done an 
independent rear
suspension conversion on a Roadster - or even something really sexy like 
inboard disc
brakes? Just wonderin'...

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA


sidney raper wrote:

> Gerardo,
>
> The 1500 uses a weaker rear end with 3.899 gears as I recall.  The later
> rear design is stronger and the 2000 came with 3.70 gears.  At least one
> owner has put Roadster disc brakes on the rear (no parking brake) while
> another has modified an RX7 solid axle with disc brakes to fit into a
> Roadster.
>
> Sidney Raper
> 1964 1500
> 1967 SRL311 00060
> 1967 SRL311 00076
> Jacksonville Florida
> http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>
> >From: "Gerardo Magana" <gmagana@softcom.net>
> >Reply-To: "Gerardo Magana" <gmagana@softcom.net>
> >To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Rear end
> >Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:24:30 -0700
> >
> >Does anyone know if the gearing for the rear end is different in a 1500 vs
> >a
> >2000, also would like to know if it's so whether someone had one they can
> >give
> >away or sell at a reasonable cost. I am looking at putting a VG30DETT in my
> >1500, still haven't worked out the final measurements but looking. Also
> >have
> >any of you made any disc brake conversions to the rear axle??
> >Gerardo Magana
> >67.5 Solex 2000
> >64 1500 soon to be 3000!!
> >
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