We never had any trouble with axles or gears in the race car, but that was
"only" 180-200 hp. And Dennis (Peters) was a pretty smooth driver. If you beat
on it enough, it will break - trust me!
The 200SX axles are bigger, same as the trucks. 30mm diameter x 29 teeth, vs.
24mm x 23 teeth.
As to clutches, I've never had any problems with the stock unit even with fairly
modified engines, but I'd use an aftermarket one in a race car.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Vicki Burrows
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:58 PM
> To: Patrick J. Horne
> Cc: Andrew Murphy; bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com; ambradley@yahoo.com;
> datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Race car or street car?
>
>
> Regarding the whole LSD thing (not the drug mind you), did any solid
> axial 200sx's
> come with a LSD as an option? Also, any input as to improvements in
> strength or
> anything with the 200sx diffs? Are the axials stronger? I know that
> they can be
> swapped to add the rear discs (I think they have to be cut, right?). How much
> power can the stock Roadster axials and diff take? Also, any feedback on
> different clutch pressure plates and discs would be appreciated... looking for
> good street clutch that can put the power down.
> Greg
>
> "Patrick J. Horne" wrote:
>
> > Andrew,
> >
> > As I understand it the geometry of the ring and pinion has to be quite
> > accurate and each ring/pinion/carrier is slightly different. Iven if you
> > just change the bearings on the pinion you generally need to reshim
> > things, so changing to a different set of gears will probably throw things
> > off even farther. I had to shim one ring/pinion set years ago and it took
> > a fair amount of patience and trial and error, but it is not rocket
> > science, just time consuming. You also need to purchase more shims than
> > you need so you will have what you need on hand when you start!
> >
> > Peace,
> > Pat
> >
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> > Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor, Future planner
> > CS Dept, University of Texas, Austin, Tx. 78712 USA
> > voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885, horne@cs.utexas.edu
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Andrew Murphy wrote:
> >
> > > This was the question I put out to my tech buddies: If I purchased a posi
> > > spool could I just drop it into my 3.7 diff and away I go?
> Answers came back
> > > about having to install shims for backlash and other things like the fact
> > > that the offset on the spool varies and that some can modified
> with spacers.
> > > As far as I can tell, it's not as easy as just dropping a posi spool into
> > > your diff.
> > >
> > > I had originally thought a 3.7 LSD would be great as I could get my
> > > positraction without having to deal with high RPMS at freeway
> speed. Perhaps
> > > a 3.9 LSD would be the way to go.
> > >
> > > Andrew Murphy
> > > SoCalROC
> > >
> > >
> > > From: "Brian Hollands" <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com>
> > > Reply-To: "Brian Hollands" <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com>
> > > To: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@yahoo.com>
> > > CC: "Datsun Roadster Mailing list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > > Subject: RE: Race car or street car?
> > > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:00:58 -0500
> > >
> > > The diff and the ring and pinion are different parts. You can put a 3.90
> > > ring and pinion onto a limited slip diff. I currently have one with 4.38
> > > gears and am looking for a 4.11 instead. The 3.90s are readily available
> > > used as are the 4.38's. If you want to find out what 4.38's are
> like on the
> > > highway, just leave it in 4th gear (assuming you've got a 5 spd). The
> > > overall ratio with 4.38's in 5th gear is 3.72 - almost exactly
> the same as a
> > > stock 2000 in 4th.
> > > Brian '69 2000
> > > Tampa, FL
> > > http://web.tampabay.rr.com/oilleak/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Adam Bradley [mailto:ambradley@yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:42 PM
> > > To: Brian Hollands; Andrew Murphy
> > > Cc: Datsun Roadster Mailing list
> > > Subject: RE: Race car or street car?
> > >
> > > Was there a 3.9 LSD? (1600 is 3.9) Would that be a good compromise?
> > >
> > > --- Brian Hollands <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com> wrote:
> > > > Sounds like you need two roadsters
> > > >
> > > > Brian '69 2000
> > > > Tampa, FL
> > > > http://web.tampabay.rr.com/oilleak/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Andrew
> > > > Murphy
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:14 PM
> > > > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: Race car or street car?
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