SXDevelopments 180SX (SXD180)

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Originally Posted by ka-titties

i'm dying laughing about you putting the wheel bearing on backwards. i've done it before too when my mind wanders as i'm assembling things.

Yes it was a looong day that one lol

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Pulled the brakes out and gave them a good cleanup ready to fit back onto the car once the suspension is together.


Pulled the old bearings and hubs off the front spindles to replace them with fresh bearing that I'd installed nismo longer studs in already.


All went back together nicley.


Dust cap tapped back on with a hammer.


All the rear arms reinstalled with the new solid bushes and ikeya formula lcas.


Its going to take some mucking about to get this all setup right for the camber settings I want with as little bump steer as possible.


Took the rear diff out on my own. This was a test of coordination operating the jack with one leg and trying not to drop the diff on my head at the same time lol.


I dropped it off at the diff shop to get the nismo 1.5 way center swapped into this S14 housing with broken center I'd sourced previously. I'd had it blasted at the time but it'd since got some surface rust because i'd not coated it in anything.


Quick trip to supercheap.


and some bodge masking :P


Dug out my billet extended diff hat from storage and set about installing all the bits onto it. I'd bought some new nissan nuts for the two studs on the back also.


As a note this is the incorrect way around to install the baffle plate. It fouls on the crown wheel in this direction. The only photo I'd found had it installed this direction. I was dumb enough to gasket goo the entire thing before a test fit to work this out.


Freshly installed in its new home.


Squish.


Happy with how it looks as far as diffs go! Should be slightly kinder to the diff with more oil to share the heat load too hopefully.


Going to have to run a line up the back somewhere for the breather.


Also picked up these handly little extensions. So I can bump out the length of the LCA and not extend the rear shafts to their extremes. On a side note this will also make it much easier to swap out drive shafts


For the record the diff hat will actually bolt up with the baffle plate installed the right way around


Cups hammered back into position.



More soon!

[Riq]

I'm curious what made you go with Spl and Ikeya Formula arms instead of the Wisefab or GK Tech arms and drop knuckle set? Personally I'm looking at going with the GK Tech set as the Wisefab claims to be built for an 1100kg car so I'm a little iffy on it's durability.

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Originally Posted by Riq

I'm curious what made you go with Spl and Ikeya Formula arms instead of the Wisefab or GK Tech arms and drop knuckle set? Personally I'm looking at going with the GK Tech set as the Wisefab claims to be built for an 1100kg car so I'm a little iffy on it's durability.

I'm not a huge fan of wisefab every time I've looked at their stuff its been very drift orientated. I also bought GKTech arms pre buy cause I liked the design of them. I was pretty disappointing with the execution of the design when they showed up so I on sold them.

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Collection of bits and pieces I needed powder coated.


Interim option while my gearbox mount is away.


Was really happy with the obvious care that was taken to ensure everything turned up without being molested by one another.


Nice and neat and should be rust free for many yeas to come now


Its actually quite metallic just doesn't show up well in pictures.


Back at home.


More soon!

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Photobucket offered a non commercial option for bloggers/forums at $99 a year for unlimited third party sharing so the rest of the build thread links are all working again now for those interested in looking back through!

[PrimeDirective]

This build is the best! Thanks for continuing to update. Can't wait to see some pictures of the finished product.

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The finished product has seemed so far away for so long. Starting to see light at the end of the tunnel now.

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@sxd180 on insta. Should have some more regular updates on here catching up on old stuff first.

[eagleeyes221]

It took me a week to read through all 25 pages at work in my free time. It was definitely worth the read. This build gives me inspiration to step my game up on my build as well as ideas on how to do things differently in a more compact way. I liked your idea for the jack points as the rails on the S chassis aren't exactly the strongest after almost 30 years now. After seeing how long your build has been going on i don't really feel so bad that i have been building my car for almost 5 years now, glad to see that you are nearing the end of the build process and i cannot wait to see some videos of this ripping around on track.

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Originally Posted by eagleeyes221

It took me a week to read through all 25 pages at work in my free time. It was definitely worth the read. This build gives me inspiration to step my game up on my build as well as ideas on how to do things differently in a more compact way. I liked your idea for the jack points as the rails on the S chassis aren't exactly the strongest after almost 30 years now. After seeing how long your build has been going on i don't really feel so bad that i have been building my car for almost 5 years now, glad to see that you are nearing the end of the build process and i cannot wait to see some videos of this ripping around on track.

Thanks bud glad you enjoyed it
Maybe some vids of ripping up mountain passes also? :P

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