nah. I put a call into the police to report it stolen. I didnt fill them in on the details of the in-laws selling it though. My wife didn't want me starting any more grief. And according to my wife she cant get ahold of them. I dont know if she's pulling my leg or if they're really just not taking her calls. I found it kind of suspect that we had to find out from my wifes sister who found out from her mom. Her grandparents are usually pretty straightforward and dont like to rely on others to get a message relayed.

 

DOH! If he ever tries to register it, he's in for a rude awakening.

 

Thats why I'm hoping its a friend of theirs

 

Well I went down to look at a BW T5 today and was quoted a price of $200 if I wanted to buy it. It wasn't a BW, or a T5 or even a 280zx tranny. I am pretty sure it was a for a ford. What is it with some people...trying to play me...I have over 500 post now, I am smarter now







Right guys?

 

Did you figure out what kind of tranny it was?

 

I really don't know but the tag on it looked similar to the one I had in my '88 Ranger. It didn't look like ANY of the pics I have seen of Z manual trannys.

 

The 280ZXT Borg-Warner T5 doesn't look like the 280ZX NA tranny. The T5 should look like this:

 

There are some major differences between the 'Nissan/Datsun' T5 tranny and the 'Domestic' T5's used in Mustangs, Chevy's, Jeeps and numerous other US cars.

- The input shaft is shorter and has only 25 splines
- The Bellhousing is specific to the L6 (obviously)
- It's a NON-World Class (low torque) tranny - commonly referred to as NWC
- Significantly different gear ratios than domestic T5's

Here's a link to all 265 versions of the T5 that were sold to the public along with their corresponding tag #'s and the make/model car they came in:

http://www.kamikazeracing.org/dl/ZTech/BorgWarnerT5.txt

Pretty much the only thing interchangeable without modification is the shifter.

Several people on HybridZ have had World Class T5 housings converted by shortening the input shaft, converting to a 26 Ford spline count and replacing the gears with GForce hardened gear sets. Typical build runs into the $2500 range...

The good news is you can run a hi-po Ford T5 clutch with the 26 spline input shaft. WAY cheaper and WAY stronger than the Nissan T5 clutch.

 

Do all o the 2+2's have the R200? I have the diffs from two parts cars, 1 coupe with a manufacture date of 3/79 and a 2+2 that was a md of ?/82. Just by looking they look alike.

Is there a reason to stay away from the VLSD? I saw a few on the 'bay from S13's. Could they be swapped into a 2+2?

 

A viscous is good for street driving and can be okay in racing. The drawback is that they dont respond as quickly as disc units. Some are susceptible to heat as well. Drifting for example can create a lot of heat in a differential which can start to break down the fluid.

 

I see. That must be the reason for the $500 average difference in price. Hopefully the '88 Z31 I just bought for the wife has an LSD I can trade her for.

 

If it's a turbo, it has lsd... no turbo = no lsd.

 

No turbo...

 

so i would amagine that the 5.0 mustang T5 BW is the most desirable what would one need to swap this into a Z?