Comparing Australian R31 With This Model

[teng]

Something's been bugging me for a while. I have a stock ECR33 LSD (center) at my shed which is from a R200 Casing. I know it's a longshot to ask, but will it fit into this R31 R200 Longnose Diff Case? I think the answer is no right?

Edited June 29, 2010 by teng

[JezR31]

I think my diff is open as well. Will need a LSD option fitted when my project starts. Hard to find one nowadays. Don't know if mine's 25 or 28 spline axle's. Maybe the Australian Silhouette version will fit. I heard it has 28 spline axles.

Have you got the Borg Warner (aus) or H190 (import)?

I think centers are only interchangeable withing the same length diffs

[shanec86]

The engine cover looks like all our RB30 motors, i.e. single cam RB Motor (not a CA). All RB Engined cars in Australia (both GM Holden and Nissan) were EFI (i.e. RB30E).

The Interior shots look like a Series 1 R31 Skyline.

Almost all R31s in Australia had solid (live) rear axle. Only the HR31 (i.e. rare 2 door) had Independant Rear Suspension.

I think i already saw it answered, but there were carby RB30's which are from the Nissan Patrols

Interior shot is standard import interior. Import Seats + trim, double din, cable driven cluster, complete black dash just to name a few

All Australian R31's had a 'solid' borgwarner rear axle. Most imports had IRS although not all, there were some with a H180/H190 solid rear axle, specifically on the lower spec cars and the Passage wagons.

Mind you, there is only one Aussie Skyline, it's a bit of a pig except for the Gibson cars S1 & S2 GTS's compared to previous and later models.

SVD, not gibson

I think my diff is open as well. Will need a LSD option fitted when my project starts. Hard to find one nowadays. Don't know if mine's 25 or 28 spline axle's. Maybe the Australian Silhouette version will fit. I heard it has 28 spline axles.

If you have a solid rear axle it will be either 25 or 28 spline. In australia ALL R31 skylines had 28 spline, and the R31 pintara had 25 spline axles (these were CA20 powered)

Something's been bugging me for a while. I have a stock ECR33 LSD (center) at my shed which is from a R200 Casing. I know it's a longshot to ask, but will it fit into this R31 R200 Longnose Diff Case? I think the answer is no right?

No, R33 are Short nose R200's. R31's have long nose the gearsets between the two which i had were not interchangable (edit: wrote short twice)

Edited June 30, 2010 by shanet

[teng]

Understood. Thanks for clearing up the doubts.

[Ghostrider]

SVD, not gibson

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I wonder who SVD was???????

[old dude]

SVD was Gibson motor sport

[shanec86]

SVD was not owned by gibson motorsport. They built the original prototype SVD cars (exa GP, visous vectors, GTS R31's) for Fred Gibson

SVD was started by Paul Beringer who was the enginer and designer and Howard Marsden who was product development/Nissan motor sport

[Ghostrider]

I might be wrong, but I have been led to believe that Gibson Motorsport were the builders of both the R31 GTS vehicles that carried SVD decals.

If this is correct your being pedantic, splitting hairs so to speak.

D

[shanec86]

All R31's started out life as standard GX's off the production line in Clayton, they were then shipped off to Nissan SVD in Dandenong where they were then hand produced to be the GTS's we know.

Howard employed Fred Gibson to look after Nissan Motorsport. He ended up buying it out for which was known as Gibson Motorsport. Fred was over in Japan a lot and learned about what they had been doing with the engines over there. Some of his input went towards ideas for the GTS's and it was up to Paul and Howard to design the car to comply with the Australian Rules at the time.

Out of all the people i work with now, we are the Nissan Brains trust. It is guarantee'd we know more about Nissan, than Nissan. hahaha

(We have ex-Nissan employees working here) + we are part of the Nissan Historic race team.

[mastadd]

Not all SVD's were Gx's

[shanec86]

really?, because GOD said they were all listed on the FAST system as a GX before they were transfered

[shanec86]

lol well i meant to write all GTS2's started out as gx / gxe and silo as GTS1. as per Nissan Master file database

How did i know you were going to say that haha

[mastadd]

lol well i meant to write all GTS2's started out as gx / gxe and silo as GTS1. as per Nissan Master file database

How did i know you were going to say that haha

ahhh poor gts1's the forgotten GTS