Remove the solenoids at the front and do the usual with the PS pump.

 

THEN, jack up the rear of the car, undo the boot clamps at either end of the HICAS rack, slacken the locknuts and wind the stroke stoppers out on either end so they are touching the inner balljoints. Re-tighten the lock nuts and you've saved yourself some dosh :D

 

Not tried this yet but I will be doing - there's plenty of thread on the stroke stoppers and they're not under any load....

need pics

See this link and the following page :)

 

http://300zx-twinturbo.com/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=st&dir=&config=&refresh=&direction=forward&scale=0&cycle=off&slide=51&design=default&total=98

looks very interesting !

So this would rely on all the arms being in tip top condition?! surly it cant be as good as an eliminator bar?

All an eliminator bar does is stops the arms moving, which is exactly what the above does. The only disadvantage is no weight saving but who cares about 5kg.... The balljoints will still have to be in perfect condition too, nothing can get around that....

i can vouch for this, done it my self last year and shes still as solid as ever;)

how much of a job would it be to fit an NA subrframe to a tt, what sort of price wold one be loking at

how much of a job would it be to fit an NA subrframe to a tt, what sort of price wold one be loking at

 

Its a pretty big job, but not particulaly expensive if you can do it yourself.

 

Im in the middle of doing this with mine. Just finishing stripping the NA subframe which Im getting shotblasted and powercoated then fully polybushed.

 

You will need basically everything that is attached to the rear subframe when you remove it from the car :

- All the arms (or not needed if fitting adjustable arms)

- NA Differential

- NA driveshafts

- Rear propshaft (or fit a one piece lightweight propshaft)

 

You will also need to disconnect the front hicas pipes from the pump and loop it back into the resevoir or fit a NA pump and pas pot.

 

If your competent with Home mechanics and your way around the zed then its a job you and a mate could do yourself in a day or two. The subframes and parts all pretty hefty though so its heavy work. A garage would probably want a few hundred quid labour I would imagine.

 

No idea what you might pay for the parts tbh perhaps a couple of hundred I expect.

 

The benefits are No hicas, 50kg less weight and a 4.08 rear gear ratio meaning significant acceleration improvements (you will limit top speed to about 165...but it will get there quicker!).

 

The NA rear driveshafts are not as robust as the TT versions, but unless you intend to use it for Drag racing all day long with 500+ rwhp I would'nt worry about it.

didnt realise about the the acceleration benefits, i basically thought of getting rid of the silly hicas rear end, all those bushes and sophsticated arms and pumps and so on

 

may delve further into this

 

cheers dave