Five speed swap technicalities

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S14Magician
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Okay so here's the deal. I've searched here and on several other sites and searches and can't find the answer I'm looking for so I'm looking for a little help. I have a 1995 240sx non-abs and I bought everything that I need for my swap of of an S13 chasiss. My question is this, can I use the S13 drive shaft/propeller shaft depending on what you want to call it.Somebody please give me a straight up answer lol I don't want to get into the middle of this and get stuck. Thank you all in advance


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What swap were you doing?

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He's doing a 5 speed swap. Last I remember the pedals and driveshaft would be different.

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I've read that the clutch pedal needs to be spaced up a bit on one corner and that the propeller shaft is 3/4" short but will still work and it can also be "shimmed" with longer bolts at the differential was just wondering if anyone here has done it

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First off, get an s14 driveshaft. The hole spacer thing is a bad idea because it would have to be balanced and machined to for perfectly centered on the pinion flange. Also there is a much bigger difference than 3/4” from s13 to s14. Also you will have to rather switch bell housings or drill out the s13 bell housing for the crank sensor (or engine speed sensor or whatever its called). As far as the pedal and master cylinder, it shouldnt be much different.

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s13 wont fit in a s14 period the carrier bearing is in different locations so thats a no go i was gonna do it myself but very different

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I found out that the s13 propeller shaft is like 22" shorter than the s14 also that the auto bell housing is muck shorter than my manual bellhousing (was going to switch them so that i didnt have to drill a hole for the CAS) does anyone know if the clutch assembly will fit inside the auto bell housing? btw i picked up a s14 manual propeller shaft

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One more thing, can I use a S13 manual ecu on my S14? both are obd1 thanks

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Sorry for not being very specific but you'd have to switch to a s14 manual trans bell housing if you don't want to drill the s13. Auto bell housings won't work. why would you want the s13 ecu? There really isn't a difference.


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