not sure why those pictures linked up. those weren't the ones I was trying to post. those gauges are OEM gauges with custom mounting plates and SpeedHut gauges. ive got my gauge cluster gutted and planning to do this, already got the mounting plate.
I got the differential in! its the j30 6 bolt with 240 shafts and shimmed twice over with new whittling bushings and fresh gear oil and posi additive! I think it was 75-90 weight oil(?) I used. I am worried a little bit cuz I used ace hardware bolts to secure it and I think theyre only like grade 8 maybe even lower grade ill have to double check. went to put the axles in after that and realized my ARP bolts I ordered didn't fit, theyre bolts with nuts and no threads on any of it. I was able to track down 6 of the 12 bolts so I matched those up with another set from my work and popped those in.
also I decided to just buy a used engine harness off a buddy of mine so im tightening all that up right now on the engine. AND I bought new J30 front calipers, rotors, and pads for the thing but quickly discovered bolting the caliper bracket on was pulling the bracket into the rotors face. keep in mind I bought this entire "j30 5 lug swap" for $80 off craigslist and they came with new energy polly bushings still in the packaging which are like $60 by themselves. so turns out the rears are fo so j30 hubs, the front however is confusing everyone I ask. the spindles I THINK are J30, BUT no one knows what hubs I have on them. The spindles have been cut at the tip, and they fit my s13 lower ball joints perfectly. so that makes me believe they are J30. they fit my s14 tie rod ends if it makes a difference to anyone reading this. I have had the hubs off and the j30 wheel bearings fit them perfectly. and they have shims someone put behind the hub, so that and the cut tips of the spindle combined with a finned style oem Nissan hub lead me to believe this was a J30 spindle/ s14 hub Frankenstein'd spindle, BUT then the j30 brakes should fit... and everyone I talk to that has performed extensive 240 work has told me these hubs are too long, defiantly not s14, and they think possibly even the rear hubs off some FWD car??? anyone ever heard of such a thing? at any rate, everything bolts up fine, and if I put 3 washers on each caliper bolt to space the caliper out it works perfectly... so I think im just going to have a friend of mine make some caliper bracket spacers for me to run since everything seems to be working fine together other wise. and I have to buy caliper bracket bolts anyhow so no worried in that regard.
IGNORE the wheel spacers it was before I had brake money and I had to roll it around somehow on z wheels lol
so that about wraps things up! not too much left now! got the front brakes, got the diff and axles in, got engine wired up... that just leaves.... oil, trans fluid, vac lines, intake and MAF, O2 sensor, weld the exhaust up, install solid diff bushings, ignition coil, coolant, fuel lines to engine, run accessory wiring for fuel pump, fan system (two stage relay to sensor no switch
), lighting and wiper wiring, put distribution block together for said wiring, get a battery, either buy new gauges or get those SpeedHut gauges im setup for already, get an alignment, and uhhh yeah thats it really to be drivable!
oh and idk if I mentioned it but sold that audi and used some of it to buy my first bike. just a lil ninja 250 and its been a blast!
and its just a ka lol
