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Firestorm · 02-16-2011, 01:29 PM

okay, so for the life of me, i cant find any info on this.

here's my situation. i had a 180sx manual without abs, crashed it and now i want to swap the engine into a new chassis which happens to be an AT with ABS.

now heres where i'm stumped. i guess i could build a driveshaft of the right length if i combine the AT/ABS rear half of the shaft with the MT/non-ABS front half.

what i'm worried about is if it needs to be balanced as a whole or if the halves themselves are balanced already, so i could just bolt the two halves together and call it a day?

xpertsnowcarver · 02-16-2011, 03:04 PM

No problem with mating the two halves. I've done this myself.

Chances are that they would be balanced separately.

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Firestorm · 02-18-2011, 09:12 AM

great, thanks a lot!

and i totally forgot about that other thread, sorry.

02-16-2011, 01:29 PM	#1
Firestorm Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Age: 34 Posts: 371 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	auto/manual driveshaft question okay, so for the life of me, i cant find any info on this. here's my situation. i had a 180sx manual without abs, crashed it and now i want to swap the engine into a new chassis which happens to be an AT with ABS. now heres where i'm stumped. i guess i could build a driveshaft of the right length if i combine the AT/ABS rear half of the shaft with the MT/non-ABS front half. what i'm worried about is if it needs to be balanced as a whole or if the halves themselves are balanced already, so i could just bolt the two halves together and call it a day?

02-16-2011, 03:04 PM	#2
xpertsnowcarver Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: LA, CA Posts: 2,667 Trader Rating: (44) Feedback Score: 44 reviews	No problem with mating the two halves. I've done this myself. Chances are that they would be balanced separately. #/f/chat/297481-smal...w-threads.html __________________ My YouTube Channel

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02-18-2011, 09:12 AM	#3
Firestorm Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Age: 34 Posts: 371 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	great, thanks a lot! and i totally forgot about that other thread, sorry.