Thread: NX2000 Awd Conversion

Here is what the stock Gti-r Flywheel, Pressure Plate & Clutch weighed in at.

OEM

Flywheel 19lbs 9oz

Pressure Plate 13lbs 10oz

Clutch Disc 3lbs 10.6oz


Spec Stage 2+

Pressure Plate 12lbs 15.6oz

Clutch Disc 3lbs 14.4oz

3-14-09

I dropped off my flywheel today and picked it back up 40 minutes later.


Here are my rear end parts I purchased a year ago.




I moved the car forward so I had more room when working on the back and started the tear down.




Fuel tank, exhaust, hubs are removed.

are you going to need the gtir gastank? i know when dsm guys convert to awd they need to the awd gastank also

man you are moving along. i thought this was going to take you a long time to do this

I'm going to use a fuel cell instead.

Holy SH.T !! This is an amazing project !! Subscribing right now. I will make sure to check on this every day. Fantastic is not enough to describe your endeavour.

Thanks thats exactly what i was looking for.. i've been looking at the os giken super single unit for the gti-r

osgiken flywheel = 11.24lbs
osgiken clutch/pressureplate/cover = 13.56lbs

3-15-09

As you can see in the picture a NX doesn’t exactly have a rear sub frame. It has extra braces and such which are just welded to the body/frame rail.




In order for the Gti-r sub frame to even get close to the correct spot you will need to cut off the NX brackets shown in the above picture.

I laid down a welding blanket first to help keep sparks from flying all over everything.


My fuel tank will be going behind the sub frame underneath so I cut out the spare tire compartment as well. You will also need to unbolt the sway bar brackets, the rear heat shields and cut off any brackets left from your old rear setup so the frame rail is flat.




Here is the Gti-r sub frame some what lifted into position.


I need to buy some boxed tubing tomorrow so I can widen my frame rails in order to make mounting points.


The NX suspension bolts right up the Gti-r rear hubs. The brake lines also use the same line to caliper fitting but needs to be rerouted to the other side of the strut. Technically now if some one wanted to upgrade there rear brakes you could just swap Gti-r rear hubs and bolt everything right in.


For the rear sway bar you will need to move the Gti-r sway bar brackets apart abut 2"s more in order to use a NX/Sentra sway bar. Otherwise use a Gti-r sway bar and modify the end links to mount to your suspension.


Now I won't be able to really tell where the sub frame will mount to until after I get my engine/transmission installed to make sure the drive shaft is straight. My clutch comes in Tuesday so hopefully Wednesday I can drop the engine back in to finish the rear mock up.

My main brake line that runs from the front to the back and splits to both sides was completely rusted. I'm lucky it didn't brake while driving the car. Anyways it broke on me when disconnecting it so I'm going to look into getting a braided brake line made to replace the entire piece. I also ordered up braided lines for each caliper yesterday.