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Thread: AE86 + S14 Crossmember + SR20?

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    since you like modifying, have you thought about using an s13 rear cradle as well?. Ive herd it been done before.
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    Yeah its been done, and its a LOT more complicated then just slotting some holes for a crossmember thats for sure lol. I wouldn't do it myself unless i had a hoist and a lot of spare time at my disposal. Whilist nothing is impossible... the live axle can be made to work and work well so i don't see the point (other then having a bullet proof diff that LSD's are common as for)


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    pic as promised.


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    The s13 power steering in a ke makes the steering extremely light, good for parking though.

    And you can get s13 lca's modified to be adjustable, that way you can run a complete s13 front end easily.

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    And Simon, I have a steering uni here to suit s13 power steering rack in a ke/ae if you're in need of one

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    I recently finished my SR20DET conversion in my AE86. I also looked at the option of using the S13/S14 crossmember. Reason for me not using it is the placement of the lca was more forward, therfor it put the castor out and to run the right ammount of castor, or the castor i wanted, I would have to cut the bumper, tubb the chassis and run the wheel quite forward.

    I might look into using the crossmember again later on with welding on the mounts for an AE rack plus moving the control arms further back. The only REAL benifit I saw from using the S1x crossmember was a perfect fitment around the engine.

    At the moment my engine is incredibly close to crossmember and steering rack, even after shaving the SR20 alloy sump abit.

    The way I fitted my engine was by just slotting the original AE mounts on the crossmember.

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Matt-AE86 @ Jul 11 2008, 09:36 AM) </div>
    Yep, My engine is incredibly close to crossmember and rack also. I'm running custom mounts on ke70 x-member which i don't like that much, so ill be making another x-member/mounts very soon

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    simon you say the s13 brake booster and master cylinder fit in easily. would this be my best bet as i am doing the same conversion as you. I'm currently doing the steering rack getting it ready to drop the engine in.
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    yeah the bolt straight in,

    only do it if upgading to massive brakes (such as 4 pot nissan callipers) otherwise its overkill

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    i have fitted s14 gear into the front of an s13, it does lead to excessive camber, this was done for the benifit of 5 stud.
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