96 GT-B Legacy R180 Conversion

[samlogan87]

Hey Guys,

I bought a GT-B legacy about 10 months ago and have been doing a fair bit of work to it since then. I have a mate who has a V6 Sti RA coupe who put Brembos on it and sold his old brakes to me. I have the front ones on already but being a R160 rear end i cant bolt the rears on. So i have been slowly collecting parts. I had bought a 6speed conversion for it but blew up the V6 sti motor i also go out of the coupe (and put into the legacy) up going around Ruapuna so had to sell it. I kept the rear hubs but forgot to take the rear axles. I have brought a R180 diff with a suretrac in it so all that\'s left is the rear axles.

So the question is, i have the ability to buy the axles from the 6 speed conversion back off the guy as he wont use them, but are they actually going to be the right length? It was something i was never sure about and was going to wait and see when i bolted the 6 speed conversion in. I have tried searching but have found nothing about it. There are people making hybrid axles so they can keep the r160 hubs but i have the r180 hubs etc so why not use them.

Any help would be appreciated

Regards

Sam

[rex-leggy]

they are the axles that you need. strange that the buyer doesn\'t want to keep them.

im always on the lookout for them

[samlogan87]

Sweet thanks for that. i dont want to buy them to find they are wrong. He does rally and i think just wanted the gearbox and diff. I just need the money now to buy them back haha

[rex-leggy]

crazy hell be selling something that has a high chance of being the first thing to break !

whats he asking? suppose you have tried to buy elsewhere .

my 6 speed conversion came out of a bg5 and went into my 1990 rs just like lego but you need those shafts for it to work.

[samlogan87]

yeah he said i could buy them back so i aren\'t arguing haha. I will one day put a 6 speed back in it but i need the funds atm as i also have a modified 4x4 that is in need of an engine rebuild after the first one done by a mate has only lasted a year before the compression is becoming slowly nonexistent. Was it worth the money?

[gotasuby]

yes the axles will work fine as long as you have a r180 diff and r180 hubs

[samlogan87]

yeap i have them so i will be sorted. cheers guys