Bill.Potter

My truck has been swapped (by a previous owner). I can tell you they took everything from a frontier (ECU, Engine Wire harness, sensors, valves, engine, transmission, exhaust) they did splice in the dash wires, AC and likely the fuel pump. The only issue I have is the Tach is off by a third (4 cyl to 6). Some of the choices they made when it was installed caused a few headaches when I did the SAS but for the most part they did a good job. Some people will tell you it's not worth it for a small WOT HP gain....but the drive-ability is vastly improved over a stock vg30 or 33.

Narrowed axles and leaf springs do not play well together. Don't expect to make tight turns....but if your state requires the tires to be covered there is not many good options.

I tried the hole saw...it did not work for me. Looks like maybe the other guy got lucky on where he located the holes. Looking at his pictures I'm not sure how the steering box fit after moving it. I don't think my truck had enough room to move it forward more then a 1/2inch before it hit the radator. I think you moved your raditor forward so you may not have an issue. This is all the junk that came out...

As for the oil pan....

The other items (track bar mount, air bump, and shock mounts) are next in the build. With stock waggy knuckles the tie rod holes are drilled so the tie rod end goes on the top of the arm. This results in a fairly high tie rod. (Most Chevy knuckles are drilled so the tie rod end goes on the bottom) The y-arms (radius arms) have been used on many builds. While they bind more then a 3 link it's not that hard to make the design flex 14inch shocks. On the plus side the binding actually provides a bit of an anti-sway effect. Most of this build is just following ideas posted in Ryan's past build threads on his pathfinder, and a couple of X's he has built. He doesn't post much detail in the threads but i'm lucky enough to be able drive over and have a beer with him when I get stuck. http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/31207-87-twin-turbo-sas-1-inch-l http://www.roninwheelers.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?61-Kevin-Alpine-Spirit/page15

oops sorry...yes the drag link is in the front. It's designed using a Y-link from RuffStuff. High steer would not tuck as well and would be much harder to get the correct aligment on the drag link and track bar for zero bump steer. http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/YLINK.html

If you have already taken care of the shock hoop strength. I would just build plates for the new steering box. Keep in mind installing new sleeves is not as easy as drilling new holes in the frame. Nissan made that difficult when they used the internal bracket to locate the stock sleeves.

Yes it's a land cruiser box and arm. The arm will be switched out to a trail gear arm. The track bar (drag link?) will be a few inches behind the tie rod in the picture. Everything is being designed to clear everything else....that way the axle can tuck until the top of the Y arms touch the frame rails.

Mine will have hoops...they are just not welded on yet. That and air bumps is actually why the plate goes that far back.

"The forward facing pitman would also help with tire clearance as the pitman arm would swing left as the tire is turned to the left, where not the pitman arm swings left as the tire is turned to the right. I had to make some adjustments to limit the amount the tires turned to avoid tire - pitman arm contact." This doesn't make sense? Forward or Rear swinging arms both still go the same way to turn the tires left or right.

First I cut the old sleeves out of the frame (not that easy Nissan wleded a bracket inside the frame to locate them correctly at the factory. This is all the junk that came out... Cut a frame plate on the torchmate.... (holes are for rosette welds) Test fit... welded in place.... Close up with Toyota box and forward sweeping arm.... I didn't take any pictures of the sleeves...but they were cut out of a peice of dom and welded to the back of the plate before I welded the plate on the frame. There was a similar plate on the back side of the frame behind the steering box.