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ive also heard use a AU watts link arms as it bolts more to the centre of the diff cover of coarse you need the diff cover as well,anyone else no about this.

with my new chestnut sedan im keeping the 4.1 and will replace all 4 springs in the sport low with good qlty shocks ,the 6cyl kings are different to the v8 ones,i remember one thing i did with the old chestnut car was fit v8 front springs while it was still a 4.1 and it wasnt heavy enough to look low at the front but once v8 was fitted it dropped .

rear was fine with just sport low springs,but add a fmx,full iron 351c and sport low went to super low with all that weight,i ended up putting std v8 front king springs back in it and raised it just enough for a better ride and still looked a bit low,more like esp ride height,and yeah when i checked the bump rubbers they were hitting the car,so i chopped them a bit ,it did work but like i said i went back to std v8 king at the front and it was a lot better.

yes thats right,thanks for that,i never knew the speedo was in a revised position,i think im gunna have to jack the car up and see,bit it wont be today as i start work soon,maybe saturday,looks like the xd and 82 xe have a stand alone linkage.

3 hours ago, ZKFairlane said:

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275449225242 looks the closest, but I'm not sure that it's bent correctly (I'll have a look at mine from above tomorrow to see what it looks like).  But it wouldn't take much to re-align it.

zk is yours a 82 ? just remember the later shifters with the red button could be different ,c4 is easy there is only 1

yes thats the one i reckon it is,those other ones he has i reckon are for xb ect,never thought something as simple as this could cause so much confusion,i have taken heaps of these off b4 and always thought they are all the same but nope the bw35 still holds some mysteries of the deep.

If you go on e Bay and type bw35 linkage all of them are there reco $99 ea but which one ? I called him and he don't know either he said refer to factory manual so I look in my book and it don't have any pictures but I reckon it's the one with the big metal bit on the end

Yeah but xd early xe should be the same,the later ones could be different 83 onwards

I need a picture of a bw35 linkage for t bar as there is 3 for sale on e Bay and all are different, I contacted the seller he says he don't no either wtf I need one for my conversion.

wait until i get it finished then take it for a drive and do a few tests,this diff could be worthy a rebuild in my book and while its at the diff shop get them too fit the 25 spile lsd centre

a bit shorter but noticable,compard to say a 2.95 first or 2.75ish.

i have a set of 28 spilne axles here from a xg ,can they fit on that drum housing ?like a retro fit 

i wonder can those gears be put on to a EB  or ED sedan diff

next question is what does the 2.53 gearset belong too ? the 2.77 diff housing or the 2.92 ? maybe thom knows.

hey i thought of a good question this afo,would the 2.53 diff be good for better burnouts ? like in 1st gear i mean,instead of that sweet spot between 1st and 2nd,just hold it in 1st ?

You can use it ,just dont go crazy in 1st gear too much,the one you want is the 008 or 009 box quite a few for sale ,or xb v8 single rail,they tend to have a taller 1st gear.

i no xd uses a different cable.

there is no spring on a xe pedali dont remember seeing one,maybe xd is different.

i dont no,ive never had a AU,ive only ever changed xe and late xf ones before.

with 224 lift and 108 lobe,thats a decent stick,i would think minimum 10.1.

im dying to see this,as i have never seen or heard of such a diff ratio.i have heard of the 2.53 ,but not this other one,it dont make sense with such a ratio so close to the 2.92 or 2.77,we all know of 3.23,only thing i can think of is a 5 speed 3.3 litre ratio maybe.

thanks m8,im looking for a xe as well,probly had 10  or more of em,even dick johnson signed my greens tuff look a like one.

ok i took time off work because it was bugging me too,i went to the machine shop and asked him,and got more than i bargined for,1 a gear drive on a cleveland will need shim to centre it from wobbling,2 a chain may need the shim ,3 a hyd cam on a cleveland has lobes ground a certain way to make the lifter rotate on each bank,4 a roller cam is different again the way it is ground ,5 you do NOT need a needle roller cam plate for your app,just another expensive purchase ,the guy said if anything just cut 2 tiny slots extra on the plate to oil the sucker more,but refer to number 5 you dont need it,just buy a quality std plate that has oil slots on both sides not a cheap pro comp one,they dont have any,and 6 hurry up and build it because skids not loading.

also chex cam movement in tunnel ,some chain makers give the shim,but on a street motor i would not even buy any of this expensive gear i have learnt to many times ,you have made the right choice by roller cam upgrade,use the left over cash in other areas,i dont even use roller rockers ,std rockers are fine with mild cam.i think the smALLEST roller cam for a clevo is 505 lift .

even when you buy a roller cam and lifter kit retro it does not state that it is needed,i can ask at machine shop later today where he runs sprint car engines with roller cam bearings ect.