Mountainman wrote:
Thanks Chris, I guess if we get the stock clutch set for the 2.8 out of Europe we should be good? and you guys agree that the 3.73's will be OK, or we're still talking the 3.07's are the way to go? It looks like we can get gears from junkyard out of V6 WK's or commanders 2005-2010 as they look to have mostly used 3.07. But, I'm still trying to figure out if they have a D30a??? Guess it doesn't matter if we can stay with 3.73.
Do you think a factory 2.8 manual harness would be plug and play?
I would need to do some research on whether the Euro clutch kit would work with the 5 speed because of the input shaft, but the flywheel and clutch pressure plate are bolt on.
If you ran the NV with stock tires, it would net you a 2300rpm cruise at 70mph, roughly. It all boils down to what you can live with. But, you could pull axles from a gasser manual car to get 3.55 gears front and rear. Those are the only two gear options for the D30a front axle. The axle in the front of the WK, XK and WK2 are a c200f, which is around an eight inch ring gear. I'm going to try to graft one into my lib when I get the time.
The Euro harness should be plug and play, but it's honestly not worth it. I built mine using the factory one in an afternoon. As long as you're careful not to pull pins from the ECU harness that run the drive by wire, you'll be fine haha. You can actually just run the car with the trans harness unhooked until you get time to pull it and separate the engine from trans wiring.
OK, ,thanks for the info, looks like gears are essential and I'm wondering if the ax-15 will give us a cheaper and state side clutch solution?
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