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Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 9:41 pm
by NJV6
You said you want driveability and do 400-700km trips... You are now saying no room for a clutch pedal, and that'll be comfortable to drive...

You should put up some pics.

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 11:07 pm
by Yacob
NJV6 wrote:You said you want driveability and do 400-700km trips... You are now saying no room for a clutch pedal, and that'll be comfortable to drive...

You should put up some pics.


Exactly. But you cant have everything you want in this world.

What pics would you like to see ?

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 12:12 am
by Yacob
Been doong lots of research on the RE4R03A automatic tranmission.
But.... It seems they need an ECU to operate.

Are all the RE4R03A trans electronically controlled or are the earlier ones out of the 300zx or safaris/ patrols manually operated.

What will haappen if i fit a electronically operated RE4R03A behind my engine with no ecu.
Will it still change gears ok or will it have gears missing or chage at funny times ?

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 9:27 am
by glued
I had to hotwire my y60 due to losing keys...it had no first gear or over drive,so id assume if you run it with no ecu you would have the same problem?

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 5:12 pm
by tweake
best bet would be to use a electronically controlled auto. either fit the ecu or manualise it.
that way you can fit the shifter where ever you like.
as they are JATCO gearboxes it likely you can get a 2wd version or the rear of the 2wd version. quite possibly in another brand (eg toyota, mitsi etc) as they all use JATCO boxes.

not sure what you will do for the heater/aircon.

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 6:26 pm
by Lchundy
I know toyota tend to use aisin not jatco.in the heavier duty trucks anyway

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 7:36 pm
by churchill
Yeah toyota part owns Aisin AW so I think all their Trans are made by them. Many other manufacturers use also Aisin transmissions.
I digress.

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 8:01 pm
by tweake
sorry i may have names mixed up a bit but point is there is quite a bit of use of the same/similar gearboxes by the car companies.

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 11:11 pm
by Yacob
glued wrote:I had to hotwire my y60 due to losing keys...it had no first gear or over drive,so id assume if you run it with no ecu you would have the same problem?


So pretty much it just had 2nd and 3rd ?

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 8:07 pm
by Yacob
Body swap onto a ute chassis done. Dummy engine in place.
Using a RE4R03A transmission from a 300zx
Fitted bigger vented discs and callipers off a V6 Navara (same size as standard Terrano)

Going home now.
More pics nxt week.

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 11:45 am
by Sausager
This is going to be good!

And good on ya for not being put off by it being too hard/what other people say :) These sort of builds are often the best

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 3:32 pm
by Yacob
Cheers. I will start a new thread in the projects section in a few weeks once things have really progressed.

Re: TD42 RWD

Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 10:43 am
by glued
Yacob wrote:
glued wrote:I had to hotwire my y60 due to losing keys...it had no first gear or over drive,so id assume if you run it with no ecu you would have the same problem?


So pretty much it just had 2nd and 3rd ?

yep thats right