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just wondering if it possible to mount these transfer cases upside down.the reason i ask this is because i'm doing an engine conversion and want to use this style of transfer case but my front diff is on the left hand side passengers side but these cases are made for right hand diffs the only thing i can see is i might have to block the current breather and redrill another once box is upside down make a new mount and linkages for shifter would there b any side affects running it upside down any thoughts , ideas , facts greatly appreciated

i cant see a problem with it at all....

just u will have to flip it when u fill it with oil.... the oil levels will be wrong obviously otherwise...
just the breathers and the shifter...

PM wendle, he is running a GQ transfer upside down in his buggy.... should have some help for u.

screwy

thanks screwy i have pm'ed him .yeah i cant see any major probs but i thought i'd ask the question.

no dramas, i have one here that i was thinking of using, but it wont play the game in the shorty so i think if i dont sell it, a later project may use it

do any other model nissans come with remote transfer cases worth considering.

crackajnr wrote:do any other model nissans come with remote transfer cases worth considering.

no i dont think so, i think its only MQ/MK LWB that come out with the remote transfer.

i believe that GQ and GU are mated transfer....

not sure about G60 though.......

screwy

how do you select 4wd if its mounted upside down?

get out and move the lever under the car??

foad wrote:how do you select 4wd if its mounted upside down?

get out and move the lever under the car??

Its called having some skill in engineering

Just got to make up acouple of relay rods with balljoints, its really not that hard

Thanks screwy! i have been thinking if i change the front axle to a MQ live axle and get rif of the IFS i wont need to run the transfer case upside down i can just put it in the right way up.

crackajnr wrote:Thanks screwy! i have been thinking if i change the front axle to a MQ live axle and get rif of the IFS i wont need to run the transfer case upside down i can just put it in the right way up.

YEP that would be the go.

as long as the MQ front diff had the same ratio as your current rear...

just put the MQ front in and run a divorced MQ/MK transfer the correct way up with standard sort of driveshaft in between... obviously length will need to be looked at but yeh, sounds simple enough if ya know how to use a grinder

crackajnr wrote:do any other model nissans come with remote transfer cases worth considering.

Yep the datsun 720 has a divorced transfer. the innards are the same as the mq one but the casings are different.
I knew a fella who had a g60 transfer made into a divorced transfer as well (VERY STRONG)

i have a gq transfer case sitting right here. i split it from the gear box and to me it doesn't look like it would be very hard to make it a divorced case. it has a female coupling to accept the rear output shaft of the gearbox. it shouldn't be too difficult to make some driveshaft flange on there. has anybody done this?

DR Frankenstine wrote:

crackajnr wrote:do any other model nissans come with remote transfer cases worth considering.

Yep the datsun 720 has a divorced transfer. the innards are the same as the mq one but the casings are different.
I knew a fella who had a g60 transfer made into a divorced transfer as well (VERY STRONG)

The 720's front output is on the left side aswell isn't it?

crackajnr wrote:Thanks screwy! i have been thinking if i change the front axle to a MQ live axle and get rif of the IFS i wont need to run the transfer case upside down i can just put it in the right way up.

Are you dead keen on using the 253 v8? I am currently research a V8 swap for my terrano and I am looking towardst he Nissan VH41DE. So far everything looks the goods; by retaining the bellhousing from the VH41DE it should mate straight onto the gearbox...and then you don't need to worry about the transfer case.