Passenger side shaft length

[Astron Boy]

I'm hoping someone here can assist.

I'm interested to know the entire length of the passenger side drive shaft

That is from point to point, CV shaft attached to intermediate shaft.
Like in picture below.

Cheers

 

[BYBY5L]

tip to tip an evo's is 958-960mm by memory, some one can correct me if im wrong

 

[Astron Boy]

tip to tip an evo's is 958-960mm by memory, some one can correct me if im wrong

Okay, cheers for that, gives me that insight also.

Wondering if the VR4 is any different.

 

[GVR40]

vr4 would be a little longer, but not by much

 

[Astron Boy]

yeah, the length is what I need to know, as the Magna I believe to be longer again.
Which we are trying to confirm.

 

[VR-4Squid]

You won't get an accurate length measuring both pieces together, because the tripod joint is free to slide in the cup.

Also one may have a longer inner shaft and shorter outer shaft but the same overall length.

You'll need to measure both parts separately.

 

[Astron Boy]

You won't get an accurate length measuring both pieces together, because the tripod joint is free to slide in the cup.

Also one may have a longer inner shaft and shorter outer shaft but the same overall length.

You'll need to measure both parts separately.

Correct.
But what I'm looking for is on an average how much of a difference there is.

Main reason being the transplant of the 63 engine into my Magna is slightly problematic.
The current driveshaft setup leaves the Magna interm being bolted to a bracket, 45deg retarded, that is then bolted to the engine.

I'm hoping that if a vr4 shafts total length is less than 40mm off from the Magna shaft, then I could use the interm, and get a fabbed cv shaft made for the difference.
I know the interms never changed from 2wd to 4wd, so I can use it with the gearbox I have, splines, inner length and all.

This will stop the gearbox from leaking due to the seal never being properly seated.
'nothing fits as well as factory unless a lot of time is spent fiddling with a welder, etc.'

The width difference between an older galant or cordia is 65mm, so I'm hoping the vr4 is inbetween the Magna and early galant to work.

Long winded answer for an insight -_-

 

[turbovr4]

guess what,I just found my old drive shaft setup from my 88 magna with vr4 motor and magna box i did back in 95.at a quick measurement with a vr4 shaft setup next to it and both shafts at a compressed length e.g(pushed in to the cv) the magna setup is about 30mm longer than vr4 jspec .but my magna half shaft was even dodgier than i had remembered.

 

[Astron Boy]

guess what,I just found my old drive shaft setup from my 88 magna with vr4 motor and magna box i did back in 95.at a quick measurement with a vr4 shaft setup next to it and both shafts at a compressed length e.g(pushed in to the cv) the magna setup is about 30mm longer than vr4 jspec .but my magna half shaft was even dodgier than i had remembered.

So it is a confirmed 30mm.
Thought so, damn.
Magna cv shaft can't be put onto the vr4 shaft and be kept the same length can it?

I mean, what is shorter, the cv shaft or the interm shaft?

 

[turbovr4]

magna intermediate shaft is way shorter than vr4,about 2/3 the length and magna cv shaft is way longer than vr4 shaft.remember magna shaft bolts up halfway on block ,where vr4 shaft ends up near the timing cover

 

[Astron Boy]

ahhh.
Damn.
Well that's annoying.