Well, this blogging thing wasn't working on Thursday so I wasn't able to write anything on here, but I got a bit done. The rear end that I picked up from the shop near here turned out to really not be in the greatest condition. I started going at the surface rust to clean it up, but the rust underneath it was just too bad for my liking. I don't want the rust to spread onto my car, and for something like a subframe I'm just not comfortable having excessive rust on it if I'm going to be making decent power. I probably should have noticed this when picking it up, but you win some you lose some. Here's a picture of that rear end:


So I ended up using the subframe that Nanci and I had picked up in Ohio a while ago because it was much cleaner. The bushings ended up being incredibly easy to get out and in. The whole thing took my uncle and I about 5 minutes. We knocked the stock bushings out (which were still in great condition) with no problem, greased it up a little bit and put the Ronnie K polyurethane bushings in. Here's a picture of it sitting with the new yellows in.


Tomorrow I'll be going back at it. The plan for now is to take the lower control arm and spindle off of that other rear end and clean them up a bit and put them on this subframe, and take the rest of the parts from the rear end on the JZA70, including the torsen differential. I'm going to keep the clutch-type LSD and axles that came with the extra rear end just incase, because torsen is a pretty bad choice for any type of drag or drifting, but torsen is great for circuit, which is most of what I'll be doing with this car.
Anyways, I'll be taking pictures over the next two days of hopefully getting everything done and swapped over. That's all I have for now!