From fwd to awd, is it possible? Options

[Charlie97L]

yeah no joke. i have decided that i am just too poor to ever be able to afford this mod.it would definitely be cool.
someone was saying that it isn't possible to ship the gtfour over here. why not? they ship r34 skylines over all the time. (well i guess not all the time but you get the point.) what difference would it be to ship a gt four? i suppose this might need to be in a different thread. not that i will ever be able to afford it but just curious. thanks far all the input that you have all provided

it's not possible because the gt4 hasn't been through the crash testing procedures like the skyline has. motorex spent a heckuva lot of money enabling the skyline to be imported, and those that are, have to have a lot of work done to make them legal.

i'm with lagos. it's not being negative... most AWD conversions to cars that are not naturally AWD are done for rally racing, and they're constantly reinforcing/rebuilding the car. it's just not a feasible thing for a street car. even a "track car" for mot people here, wouldn't work, because most people drive their track cars a fair bit on the street. a true track car, that you NEVER drove on the street, and made any repairs, reinforcements or adjustments to EVERY time before you trailered it to the track, sure, that would be feasible.

you're basically making swiss cheese out of a pretty un-reinforced chassis to begin with. the gt4 6gen chass is totally different.

This post has been edited by Charlie97L: Feb 28, 2007 - 4:35 PM

[alltracman78]

or just bolt up an AWD tranny to your 5s and have a very slow AWD car.

For the record, the 5S block and transfer case don't work together unless you do some major grinding of the block.

I believe that problem can be solved by using one off of a RAV4.

IIRC the Rav4 transfer case won't bolt to the E150/51 trans.

[eggman40]

Man this topic got heated Real fast!



but reading through it i didnt see any part where lagos said it could not be done, just that its VERY difficult. Dont know what all the shouting is about.



But as for the awd deal... looks like it comes down to money or skill. If you have the skill, give it a try. Or if you have the $, hire a bad a ss shop to do it for you. Looks like fensports got one under their belt



good luck to all who attempt this in the future!

[stephen_lee]

i was thinkiing about this, and honestly with the drivetrain, suspension, and such of a gt4 you can most likely do this. i will most likely fing a 6gc with a blown motor/tranny as a shell for this project.