Again, No Dumb answers like dont do it or it will cost too much.
thumbs up and Best answer to a complete answer.
Scenario:
All Parts are available
Source car is a FWD
Donor Car is RWD
Additional info if needed:
Donor Car= 1995 Mazda RX7
Good Luck.
2006-09-21 08:51:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You are not going to get a complete answer if you don't tell us what car you want to put this thing into. In most cases, you are not going to get a step by step guide anyway. A step by step guide would be the size of a book. Seriously.
Short version:
Design new rear suspension or find a way to weld the RX-7's rear suspension into your FWD car. Make a tube frame if necessary.
Fabricate motor mounts to put the rotary in the FWD car's engine bay.
Cut out any sections of the floorpan that get in the way of the transmission or driveshaft. Fabricate new sections or use parts cut out of the RX-7's floorpan.
Bolt in engine, transmission, and suspension. Measure the length of the driveshaft required and cut one to fit.
Figure out how you're going to wire this all up and connect the shift linkage, throttle cables, intercooler, etc.
2006-09-21 08:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A car that comes from the factory with front drive is not going to be easy to change to rear drive. It has been engineered from the factory for ft dr.
Basically you are going to have to re-engineer the complete chassis, that means cutting out the frame and building a new one with all the attaching sites for springs and suspension componets. You might want to gut the body and mount it on a rear drive platform. It envolves a lot of fabrication and welding eiher way. Are you up to it? Race car builders do it all the time.
2006-09-21 09:09:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove the entire drive-line ( incl engine) and custom fab brackets to mount at the same time remove all metal that interferes
will only cost about 10 times what a used rear wheel drive would and function about 1/10 as well
2006-09-21 08:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically you will have to swap out the entire drive train. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it is pretty unlikely that the parts from your donor car will match up with your source car without having special parts machined.
2006-09-21 08:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only good thing about rear wheel drive is driving a fast car like a mustang in good warm weather. otherwise, rear wheel drive will cause your car to hydroplane in the rain, spin circles in the snow, and generally is unsafe at any speed in bad weather. i would never get rear wheel drive.
2006-09-21 08:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok however your question is dumb in nature. It would be WAY too expensive and time consuming to convert a car like that. They are designed the way they are for many reasons. Why do you feel it needs to be modified that extensively?
2006-09-21 09:12:53 · answer #6 · answered by Mike Hunt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a big job, you have to gut the entire drive train re-engineer everything to go to the rear end, you'll need to replace that too.
2006-09-21 08:55:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 09:56:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
saying dont do it is not a dumb answer. How many amps is your welder? you do have a full size lift right!
2006-09-21 09:00:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you're putin' us on...
2006-09-21 08:55:48 · answer #10 · answered by aBranch@60-WA ,<>< 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋