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rear wheel drive????

Old Sep 27, 2004 | 07:30 PM
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couls you take a 2wd eclipse and make it front wheel drive?
 
Old Sep 27, 2004 | 07:31 PM
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could*
 
Old Sep 27, 2004 | 11:15 PM
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lol I might be missing something but I thought a 2G 2wd Eclipse is already front wheel drive.

Or are you asking to make it a rear wheel drive?
 
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 11:18 AM
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Yeah...i'm with Prophet here....

But you *could* make it RWD....just take the engine from the front, drop it in back, and you'll have a mid-engine monster. It really doesn't cost all that much either, if you can weld then you'll save a load of cash. Swap the front and rear suspension, get rid of A/C, Power steering, everything that drives off the engine. You *can* use the Electric Power Steering system from a 2nd gen MR2...
Of course you've figured out that this whole swap will be easier if you're using an Automatic transmission, but other than that, everything else should be fine. Wiring will be a pain, and figuring out which way you want to run the radiator is gonna be kind of though....But it is very do-able. So there you go....one way to make a RWD DSM.
 
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 05:00 PM
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ya i ment rear wheel drive lol but ya i can weld and all other stuff
 
Old Sep 29, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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Why do people always laugh at me when i tell them cool things? They always laugh and then look at me like i'm crazy...i'm not crazy. I'm very not crazy [:@]grrrrrrrrrrrrr
 
Old Oct 1, 2004 | 11:27 AM
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get an awd eclipse and take out the front drive then you have a rwd
 
Old Oct 1, 2004 | 01:39 PM
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Yeah, there's a procedure on how to make the AWDs RWD, but i hear it's real risky and can't hold a lot of power. I've only seen one rwd dsm. It was a 1g talon, and the guys center diff locked up and only the rear wheels got power. I saw the video of him doing a burnout, it was pretty cool.
 
Old Oct 1, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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why would you want to ruin a perfectly good AWD by making it RWD? im confused... I'd take AWD over anything, anyday. I know it weighs more, but its so nice
 
Old Oct 3, 2004 | 09:57 PM
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You can but it will cost a ton of money
 

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