Canuck 93 Civic Si
Senior Member
Has anyone ever heard of someone converting a fwd car to rwd. Perhaps even a Honda. Besides of course the Pro drag cars.
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FWD to RWD coversion
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MaaseyRacer
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It would be a lot of money to convert a honda to rear wheel drive. I have seen pictures of it being done, but they have all moved the engine to the rear of the car. There is a del sol that had it done. If you have the money, time, and or skill to want to have it done or do it yourself that is up to you, but front wheel drive serves my little hatch just fine...
The best way to do it would be get an S2000 engine/tranny.
THen you'd have to cut a big hole out to clear a way for the driveshaft, then you'd have to find a way to rig the rear end to the driveshaft and make it work without bottoming out your car.
IMO it's too much trouble. but I did want to do the same thing to my Escort...
THen you'd have to cut a big hole out to clear a way for the driveshaft, then you'd have to find a way to rig the rear end to the driveshaft and make it work without bottoming out your car.
IMO it's too much trouble. but I did want to do the same thing to my Escort...
Loco Honkey
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Eight simple steps to converting a FWD Honda to RWD:
1) Build a subframe that will locate the rear diff and rear suspension.
2) Strengthen the rear end of the car to handle the stresses that it wasn't designed to withstand.
3) Find a way to mount a FR engine and tranny in a FF chassis (go look at how a FR engine is mounted to see what I mean). Most likely, you'll have to fabricate another subframe to do this, and then yet another one for the tranny mount (or beef up the belly pan of the car).
4) Cut a channel in the bottom of the car for the driveshaft and exhaust, but don't make it weaker...
5) Find another place for the gas tank.
6) Wiring and plumbing issues galore. Have fun!
7) 1/4 of the way through, realize that you should have just bought a RWD car.
8) Scrap the project.
1) Build a subframe that will locate the rear diff and rear suspension.
2) Strengthen the rear end of the car to handle the stresses that it wasn't designed to withstand.
3) Find a way to mount a FR engine and tranny in a FF chassis (go look at how a FR engine is mounted to see what I mean). Most likely, you'll have to fabricate another subframe to do this, and then yet another one for the tranny mount (or beef up the belly pan of the car).
4) Cut a channel in the bottom of the car for the driveshaft and exhaust, but don't make it weaker...
5) Find another place for the gas tank.
6) Wiring and plumbing issues galore. Have fun!
7) 1/4 of the way through, realize that you should have just bought a RWD car.
8) Scrap the project.
Loco Honkey
Banned
"To be different." Which is about the lamest fucking reason to do anything to a car.
Loco Honkey
Banned
Pics? Links? Magazine scans?
I didn't think so.
here you go my friend. AWD civics. i was proving some friends wrong at a meet on sunday.
HS link to my other thread
crazy... id love to import that ferio rtsi.... im pretty sure you can slap a b18 onto that tranny.
Seany-izzle
Member
werd..... i hate ppl that say that shit
top fuel did a rear wheel drive del sol......mid/rear engine. i have no links...but its been done. it was in a OLD issue of super street (yes i uesd to read that crap)
