Guest Brettm57 Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 OK, I got another bracket racer idea. Would it be a tough job to convert my '85 hatch to rear wheel drive? My thoughts are to take a tranny apart (automatic), leave out the front ring and pinion, differential, etc, and hook up the rear drive so it's permanent, driving through a stock rear diff and driveshaft. Will this work? If this won't work, does anyone have any other ideas? I think it would make a better drag car this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcdenton Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 I have heard of a RWD conversion for an imprezza. you could find out what they did for a basic comaprison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oddcomp Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 i would like to take like wrx motor or something like that and midengine it into a brat with the transaxle towards teh rear so it was rear wheel drive... i spose if you used a chain box <think monster truck> you could make it awd still but it would be a pain maybe you could make the hatch midengine with alot of work prolly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Konrad Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 i have converted 84 sedan to RWD,.... works great to spin tires:cool: ,.... i took a part front axles, left only the very end part( to disc brake, barring), i have it always in 4WD, handles great:rollin: on wet asphalt 8o ,..... good luck take care konrad 1989 DL Wagon 5spd D/R with LSD 1984 GL Sedan RWD 1982 DL Sedan 4WD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WagonsOnly Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 I've heard a couple of people with 4WD ECVT Justys that left the car in 4WD instead of changing out ripped-up CV boots...same deal? I don't think it would hurt the car, it'd just click like crazy. But then again the Justy crowd isn't too particular, generally speaking. (The descriptions were on CarTalk and carsurvey.org.) Not too many collectors, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Whoa whoa whoa!! Wheres this RWD conversion for the impreza? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcdenton Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 I don't know. I was trying to find something else and happend to find that. I didn't read about it because i think doing that to a subaru is like declawing your cat - it's just wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Common, it would be fun! Is it like an 'ol legacy where you can put a fuse in a 2WD fusebox to make it goto 2WD, and when you pull the fuse back out it goes to AWD? Saw it on a '91? Legacy L wagon 2.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcdenton Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Here is a link to a fourm that discusses it. at the end a guy mentiones a site that he is making that goes over the mod. <a href="http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread/t-356903.html" target="top">NASIOC Forums Archive - Converting Impreza to Rear Wheel Drive</a> this still isn't the thing I saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcdenton Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 I didn't want to seem closed minded with the ???????????? comment, I would have looked at it but I was searching for something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UltimateRX Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 The best way to do this is to adapt a rear wheel drive tranny to the Subaru engine. What Konrad did would would on the older 4WD on demand type trannies, but not on a Full Time 4WD or an AWD tranny. With so many people out there drag racing FWD cars, and plenty of FWD trannies available, why would you want to go RWD??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwX Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 how much stress does that put on the rear diff and stuff there Konrad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calebz Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Probably not much, considering an 84 soob only pushes 80 somethin HP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 The ONLY reason I'd wanna goto RWD is to be able to break the tires loose (on purpose) on snow/ice surfaces alot easier..... for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwX Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 yeah thats kinda the point here:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Konrad Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 the diff, i don't know:evil: , on asphalt it has a more difficult life but in off-road not much, but when i was little wet, and muddy in order to MOVE the car i had to put in the trunk a 4spd tranny , and a bag of concrete, and couple big rocks,. other than that great fun,.... take care konrad 1989 DL Wagon 5spd D/R with LSD 1984 GL Sedan RWD 1982 DL Sedan 4WD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwX Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 ok so I think I'm going to do this when the cv shaft goes out. unless somebody can talk me out of it:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Konrad Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 that's the spirit !!!!! :evil: :rollin: konrad 1989 DL Wagon 5spd D/R with LSD 1984 GL Sedan RWD 1982 DL Sedan 4WD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 FYI: im talking about a 2000 Impreza 2.5 (AWD).... not an L. (4WD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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