The 4ce
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- May 8, 2018
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San Diego,
California
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The missing water ports are the same as the 4g63, so no worries there. IIRC it's to force more coolant around the exhaust side.
Otherwise the engine is virtually identical to a standard 6 bolt.
So you're going to keep it FWD/AWD? I figured you'd do a RWD setup. Cool project otherwise!
I grew up with awd dsms (2g GSX & 2G AWD TSi), so it's really been the inspiration behind the conversion. This colt probably weighs about 1 thousand-nothing. Jk, closer to 2k lbs. It'll be a long road as I expect it to be sitting on a chassis jig for a considerable amount of time as I figure out form/fit/function of the medley of parts. Also, the color is the last thing on my mind, . I usually veer on the side to low-key though.I’ll be amazed if there is enough room to fit that motor transverse in that old chassis. Adapting awd to that little old frame seems like a lot to tackle. I do like those old Colts, though, and agree this seems like the start of the Mits-Mopar connection. What’s that little car even weigh? Keeping the rwd layout with a 4g63t with only stock power would be a screamer.
Given what I’ve seen some folks do building projects, though, I’ll look forward to reading how this one takes shape.
Are you keeping the lemon color? Only powder blue would be more sleeper.
The current path forward was to stick it on a jig and literally start from the ground (wheels) up. My current thought process was to piece together parts to replicate the narrower 1g track to stay as close to the original colt track as possible. I was expecting to have a fair amount of docol work on this venture. I landed a 3000 gt lsd for the rear diff, since 4-bolt rears are all but extinct and I'm too stubborn to go with 3-bolt.There is no chance it would fit in the unmodified original chassis im sure je knows that. It would definitely work with some modifications. Worst case is youd have to tube frame the whole front end, use talon steering rack and suspension. Probably wound wind up having to change rear diffs as well to match width, and gear ratios. And to have an lsd. Its a huge project, definitely not worth it but of you want something different and enjoy doing it then thats all that matters.