2G Engine Flipped Inline w/ Driveshaft?

[Kai Hefner]

I feel like I've seen it before and I'm just doing a bit of research out of curiosity. Is there a write-up or info on someone flipping our engine to be inline with the driveshaft? Same orientation as the mighty-max I believe. Just want to become informed because I'm looking at a similar idea myself.

 

[Steve93Talon]

http://projectzerog.com

 

[Kai Hefner]

http://projectzerog.com

This website has a ton of great info! Thank you. Not much about fitting stuff in a 2g. It's nice to know the stuff about the rx7 trans but what I'm most concerned about it engine mounting solutions, trans-tunnels and driveshafts.

 

[ThunderChild]

It will all be custom.
You'll have to cut the tunnel to fit a trans, fab f new front cross member, mounts, possibly front suspension modifications etc.
Not a light-hearted undertaking, lots of custom fab fab work.

 

[OH91awd]

This website has a ton of great info! Thank you. Not much about fitting stuff in a 2g. It's nice to know the stuff about the rx7 trans but what I'm most concerned about it engine mounting solutions, trans-tunnels and driveshafts.

kevin jewer would be the perfect person to talk to on that. he own sigma six tuning as well as marion county raceway in ohio. he has a rwd converted 1gb so its right up your alley.

 

[Kai Hefner]

kevin jewer would be the perfect person to talk to on that. he own sigma six tuning as well as marion county raceway in ohio. he has a rwd converted 1gb so its right up your alley.

What's his DSMTuners tag? If he has one... essentially the point I'm trying to get across is that I might want to go RWD on one of the cars, but taking out the front axles and buffing the rear just doesn't feel proper enough.

 

[Ludachris]

What's his DSMTuners tag? If he has one... essentially the point I'm trying to get across is that I might want to go RWD on one of the cars, but taking out the front axles and buffing the rear just doesn't feel proper enough.

@95GSXracer

He's tagged. Hopefully he'll come in and reply.

 

[Kevin Jewer]

Converting a FWD/AWD car to RWD is a lot of work, and in my opinion not necessarily worth the trouble. It requires a lot of cutting and fabbing, creating structure where there isn't any, coming up with some kind of front suspension (the front K member has to go away) and steering, etc. You can spend a lot of time and money here.

On the other hand, if you start with any other RWD vehicle, 90% of that work is done for you. It already has a front suspension and steering system that works, rear axle and related structure, etc. Considering a Mighty Max as an example, it's really just a motor/trans swap at worst, wiring, etc.

I'm not sure if this helps or not. In the meantime, here is a random pic of the front end of my car. It's a Strange Ultra Strut deal with a typical manual racing rack. You can also see the mid plate setup, trans tunnel, etc.

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