Convert Fwd to AWD

[95Eclipsers]

can it be done!??? and if so how and whats the cost, i see all wheel drive tranny's left and right and cant find a good price for my fwd talon anywere.....


also wanted to know if its possible to swap to a 1g tranny fwd to my 95 tsi fwd, cause i see tons of 1g front wheel drive trannys dirt cheap.....

 

[HALO1]

I tend to agree with the masses on this, and the general consensus is that it's nowhere near worth it. This subject has been beaten to death, however, so some searching will help you.

The only reason I could see justifying it is a scenario where money were no option and you felt like doing the work yourself in the true spirit of a 'project', and/or you were obsessed with your Spyder.

 

[eclipse13]

It is possible. But unless you just really really want an AWD spyder I would buy a gsx/tsi awd

 

[Devicex]

Right, in the end it would be simpler and probably cheaper to just buy an awd vehicle and sell the fwd. As stated before the only real reason to do it is if you had a spyder and were making alot of power and couldnt drive and wanted to kill yourself over your inevitable tractionlessness....... oh wait that sounds alot like me.

 

[95Eclipsers]

well its not a spyder just dint know if it was a tough swap! also about teh 1g tranny let me know cause i really wanna know!

 

[cuttheduck]

It aint that expensive. Just get a AWD shell and your set. Has parts you need like tranny, gas tank,axle,etc. There was just a thread were someone had a mechanic do it for them for 900 bucks. RRE charges a little over 2 grand I believe for the full swap.

 

[Devicex]

Oh right, because buying an awd parts car and then shelling out 2000 bucks is cheap. As for the tranny, I dont believe the 1g can be used in the 2g and vice versa.

 

[cuttheduck]

the $2000 was the complete, u do nothing job. Its Like saying your T-25 will cost $1,800 too replace because thats what the dealer wants.

You can get the parts for easily under a grand. THATS what it cost to do FWD to AWD swap. I was saying if you didnt wanna do anything yourself and take it to a shop. Not saying selling the FWD and buying a AWD isnt a good idea. But sometimes the price difference is a grand or two more anyway. So saying spending $800-1200 for a conversion is stupid seems hypocritical in itself.

But to the original poster just buying an AWD tranny wont give you AWD. Gotta get FWD tranny unless your doing the full swap as stated.

 

[95Eclipsers]

no im saying how come u can use a 1g fwd tranny in a 2g fwd!?

 

[Thomas91169]

you might want to PM mlopez on here. he just did a AWD conversion in his Spyder. it was somewhere like 2000 for the parts. i would do it as a last resort. like say you already were turning out 13's and your car was exactly how you wanted it to be, but you now need AWD for that extra edge. also maybe you could look into LSD(limited slip differential) for FWD's, as that will help out alot.

 

[Defiant]

can it be done!???

No.

Much the same answer as the dozens of other times it's been asked.

 

[boostedinaz]

No.

Much the same answer as the dozens of other times it's been asked.

On a 2G yes. On a 1G no.





Read this thread.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131537&page=1&pp=25

It wouldnt be that hard IF you had all the parts. He had a guy sell a GSX shell for cheap and just used all the parts off of it. I know him and the car is crazy. Lots of good stuff in it.

Michael