Dsmhuman
Probationary Member
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- Sep 12, 2019
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Vancouver,
Washington
Okay, so hello to everyone I hope you’re all having a good day!
I’ve been trying to track down answers to a few questions, and found myself in loops on these forums. So I am going to ask.
This relates to doing a drivetrain conversion, and eventual engine swap on a base model 2g eclipse.
I understand the base reactions; don’t, to expensive, too much fab, etc. but I’ve also see people say it can and/or has been done.
So first question, and I’m sorry if it’s redundant, but I would like to be specific for clarity, can the 2g talon tsi awd drivetrain be used to convert a 2g eclipse rs,gs,gst to awd, would it work on a 420a chassis? What would it take to make it work on a 420a chassis? Could it be done in conjunction with the evo8 swap? And then again, would it work on the 420a chassis?
I want to stress that I understand the money aspect of things. I have a pretty well priced awd complete setup from a 2g talon, and I mean really well priced, that I’m trying to decide if I should pull the trigger on. and had planned to attempt the evo swap and awd conversion some time down the road as I could gather and accumulate the rest of the necessary parts and info, and I could figure out what needed to be fabricated.
If it can be done, what needs to be done in order to make it happen? Is it possible without transplanting the front clip from a gst?
Why, why not?
I would ideally like to have a constructive conversation on this topic.
Because if not practical, I would still be interested to know how, if possible.
As a side note, I’m just about to start helping a guy in my city do a tsi teardown and conversion on his gst spyder.
I’ve been trying to track down answers to a few questions, and found myself in loops on these forums. So I am going to ask.
This relates to doing a drivetrain conversion, and eventual engine swap on a base model 2g eclipse.
I understand the base reactions; don’t, to expensive, too much fab, etc. but I’ve also see people say it can and/or has been done.
So first question, and I’m sorry if it’s redundant, but I would like to be specific for clarity, can the 2g talon tsi awd drivetrain be used to convert a 2g eclipse rs,gs,gst to awd, would it work on a 420a chassis? What would it take to make it work on a 420a chassis? Could it be done in conjunction with the evo8 swap? And then again, would it work on the 420a chassis?
I want to stress that I understand the money aspect of things. I have a pretty well priced awd complete setup from a 2g talon, and I mean really well priced, that I’m trying to decide if I should pull the trigger on. and had planned to attempt the evo swap and awd conversion some time down the road as I could gather and accumulate the rest of the necessary parts and info, and I could figure out what needed to be fabricated.
If it can be done, what needs to be done in order to make it happen? Is it possible without transplanting the front clip from a gst?
Why, why not?
I would ideally like to have a constructive conversation on this topic.
Because if not practical, I would still be interested to know how, if possible.
As a side note, I’m just about to start helping a guy in my city do a tsi teardown and conversion on his gst spyder.
