I wanted to get a good convo about turning the 2Gnt in to AWD. I remember *some* talk about it before. How would it be possible, what tranny would you use, etc..

possibly the AWD caravan tranny.. but it may only come for the V6.. if it comes for the I4, ya MAY have something to work with. and you'd need the entire rear underbody of a GSX (suspension, drivetrain, gas tank, etc..) then some custom work on a driveshaft to go from the caravan tranny to the gsx rear end. but, in any case, most of it depends on making a tranny fit/work. since you guys already know the AWD running gear in the rear should bolt right up.

P.S. us zx2 guys are starting to work out turning a zx2 into a AWD vehicle (which would be more difficult since there is no AWD zx2 model) by using a ford escape awd tranny (it's the same tranny as ours! in mtx form) and then possibly the rear AWD gear from an older AWD protege I think (I forget exactly which car they wanted to get the rear stuff from).

anyway, a big thing to consider is, is it work the money, cause that'd be pretty dang expensive, while buying a awd vehicle isn't that much more expensive. but if you want to stick with the 420a motor.. i guess that's just what you'd have to do. and it'd be funny as hell to see the looks on the 4g63 guys when ya dust their gsx off the line ;)

Duplicate topic under "handling/suspension" section.

http://forums.2gnt.com/dcforum/DCForumID14/2337.html

A friend of mine with a turbo Avenger told me about this place in California, they do all the good stuff on the west coast, that he is considering using for the AWD conv. Perhaps someone would like to call them and get the details. Here is the website. Later.

http://www.diamondstarspecialties.com/

man, no offense, but id just buy a gsx.

didn't RRE do it for like 6g's plus a ton of custom fab parts.

RRE's was a lot different, it was spyder, they have the same motor as the gsx so it's not as difficult as ours.

if you have money you can do it hehe.... learn to drive an FF or buy a WRX or something.

Its funny how I stated this like a few months back..

And everyone laughed.. and now someone else stated it, and its all serious..

Hmm.. :rolleyes

Anyways, I looked into it for a while..

Everyone said I was dumb, and that this would never work, and that this would cost a bunch of money...

I'm not a person that holds grudges, soo...

Try looking for the 41AE AWD tranny. I believe that the front would be a direct bolt on..

Look into the 1990 Jeep 3.0L, and the 19890 3.0L vans.

Hope that helped..

~Tacoman

i was curious in a rear wheel drive conversion, of course you would have to set the motor side ways but hmmmmmm.....wondor what the labor bill would be.

Dwayne H
A.K.A D-low
"PAID THE COST TO BE THE BOSS"

Exterior mods:
11 peice Kaminari wide body kit* custom fiber glass hood, PHAT* supra taillights* targa top* black/blue/chrome projectors* supra double stack wing w/ Carbon fiber top deck* shaved all body lines, shaved antennas.*
Suspension: Blowjax air cylinders* 3/8 inch electric valves* 1/2 inch lines* 5gallon air tank* 2 accumlators* strut bars
Rollers and stopies: 19x8 ACE menaces, chrome 225/19/35 front 275/19/35 rear AEM big brake upgrade (front Electronics (ALL): Msd ignit.
Apexi AFC *Apexi AVC-r*Apexi Rev/speed*Greddy TT*Automete A/F* Autometer Boost* Autometer volt* Autometer Fuel presure* Autometer water temp* Autometer egt*Autometer Oil presure*Autometer cluster bezel*Autometer triple pillar pod*Playstaion 2 fiberglassed in were passenger air bag used to be 7inch wide screen LCD*4 5 inch PB speakers ( 2 per door)*2 6x9 Pb speakers*
1 15inch PB extream sub* 1 1500 us amp* the whole dash, door sills,console, panes etc, is fiberglassed. the apexi components are molded in to the dash so you only can see the face (flushed)
Brand new Hrc manifold *Brand new Hrc 16g Turbo *Turboxs RFL BOV* Custom DOwn pipe 3inch 2 N1 Apexi Canisters*( the real deal, not that Ebay bullshit)race cat *
i need a good front mount intercooler, and some bodys stage 2 piping that they dont need or i will have to get it customized J.E pistons* Eagle specialty rods*5angle port and polish cam gears crane turbo cams bore TBbore intake manny maybe some High performance valves.Underdrive pullysstage 4 clutch kit*8lb flywheel*walbro 255 490cc injectors ,chasis: 8 point rollcage with removable door bar. reinforces the roof, due to the targa top

Vinnie from ASOG was trying to do this conversion a while back. His nickname is kiku on this board. You might want to talk to him about it. This thread may be helpful.

http://forums.2gnt.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=5517&forum=DCForumID13&archive=


ride__________95 Eclipse RS : 5 speed
power________Gude cams : Jeep TB : AFX UDP : ram air : test pipe : GST catback
suspention___BOMZ F/R upper strut bars : ES inserts
sound________Kenwood KDC 5000 : Audiovox 8" sub toob - no sub amp(damnit!)
shizzle_______AutoCommand remote start : dual air horns : Caspers o2 simulator(rear)
incomming___Hurricane F/R lower strut ties : Field SFC Hyper-R

i know of three guys that think the conversion shouldnt be too hard.. ill let them speak for themselves.... although, "1" would prefer rwd for some odd reason ;)