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09-30-2004, 07:11 PM | #1 | |
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Am i crazy?
I was given a 85 firebird and a newer cavalier for free!!! i came up with the idea that i could make a rwd cav if i had taken all the rwd components out of the firebird and fabbed up mounts to place the rearend and the fron axle into the cav. THe end plans are for a chevy 305 i have to be thrown into the mixture... who thinks it will work? Who thinks im half retarded? Now who thinks im a genius and that it will be the funnest cavalier to drive in the world?
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09-30-2004, 07:28 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Am i crazy?
More than possible...but instead of makeing it front engine RWD..make it Mid engine RWD...much easyer since you can eliminate the need for a custom drive shaft...make a good suprise...a cavi hitting donuts...
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09-30-2004, 09:05 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Am i crazy?
Honest opinion...
...sounds good in theory, but I think you're fairly ignorant to think that would work as easily as it sounds.
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10-01-2004, 12:28 AM | #4 | |
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you'll need to tub out the whole floor of the cavalier and rip out all the dash and most of the interior.
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10-01-2004, 06:46 AM | #5 | ||
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10-02-2004, 01:38 AM | #6 | |
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Re: Am i crazy?
yeah, 305 will twist a cavalier, its a unibody. But its more than possable, theres a guy in the civic forum making a 350 civic with stuff from an s10
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10-02-2004, 01:43 AM | #7 | |
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Re: Am i crazy?
DO IT! It would be the coolest cav ever. Mostly because cav's suck j/k
And because you got them for free. I mean, hey, whats to lose, right?
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10-06-2004, 10:36 AM | #8 | |
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Its possable but frame reinforcements are needed and your gonna have to build up the rear end to take the torque at the wheels. I cant see it bein a midship engine setup cus I dont personally know of any chev/gm trannies that are used for mid engine rwd. If it was a ford engine you could use a 302 or a 351 with either a pantera transmission or a gt40 transmission but I havent seen any cars like that from chev and gm. If there is some out there Id like to see em that would be cool.
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10-06-2004, 06:03 PM | #9 | |
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Easy....
Go from the output on the tranny, and instead of having a driveshaft, just join the output shaft to the rearend with a U-Joint. I've seen it done... (on Junkyard Wars....) |
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10-06-2004, 07:29 PM | #10 | |
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^^thats what i was saying...ive seen a CRX with a 350 like that. but yes you will need ot build a tubeular frame to keep that unibody from folding over when the enigine begines to torque.
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10-07-2004, 10:32 AM | #11 | |
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also, there are GM transmissions that work in a Mid-engine setup as people swap V8's (norhtstars, LT1's, etc) into Fieros all the time.
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10-09-2004, 09:39 PM | #12 | ||
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Yeah, bolt on a transaxle to it. Fieros have them. If you use one of them, do know you will want one out of a GT fiero. The ones from the 2M4's(4 cylinders) are a weak isuzu transmission. The ones from the GT's are Getrag designed and muncie built. Its called the Getrag 282. |
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10-11-2004, 06:33 PM | #13 | |
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the fiero transaxles are just that.. transaxles, made to work with a sideways mounted v6. Dont think hes going to be able to mount a v8 sideways in it or make it work with that tranny.
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10-11-2004, 07:23 PM | #14 | |
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ya, thats why you use a Grand Prix or Cadillac transaxle but a Fiero subframe
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10-12-2004, 10:37 AM | #15 | |
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Its nuts but freaking awesome, and a lot of work, rwd rocks
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