Off the wall question - has anyone done a RWD conversion??

[Dark Blue Mark]

Not thought this through technically, but just wondering if anyone has done it?

 

[Andywilkinson]

I did, very difficult to do, i call it driving in reverse

Sorry, started drinking :lol:

 

[Andywilkinson]

Seriously though, even if you did do it, you would lose a fair bit of power through transmission wouldnt you?

Reading through your previous posts, i get the impression that you want the s2000 fun and drivabilty but in the dc5, am i right?

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Spot on

 

[iwantdc5]

since this is off the wall..I had a vision the other day.

A B16B or B18C in a Smart Roadster....

because i watched repeat of Top Gear and clarkson said it handles good and responsive...

 

[C&S Evo7]

an Atom is the answer.
it would be a problenm mounting the motor longways as there isn't much room.

 

[dazza]

This is probably even more off the wall, twin engined Teg?

 

[jay82]

This is probably even more off the wall, twin engined Teg?

the teg dosen't have huge boot for nothing so u shouldn't be short in space for that, they did that to vw golf gti before didn't they 310bhp or was it vr6? just a guest 440bhp in a twin engine teg :evil:

 

[dazza]

This is probably even more off the wall, twin engined Teg?

the teg dosen't have huge boot for nothing so u shouldn't be short in space for that, they did that to vw golf gti before didn't they 310bhp or was it vr6? just a guest 440bhp in a twin engine teg :evil:

As far as i remember it was a MKIII with 2 VR6 lumps in it and was pushing out about 600bhp combined because they turbo'd the engines :shock:
I remember it being blisteringly quick

 

[vt-marty]

i found this site a while back ok its a DC2 but gives you a good idea of what is required..
http://www.team-integra.net/forum/displ ... cID=106670 :lol:

 

[Decklogic1]

Would be wicked seeing a DC5 in the D1 Championship tho huh?

 

[timp]

Honda Tuning followed the build of a 4wd teg DC2, quite a project!

Rear wheel drive wouldn't be a problem but taking a 10k plus car and cutting up the fire wall and installing a transmission tunnel etc is goona take a brave man. Plus getting the engine far enough back so as not too have it in front of the front wheels too much is gonna be difficult

 

[Neil_H]

It would probably make more sense to mount the engine in the middle, where the rear seats are, as per the DC2 thread above (fantastic read BTW, saw it a while back).

 

[webbie]

I know a lad who works for z cars they do a civic powered rear wheel drive saxo

im sure the kit could be altered for most cars ...

take the teg engine out the front and put it in the back :wink:

http://www.zcars.org.uk/saxo/index.htm

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Some of the projects these guys do amazes me - proper old fashioned engineering!

 

[redcap]

It's called an S2000

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Which is what im moving back to

Mainly for the RWD.

I do feel most of the DC5 is better though - the weight, the Brembo's, the looks, and most notably the K20 feels much better than the F20C...

So a combination of both would be great!

 

[DC5TU]

Buy a Skip with with a duff lump and fit a K20, then uprgrade to brembos!
job done!!

 

[Jayk]

its not to hard to do put the engine in the rear, alot of compines offer a conversion. i was going to put a b18c6 into my 106gti, cost - 10k. Basically the whole of the rear of the 106 is cut out, the front end of a dc2 is welded into the 106. My mates currently putting K20 into a Saxo VTS, back end.

but to convert it to rwd should be even easier, but alot of custom made parts required soo expensive to do unless theres a kit.