RWD conversion

[Mike-92RT]

very interesting!

[Maximal]

my car is just the N/A, so i won't be drag racing it, or dumping thousands into the engine.. so im not too worried about performance, unless im losing horsepower to the wheels, or if the handling gets more shitty.. the stock HP is fine with me.

I have a feeling an NA will be painfully slow in RWD. Not only are you losing more power but you're adding a bunch of wait.

[IPD]

i know a lot about these cars, and i know a lot about the TT/AWD conversions... im not fucking stupid.

Maximal, thank you for giving me a good answer. Imperfectdarkness obviously doesn't know how to treat his fellow 3/S members.

I was just curious if its worth doing it or not, since everyone in my city asks me if my car is RWD, and i've never seen or heard of anyone doing the RWD conversion. Since i DO live in canada, and not too many people own 3/S cars.

and yet...you somehow didn't have access to any of brett's insights on this conversion?


seriously, this topic has been covered HUNDREDS of times on the old site, and has been brought up at least twice before on this one. you, like the many before you, are asking about turning an apple into an orange. when i said buy a corvette, i meant it. get something RWD if you want RWD. you'll be saving yourself a lot of time and effort; and the results will be significantly better without even modding the corvette. i boiled it down to the essentials. if you want the lurid details, then i suggest your search skills need more flexing.

my "attitude" as you put it is a direct result from years of watching "owners" like you try and take a 3/s and turn it into something like an FD-3s, supra, or corvette. start with the right platform. the 3/s is fwd or awd. period. vr440 being one of the lone exceptions; and is a great example of what you can do with pretty much any car if you tube-frame it. but if you're going to that much trouble...why start with a "heavy" 3/s, instead of something several hundred pounds lighter?

[Mike-92RT]

and yet...you somehow didn't have access to any of brett's insights on this conversion?


seriously, this topic has been covered HUNDREDS of times on the old site, and has been brought up at least twice before on this one. you, like the many before you, are asking about turning an apple into an orange. when i said buy a corvette, i meant it. get something RWD if you want RWD. you'll be saving yourself a lot of time and effort; and the results will be significantly better without even modding the corvette. i boiled it down to the essentials. if you want the lurid details, then i suggest your search skills need more flexing.

my "attitude" as you put it is a direct result from years of watching "owners" like you try and take a 3/s and turn it into something like an FD-3s, supra, or corvette. start with the right platform. the 3/s is fwd or awd. period. vr440 being one of the lone exceptions; and is a great example of what you can do with pretty much any car if you tube-frame it. but if you're going to that much trouble...why start with a "heavy" 3/s, instead of something several hundred pounds lighter?

look buddy, im sorry i thought outside of the box with these cars. Theres nothing wrong with that. It would make my car more interesting than yours. I rarely went on 3si cause it sucked balls with its slow loading and a million ads. I don't waste my time searching countless hours for certain threads. I have a life you know.

You have no right to be fucking rude about it, so calm down, give your head a shake. I obviously can't afford a Supra, or Corvette, which is why i own one of these POS 3/S cars. I like my stealth, i dont plan on selling it soon, and i was curious to see what the RWD was all about.

[IPD]

let me ask you this. would you consider a RWD conversion to a lancer? how about a DSM? what about an srt-4? CRZ?

sure, it can be done...but it's a VERY intensive process. for the time, effort and funds involved, you could start with a GOOD RWD platform. even a silva/240sx would be a decent starting point. and if you're REALLY broke, a fox-body mustang. i think you should check on the prices for c5 vettes; they're pretty low these days. much easier/cheaper than buying a fwd 3/s and trying to RWD it (or even buying an AWD 3/s and trying the same thing).

what i'm trying to say here is that the difficulty in such a conversion isn't unique to the 3/s realm. if you have your heart set on converting a 3/s, go right ahead. my opinion is that i can save you a lot of pain by just convincing you to buy the right car to start with. and i say this as someone who has gone through the ass-pain of an awd conversion.

p.s.

the 3/s isn't a "pos". if you honestly believe that, even about a FWD, i suggest you sell it to someone who doesn't share that sentiment. this platform deserves better than that.

p.p.s.

you live in canada. i would walk before i chose to drive RWD in canadian winters.

[mb3000]

look buddy, im sorry i thought outside of the box with these cars. Theres nothing wrong with that. It would make my car more interesting than yours. I rarely went on 3si cause it sucked balls with its slow loading and a million ads. I don't waste my time searching countless hours for certain threads. I have a life you know.

You have no right to be fucking rude about it, so calm down, give your head a shake. I obviously can't afford a Supra, or Corvette, which is why i own one of these POS 3/S cars. I like my stealth, i dont plan on selling it soon, and i was curious to see what the RWD was all about.

POS 3/S? Why on earth would you want to put so much time and effort into a car that you don't even like. The fact that you don't understand anything about the conversion tells me that you would fail 100% or you would get a little of it done then just bitch out and pay a shop to complete it. You want to be like Vr440? You can't because he was fucking dedicated to his build, so the "I have a life you know" shit wouldn't work out.

Sell your car, we don't need people like you beating the shit out of a 3/s just because you don't like what mommy and daddy bought you for your 16th birthday. Have a little respect.

[beepbeep]

Bridge, I came in here to posts those. Thanks ever so much for beating me to it.

Mike, read what Bret wrote....several times. If you're just doing it for shits and giggles, have at it. But it will change your opinion of your car....and generally it's towards the negative side. Those who have done it, as mentioned above, find that after all the work, it really wasn't worth it.

[stealthee]

look buddy, im sorry i thought outside of the box with these cars. Theres nothing wrong with that. It would make my car more interesting than yours. I rarely went on 3si cause it sucked balls with its slow loading and a million ads. I don't waste my time searching countless hours for certain threads. I have a life you know.

You have no right to be fucking rude about it, so calm down, give your head a shake. I obviously can't afford a Supra, or Corvette, which is why i own one of these POS 3/S cars. I like my stealth, i dont plan on selling it soon, and i was curious to see what the RWD was all about.

You need to calm down. What he is saying has merit. And if you can't afford a Vette, then you can't afford a RWD conversion. And if you think the car is a POS then sell it and get the fuck out of here.

[bridge]

Bridge, I came in here to posts those. Thanks ever so much for beating me to it.

Mike, read what Bret wrote....several times. If you're just doing it for shits and giggles, have at it. But it will change your opinion of your car....and generally it's towards the negative side. Those who have done it, as mentioned above, find that after all the work, it really wasn't worth it.

Sorrie..... It was just funny cause I was looking up dan's olds posts when he was rwd (I drove it home from iowa to chicago during winter time/snow, it was fun but shit kept breaking on him, he had a 14 sec 1/4 mile, yeah he went back to AWD) and bam! There was bret's post basically answering mike's question.

[Mike-92RT]

hahaha wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..

i call the 3S car, a POS, because i can. Most of them i see, are on the back of a flatbed, broken down. They aren't reliable cars, on gas, and with it running. I never said i didn't like my car, I love my car, and I'm allowed to call it a POS if i want to.

mb3000, i bought my Stealth with my own money thank you very much. I also bought it when i was 20, so you can fuck right off buddy. I only made this thread to see how much work was needed to do the RWD conversion, and what my gains/losses would be. I wasn't asking for any criticism from anyone.

You guys need to learn to relax, take a joke once and awhile, and quit being so serious. FUCK!