Bored, Q's about fwd -> rwd .

[Celli]

Wut

I believe it's referred to a flat 4. I think it's the Porsche boxer that has it. And my buddies old vw beetle has it.

[soab]

Someone please ban this guy.

Im missing why? I know I had the same exact thought when I first read it cause there are a number of threads by me strewn across the internet asking similar questions, and thats pretty much exactly what I was looking for. There is no step by step guide for one off fab work unfortunately. You either have to dive in and commit or it will never happen.

One thing no one has touch upon on the topic is you need at the very least access to a welder, probably a chop saw and drill press will make things a hell of a lot easier, and a grinder with LOTS of cutting and grinding discs along with a space to store all that.

One good sourcs I read a lot of back in the day was Kimini's build. http://www.kimini.com/
He built a WHOLE car from scratch and has a ton of great resources.

In the end there are 2 methods to a project like this, dive in head first and hope for the best (like I always do) or read up plan out and do it right.

[Celli]

Im missing why?.

he directed that towards me, not OP. I'm supposedly infamous for being an idiot.

[74low145]

Since there is some confusion and obviusly some people that cant read..

I never asked for an "step-by-step" guide on how to do this.
When I wrote this thread, it was a pure funbased request about the level of difficulty on a project like this. And I asked "In brief. How much work is it.." just to get a feel about that.
And, I dont want someone do to this for me, and I dont expect any at Stanceworks to be experts on this subject.

This is still just a wild thought about using my summer (and more..) doing something fun with a free car.

But I love the feedback!

So this is what I'm down to..

- Everything not needed inside car, get it out.
- Source new engine/trans, drivhafts and rear axel.(Still at burnoutpotential..)
- Read up on engine/trans mounts, same for rear axel.
- Figure how to line everything up.

Somewhere in the list above, start cutting!

Yeah, and before someone start h4ting againg, this is totaly new for me, so I guess that list will get alot LONGER.. haha.

Around here, bmw engines, old volvo "FK" turboengines and v8/v6 (chevy, ford, dodge etc.) are the easiest to source out. We are talking about Norway/Sweden her.

So, what kind of enginge would YOU choose?

[soab]

I'd start with a carb'ed 350. You have to learn how to tune a carb but it is gonna be WAY less wiring and there is a lot of info on putting 350's in random stuff. Through All my searching and talking to people who do custom fab work there are not a whole lot of tricks or methods to making sure things are straight, just lots and lots of measuring and mock up over and over and over again.

The engine houldn't be too hard, the rear end is going to be the toughest part since factory is a solid axle so your goint to probably have to get a whole rear subframe out of a car and make it fit the 900. Read this http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22294 A LOT of good into on custom fab and thinking ahead. Also gives you an idea of the scale of work your looking at.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

if he has to ask, he probably doesn't have the knowledge for it either.

lol

[Celli]

lol

Thats exactly what I was told when I asked this same Q on a different forum

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Thats exactly what I was told when I asked this same Q on a different forum

It's just humorous that such a comment came from you.

[Celli]

It's just humorous that such a comment came from you.

A little comedic value never hurt anyone

[Kyle_Eagleton]

A little comedic value never hurt anyone

[Celli]

I'm only 18, breeding is out of the question for atleast 5-10 year