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rear wheel drive???? - 9/27/2004 5:30:34 PM

w00

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couls you take a 2wd eclipse and make it front wheel drive?

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 9/27/2004 5:31:47 PM

w00

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could*

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 9/27/2004 9:15:44 PM

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lol I might be missing something but I thought a 2G 2wd Eclipse is already front wheel drive.

Or are you asking to make it a rear wheel drive?

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 9/28/2004 9:18:19 AM

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Yeah...i'm with Prophet here....

But you *could* make it RWD....just take the engine from the front, drop it in back, and you'll have a mid-engine monster. It really doesn't cost all that much either, if you can weld then you'll save a load of cash. Swap the front and rear suspension, get rid of A/C, Power steering, everything that drives off the engine. You *can* use the Electric Power Steering system from a 2nd gen MR2...

Of course you've figured out that this whole swap will be easier if you're using an Automatic transmission, but other than that, everything else should be fine. Wiring will be a pain, and figuring out which way you want to run the radiator is gonna be kind of though....But it is very do-able. So there you go....one way to make a RWD DSM.

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 9/28/2004 3:00:56 PM

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ya i ment rear wheel drive lol but ya i can weld and all other stuff

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 9/29/2004 11:30:30 AM

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Why do people always laugh at me when i tell them cool things? They always laugh and then look at me like i'm crazy...i'm not crazy. I'm very not crazy

grrrrrrrrrrrrr

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 10/1/2004 9:27:16 AM

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get an awd eclipse and take out the front drive then you have a rwd

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 10/1/2004 11:39:18 AM

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Yeah, there's a procedure on how to make the AWDs RWD, but i hear it's real risky and can't hold a lot of power. I've only seen one rwd dsm. It was a 1g talon, and the guys center diff locked up and only the rear wheels got power. I saw the video of him doing a burnout, it was pretty cool.

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 10/1/2004 3:20:20 PM

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why would you want to ruin a perfectly good AWD by making it RWD? im confused... I'd take AWD over anything, anyday. I know it weighs more, but its so nice

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RE: rear wheel drive???? - 10/3/2004 7:57:47 PM

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