Pros and cons of a cut and weld type AWD conversion, might need to move to OT, but it does relate to the celica.... Options

[stephen_lee]

Now THIS link started what i believed was a VERY good, and also very informative topic on a "cut and weld" type AWD conversion. Although it was a little heated, I think we need to continue this topic as it is very important to someone who is looking to do a cut and weld type conversion, skilled or not.

Now, I do believe cost and ease of mass production was a big factor in Toyota's mind when they sold the production GT4. Also weight is a consideration. So in many areas of the car, Toyota engineers may have designed a weaker than perfect setup to save cost, man/robot hours of production, and weight. Any GOOD fabricator/welder can build a system that will take a SH!T load of abuse without breaking, but an engineers JOB is to make a device thats capable of the same job, but using the least amount of materials, time to build, and over all cost/weight.

[99gt3sge]

living here in socal, it would be cheaper to build your own gt4 rather than buying one. i looked into it b4 and i was looking at 15,000 to bring one over from japan and i still had to register it. but the way these guys are swaping there awd stuff is bad ass!!!!! it looks awsome. if i had the money i would have these guys build me one, and that way i can still have registered as a regular celica. thats my two cents.