FWD to AWD? Options

[badman322]

So someone told me today that it's a fairly straightforward project to convert my FWD 94 GT to and AWD. He said the chassis is the same, just need the drive train, differential and axles. Is this true? And if so, is it really that easy? I'm sure there is some info on the forums already, but couldn't easily find it.

[czwalga]

Kurt posted my entire build thread, many many pictures.



If you keep the driveshaft straight coming off the transmission, the differential is going to sit waay to low. There's a CV joint in the driveshaft to account for the different heights of the differential and transmission output shaft. I spent hours aligning everything before I started making mounts.

The wrong way in my opinion as to what some people have done is take the GT4 mounts and just weld them in. However the GT4 rear floor sits like 4 inches higher so it's just not that simple as welding the GT4 mounts in.

The goal to have your axle cv joints to have as close to a 0 degree angle as possible sitting at ride height. This is not always possible if you lower the car a bit, however if your differential is already sitting 4" lower than where it should, then you lower the car. You're talking some pretty extreme angles.


I've beat the living **** out of my car this year, 4 stage rallys, around 600 racing miles and I haven't had any problems related to the AWD swap.

This post has been edited by czwalga: Mar 7, 2012 - 10:19 PM

[3WayStunna]

Kurt posted my entire build thread, many many pictures.



If you keep the driveshaft straight coming off the transmission, the differential is going to sit waay to low. There's a CV joint in the driveshaft to account for the different heights of the differential and transmission output shaft. I spent hours aligning everything before I started making mounts.

The wrong way in my opinion as to what some people have done is take the GT4 mounts and just weld them in. However the GT4 rear floor sits like 4 inches higher so it's just not that simple as welding the GT4 mounts in.

The goal to have your axle cv joints to have as close to a 0 degree angle as possible sitting at ride height. This is not always possible if you lower the car a bit, however if your differential is already sitting 4" lower than where it should, then you lower the car. You're talking some pretty extreme angles.


I've beat the living **** out of my car this year, 4 stage rallys, around 600 racing miles and I haven't had any problems related to the AWD swap.

EDIT: Found my answer....but still have another question that i cant answer...The part where you welded on your mounts for the center driveshaft...what floor panel were they on, or where do they NATURALLY sit on the floor pan of the GT4?

This post has been edited by 3WayStunna: Mar 10, 2012 - 10:13 AM