BG AWD Undercarriage Photos

[therieldeal]

Alright, in an attempt to educate everyone i'd like to see some pictures of the underbody of the 4wd. If you have the chance to put your 4wd on a lift and take a few quality shots that would be great. Perhaps this will cut down on all the people thinking that AWD protege bits will bolt right up to their FWD BG... since anyone can clearly see that it is WAY different.

Here's what i have to contribute, from when my exhaust was installed. I forgot my real camera so they are crappy cameraphone pics

you can note that there is no front subframe, just a bracket that each LCA bolts to and a thin brace between them at the bottom. the floor pan is 100% different from front to rear, with different mounting points in the back for the subframe and a different tunnel with brackets for driveshaft carrier bearings.

[jrally]

Next time I'm in CA with my Protege, I'll take pics of the under-side. You're car looks like the back end was sitting in the ocean... LOL The front end looks pretty decent though. The front end actually has 2 small subframes, one for each side, with that tie plate between them. I bent that when I drove over a big rock a few months ago, along with bending/denting all three drive shafts to the rear and crushing in the exhuast a bit.

-Jon R.

[therieldeal]

damn, that sucks about the rock...

yeah the back end of my car has seen better days. i'm on the lookout for a better rear subframe but its not going to be easy to locate or ship :/

[worldhazard]

wow.. i've never even looked at the under carriage of my 4wd..

[SgtRauksauff]

I climbed under mine when I picked it up, but as it was sitting in the driveway, I couldn't really fit too far under there.

I'll see if I can't get it up on at least some ramps for some photos one of these days..

--sarge

[nerd racing]

I wish someone would have posted some pics of that stuff when I was working on the AWD project before I wrecked the aspire... good stuff man!

[SgtRauksauff]

I've got some photos in my worklog... Just on jackstands, I don't have a lift (yet).

http://wihandyman.com/forum/showpost.php?p=510571&postcount=15

--sarge

[jasoncsprotege]

I've been meaning to add pics to this for a while so here they are
Jason

[Lex]

I've been meaning to add pics to this for a while so here they are
Jason

Your rust repair work looks quite good and clean Jason!

[viper_707]

i want more pictures of the metal splash sheilds. wondering if i could adapte those to my front wheel drive

[worldhazard]

i want more pictures of the metal splash sheilds. wondering if i could adapte those to my front wheel drive

i never even noticed those before. i don't have em on my car

[matt94]

im looking to build an awd escort... i have a 94 EGT with a 1.8 turbo. fast car but no traction.. i have the option of buying a complete mazda GTX awd... i was hoping to find someone who has done this before so i can talk to them before i get started..

[yunvmyegt]

someone made a capri awd with a bpt in it, find this thread hes got a bunch of pics....

[therieldeal]

this thread is about why it is so hard to do

good luck. i installed a transmission from a toyota camry and IMO it was way easier than trying to convert to awd.

ps: try some better tires and an LSD first