Bp and GTR AWD swap (MX-3)

[BuGS]

Thats how Josh's sat. He ended up cutting the spring. Just cut the top coils, all they do is sit on eachother anyways...

[smoke187]

how dose every thing bolt to the car pics of the rear end install and driveshaft was thinking of doing this myself

[projectmx]

basically I had to drill custom holes and make custom rails for the rear for strength and cause the rear rails slant up so i had to make straight rails for the rear end to bolt on.. also had to cut out the arear for the spare tire to make room... there was other cutting done and other things done to make the rear end area stronger to deal with the torque and hp that was never meant for the rear end

as to wheel gap right now i have ground controls that i will install and when i have the money i'm buying AST coil over struts (12 point dampening and height adjustable)

[FE3-323]

i need to come take a look @ this project you have going tim.

[projectmx]

dude you are welcome down anytime.... it is more fun when a friend hangs out while i'm workin on it... and anyone who helps at least gets some free alcohol

[projectmx]

just got my stainless steel oversized valves in from corksport!!!! beautiful

[purewhitemp5]

Just gotta ask how much for the rear end set-up. As I want to figure out what it would cost to convert to awd.

[projectmx]

it cost me $900 for the rear subframe and was only missing a few parts... the new studs to bolt it on were around $15, the sheet metal to make custom rails was around $30, the other stuff i used to add support and some of the various tools i had to buy cost around another $40, my friend had a welder so i didn't have to by one of those, so i paid around a grand for the rear end set up but that isn't including the time i spent cuting, measuring and all that stuff and also not including the cost of either buying a welder or having someone weld for you

[projectmx]

also i'm sandblasting and painting the rear subframe with POR-15 that will be about another $100 probably

oh don't forget you'll have to get a custom driveshaft if you want to do it right $300-$400 plus the actually trans another $200 - $300

[FE3-323]

carbonfiber driveshaft

[projectmx]

carbonfiber driveshaft

i can't even begin to imagine how mucht that would cost or even where around here i could have it made.. that would be awesome though.. talk about saving hp loss