Mave
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| posted on 29/8/03 at 08:52 PM |
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4x4: too much extra work?
Last weekend I had the chance to be a passenger in a 370 bhp Dax Rush Quadra. Pretty exciting! I'm not looking for a car with such an ammount of
power, but am tempted by the idea of 4x4.
Would it make everything waaaaaaay more complicated? Or is it basically an extra propshaft, front diff, front driveshafts and different
uprights?!?!?
I'm designing the car myself, so am still able to adjust the design......
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/8/03 at 10:17 PM |
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Depends on the donor i guess, but anythings possible with some work.
I was gonna use the whole drivetrain from a subaru legacy, which i think would have been fairly easy.
Just depends how soon you want the project on the road! I'm saving fancy stuff for the second car, using a normal plan for the first!
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ChrisW
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| posted on 29/8/03 at 10:47 PM |
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If you were to use a Sierra 4x4 I can't see it being too difficult. The uprights are very similar, front diff mount will probably be suitable
and, assuming you base it on a suitably widened chassis (eg the new Velocity or the Viento) all the rest of the running gear should fit. The only big
issue is modifying the top front wishbones to run inboard shocks.
If you want to have a go I can probably find most of the bits you'd need in the garage. 
Chris
[Edited on 29/8/03 by ChrisW]
My gaff my rules
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ijohnston99
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| posted on 30/8/03 at 10:33 AM |
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I believe a couple of the guys on here are building Sierra 4x4 based cars (Liam and Ewan Spence).
Do a search for posts by them.
Cheers,
Ian
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ewanspence
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| posted on 3/9/03 at 12:02 PM |
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I am doing a 4x4
I have done all the hard work as you can see from my well out of date website.
http://www.geocities.com/ewanspence/
The front diff/prop/ and wishbones were the main challenges.
Ewan.
Visit the MegaGrip site :-
http://www.geocities.com/ewanspence/
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