Protege5: Harder, not Smarter!

[THE Phen]

Fsdet

Kaboom!

 

[704_mazdaguy]

No supports welded in while you cut the floor out? Good luck ever getting your alignment right again....frame is going to be all out of wack

 

[iracemine]

No supports welded in while you cut the floor out? Good luck ever getting your alignment right again....frame is going to be all out of wack

prove it.

 

[TylerStoltz]

Took a while for me to come around, but this thread is pretty darn cool. Subb'd.

 

[Tamn]

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Oh My God...

 

[THE Phen]

Know what I like most about this thread? It dispels any thoughts that a RWD or AWD swap in this platform is at all easy. Ton of work going on here that not everyone has the time, space, tools, or knowledge to do.

 

[TylerStoltz]

I'm sorry. I'm a little lost now. So this is a RWD swap? If not, then what's the plan, Tamn?

 

[CR3 Motorsports]

Hahahahhshahahahahahahaa



Yes. Just as I suspected.

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Just imagine, a Protege5 Drift car. They have awesome handling

 

[THE Phen]

I'm sorry. I'm a little lost now. So this is a RWD swap? If not, then what's the plan, Tamn?

You aren't gonna use a T56 for a FWD car...

 

[31N007]

Is there any way to mount the FS longitudinally? Maybe a Miata engine is going in there. But that might negate any work done to the FS...

 

[THE Phen]

T56 would be extreme overkill for an FS...

 

[JDM_Pro5]

^That's what I'm thinking

T56 is for Vipers, Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs. It's meant to deliver the torque of a V8, not a 4 cylinder making 130hp at the crank. I mean, look at the shear size of it in the car

 

[Sport23]

^^ Truth!

I was thinking about it last night and was really hoping to see a Miata doner car show up in this thread. The Probe that got swapped to Miata running gear was pretty awesome! Obviously, things are going to be on a bit bigger scale here...

 

[Bastian]

The "Smarter not Harder" title of this thread really doesn't make sense any more... This is leaning more and more towards harder lol

Can't wait to see this (2thumbs)

 

[daonly1around]

subbing

 

[TylerStoltz]

You aren't gonna use a T56 for a FWD car...

I'm feeling like an idiot at the moment. If had at all paid attention to the last photo...

Freakin' sweet build, though! Have you thought about doing two engines for a four wheel drive car? That could be pretty cool...

 

[JDM_Pro5]

I'm feeling like an idiot at the moment. If had at all paid attention to the last photo...

Freakin' sweet build, though! Have you thought about doing two engines for a four wheel drive car? That could be pretty cool...

Timing and even power distribution is a huge challenge. Even with electric motors, it's very difficult to evenly distribute the same power to both sets of wheels. After that, you still have to have a custom built/tuned ecu to control it. If you are on the highway with the front axle doing 65mph and the rear axle wanting to go 70mph, you're going to have a bad time

 

[Installshield 2]

No supports welded in while you cut the floor out? Good luck ever getting your alignment right again....frame is going to be all out of wack

he can square it up when he welds in whatever rear sub frame he decides to use...a Probe GT member did a similar RWD conversion on a probetalk, which shares a lot of unibody dimensions with these cars...Thats how he did it, anyway...