RWD Civic

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RWD Civic

By BreeBree
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:26 pm #167649 Hi im new to this website and not sure if this is the right section. I have an eg civic and was wondering does anybody know of eg civics being converted to rear wheel drive? :?
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By Chance
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:33 pm #167654 It's a waste of time, money and a civic. If you want RWD why not get a S2k?
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By That One Dude
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:02 pm #167663 Much more worth your time to do the AWD conversion. Not to mention, the parts are already there and available with minimal fabrication.
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By chrono404
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:21 am #167719
That One Dude wrote:Much more worth your time to do the AWD conversion. Not to mention, the parts are already there and available with minimal fabrication.


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I was thinking about doing an AWD Swap. you will have to do a some fabrication to get the rear diff to mount in place, You will also have to use either an aftermarket fuel cell, That or a CRV Gas tank.

If you are really thinking about going down this path google search for how to do it. There is a Rally Delsol on Hondatech that converted to AWD, Took tons of pics.



If you want RWD you have 2 basic options.

1) Install then engine to power the Rear Wheels, This is technically a Mid engine setup but probably the better way to go. This will require Huge amounts of fabrication.

2) Install a Fore/Aft engine setup, Similar to a S2k, or a Chevy LS1 engine. Both will have HUGE amounts of fabrication and will cost way to much money.

Both of the above options will take tons of money and time. Thats with you doing it. You can easily buy a S2000 for the amount of money that would be required to this.I cant imagine the car handling that well when done either.

If you want to Drift, Sell your Civic, buy a 240sx.
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By 99cx
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:16 pm #169049 i have heard of swapping a Honda CRV drive train in a civic.
thought it sounded pretty cool.
although havent seen any proof of it existing.
http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?p=40514559
thats a sweet drivetrain sawp in a del slo

ive always wanted to do a rear engine setup in a Eg hatch.
jsut trying to fugure out all the kinks about how freakin hard it would be :P

By pinky
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:22 pm #169051 hell, buy my 240 and we will all be happy.
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By forcefedEG
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:37 pm #186049
Chance wrote:It's a waste of time, money and a civic. If you want RWD why not get a S2k?


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By jred
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:34 pm #186056 civics arn't ment for rwd or awd if thay were honda would of made a V-Tec det engine ( turbo ) wich i really think thay should, and start making awd turbo machines " civics " to comp with lancers and imprezas, now that would be cool :hehe:
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By teal_dx
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:57 pm #186060 there's a video floating around, I think in the drifting section, of a S2k drivetrain in an EG. It shows it drifting around but no close up shots of the fabrication. If you have an endless wallet and/or amazing fab skills, then go for it :thumb:

Anything can be done with enough money/resources... look at "Civette" on google :wink:
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By J'95
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:02 pm #186062
teal_dx wrote:there's a video floating around, I think in the drifting section, of a S2k drivetrain in an EG. It shows it drifting around but no close up shots of the fabrication. If you have an endless wallet and/or amazing fab skills, then go for it :thumb:

Anything can be done with enough money/resources... look at "Civette" on google :wink:

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By forcefedEG
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:12 pm #186064 i cant help but wonder if you got this idea from forza? :eh:
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By Gorveatt
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:05 pm #186074
Chance wrote:It's a waste of time, money and a civic. If you want RWD why not get a S2k?


couldn't agree more with this man, not only is it a waste of all mentioned above, it's also highly impracticable and the chassis isn't designed for it so it would more then likely handle like a sack of shit, where as the S2K would handle like a dream
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By forcefedEG
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:11 pm #186075
Gorveatt wrote: it would more then likely handle like a sack of shit, where as the S2K would handle like a dream


hahaha lmao very very true.... couldnt agree more
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