Making a redtop rear wheeled?

[Thomas]

Hi all,

Just woundering if its possible to make a redtop rear wheeled drive? On my corsa? If so how do i so how do i go about doing it.?

[PRICER]

that would be alot to ask for, you would have to rotate the engine, and then source another gearbox same as they would use in the rally cars / kit cars, and then cut and weld the fire wall, and the gearbox tunnel and the exhaust tunnel to allow for the different gearbox also to allow for the drive shaft and the exhaust to both run to the rear, then you would have to get a rear axle possibly of a calibra 4x4 or something and adjust the width to the corsa track and then find a way of mounting it to the rear beam area of the car, and then you would have to possibly get a custom drive shaft made up. thats the only way i can see you being able to get a rwd corsa to be honest. orr scrap the whole idea and get a bike engine installed instead. lol

[matty101]

tbh if you have to ask if its possible im betting you dont have the skills or the knowledge to do it.

no offence

[Octane2097]

on a car with such a short wheel base it wouldnt be a relaxing drive lol

now 4wd.. thatd wud be worth seeing

[BIG DAN]

tbh they are both been done and its not that hard to rwd convert but as above if you have to ask you prob dont have skills or knolage not enough to try such a project me and a friend converted a calibra to rwd and made it a roadster lol !!!

[matty101]

have a look on "mig web" theres quite a few 4/rwd wheel drive corsa projects.

[Thomas]

Well thanks for the quick replys but...

I am a Mechanic belivive it or not its just i dont do customising and ive never herd or seen it before thts y i was asking... Sounds like a challenge i am up for challenges so mite give it ago in a month whe i have a few more funds.

Thanks again fellas

[matty101]

dont think its gona be easy mind, its not for the faint hearted...........

rwd:

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects ... rsa-2.html

4wd:

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects ... o-4x4.html

just the first ones i came 2 but think theres a few more, check out www.migweb.co.uk

[nath2905]

now them projects are awsome

[BIG DAN]

i bought a calibra for 100 and an omega v6 for 120 and bought lots of weldin wire n gas and thats all it cost me + a few cutting discs its not as hard a s people make out but im not saying its a piece of pi55 really takes imagineation and patients i could send pics if you want of how it happens ?

[matty101]

post the pics on here, i'd love to see them

[Thomas]

Yh post some pics m8 would like to see prop make it easyier for me lol

[BIG DAN]

well here is a few i dont have too many of the build only the destruction lol it was a friends project technically and it wasnt phesable to continue with as for lack of time and space it altho teh centre chanel was in a nd the rear diff was on and ready for the v6 to be dropped in the doner was teh omega which is on its side being dismantelled lol ! this was noather friend at the time who was helping lol !


front view of the roadster



rear view



the diff mounted on the rear when we were choppin it up lol



the poor omega being cut up with a plasma cutter for its entre chanel ! this was a friend who was helping at the time !




will sort more pics out !!!



this WIP

[i drive v8s]

Making a redtop rear wheeled?
by Thomas » Sat May 22, 2010 9:44 pm

Hi all,

Just woundering if its possible to make a redtop rear wheeled drive? On my corsa? If so how do i so how do i go about doing it.?IF IN DOUBT FLAT OUT !!Thomas
CB-Uk User

Thomas, Big dan told me about this thread so i joined to post and maybe help you.

Rwd is possible, its been done and quite frankly nearly anything is possible, if a 27 litre V12 can be made to fit a Rover,
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=19

I started the Calibra because they lend themselves to RWD quite easily, its nearly all there from the factory, after all they made a 4wd version so 2 wheel drive is no problem. I wanted to mount the engine longitudually and not transverse.
I used a V6 Omega and robbed most of it, subframe, tunnel, diff etc and all the wiring, i bought a manual box as i didnt want a slush in it.



My advice if you have the will GO FOR IT, just make sure that your prepared to fabricate etc.

The reason why i didnt finish it in case anyones wondering?
I lost my premises and as i already have a garden full of my favourite American Muscle the wife would have killed me.

If you want any advice pm me.

[BIG DAN]

welcome aboard sir lol and lads no really she wud have killed him ! another day another time tho ay ?