RWD pros and cons

[Guest]

pros and cons of welding up centre diff to make RWD, thoughts?

[DRFVDR]

not as safe,not as reliable,

[Koom]

Doesn't handle as well as the suspension geometry is not suited to rwd only.

Blows diffs quickly.

Destroys CV's just as quickly.

[WRXER]

Apart from the Pro of being able to say "It's RWD" there really isn't any pro's. I tested a RWD wrx for a guy up north looking at buying one, and OMG it handled like crap. Would never go down that track, if I wanted RWD I would look at getting a RWD car like the mighty old skool starlet. 8)

[driftrex]

im rwd drive and i cant complain, you just gotta adjust your driving style to suit rwd, i find mine just as quick and possibly better in a straight line.

[Guest dpi(II)]

Or, you could get yourself a DCCD box, even splash out on a 6spd...

[Too Broke]

 dpi(II) said:

Or, you could get yourself a DCCD box, even splash out on a 6spd...

Neither of which make it RWD though

[Guest dpi(II)]

But you can drive it like it is...

[Munkvy]

 V8SLYR said:

pros and cons of welding up centre diff to make RWD, thoughts?

Pros - easier to pick up hoes (if thats your thing) as you can say your a mad drif0r au.

Cons - sh*t breaks more easily, diffs, cvs, axles even. Ohh and of course the tyre bill. Then theres the handling - you wont want to drive in the wet anymore....

[pl0x]

 V8SLYR said:

pros and cons of welding up centre diff to make RWD, thoughts?

Pros: FUN!!

[Joker]

You can also be like everyone else who likes to be different and be RWD

[newsuba]

But then if you were like everyone else you wouldn't be "different" anymore ?

;D

As WRXER said, if you want RWD then buy a car that was designed RWD from the start.

End of story.

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[driftrex]

 newsuba said:

But then if you were like everyone else you wouldn't be "different" anymore ?

;D

As WRXER said, if you want RWD then buy a car that was designed RWD from the start.

End of story.

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maybe he doesnt wana go buy a skyline or cefiro or similar tho. like myself i like rwd but also like subbies, theres only one way to get the best of both worlds.

rwd is obviously not for everyone, my advice would be to listen to the people that have done it.

next step for me is to fit a r200 rear diff, but thats another topic altogether.

[zarnah]

Ok well first up if you're going to go rwd then of course its going to handle like shit-the cars factory suspension is set up for a 4wd drivetrain so do it properly and get a decent coilover/strut brace/swaybar setup and get it setup for rwd, as far as breaking things goes when I first got mine done I broke a rear halfshaft, got it fixed and then blew the diff. Now I have a rebuilt (new shims etc) sti diff and had some custom thicker halfshafts made up and its had a hell of a hiding without breaking anything for nearly a year now and still going strong. Also as everyone knows suby gearboxes arnt the strongest box out and converting to rwd takes a lot of the stress off the box normally associated with a 4wd drivetrain. I have never had a problem with my box although if it was still 4wd and I gave it half the abuse I give it now I would be chewing through the boxes. Point is if you're going to do a rwd conversion do it properly and then you wont be left wondering why it handles like shit/breaks all the time etc. Just my 2 cents......

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 driftrex']

[quote name='newsuba said:

But then if you were like everyone else you wouldn't be "different" anymore ?

;D

As WRXER said, if you want RWD then buy a car that was designed RWD from the start.

End of story.

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/quote]

maybe he doesnt wana go buy a skyline or cefiro or similar tho. like myself i like rwd but also like subbies, theres only one way to get the best of both worlds.

rwd is obviously not for everyone, my advice would be to listen to the people that have done it.

next step for me is to fit a r200 rear diff, but thats another topic altogether.

I agree.. i like subi's but rwd also

I would much rather have a rwd subi than skyline etc i just cant get enough of the subi rumble lol

[QRAF]

feels quicker i'll give you that

and driftrex your setup isn't anything standard either, will be interesting to see it on the track if you can get around those corners.

[Joker]

I made my Auto FWD by accident - cost ne over $2k to rebuild gearbox.... (Subaru's Chassis are FWD based anyway, not 4WD and commonly believed IIRC)

[NotAWhiteGTB]

Pro's - You can do skidz au, and come on, who doesnt want to light a big dirty patch of rubber down.

Con's - Besides the mechanical issues that have been mentioned. Anyone who owns a skyline, supra, or a RX7 can do better skids and think your a twat for not doing it properly, 90% of people in subis will look at you like your a twat for ruining a perfectly good awd car.

[Guest huff3r]

 NotAnotherWhiteGTB said:

Pro's - You can do skidz au, and come on, who doesnt want to light a big dirty patch of rubber down.

Con's - Besides the mechanical issues that have been mentioned. Anyone who owns a skyline, supra, or a RX7 can do better skids and think your a twat for not doing it properly, 100% of sane people in subis will look at you like your a twat for ruining a perfectly good awd car.

Correction

[zarnah]

 

Con's - Besides the mechanical issues that have been mentioned. Anyone who owns a skyline, supra, or a RX7 can do better skids and think your a twat for not doing it properly, 100% of sane people in subis will look at you like your a twat for ruining a perfectly good awd car.

Once again get it setup properly and you should easily do just as good a skid as any skyline/supra/rx7 etc, got a nice vid on my phone of my wagon alongside my mates s5 rx7 both smoking the bags, can you post vids on here? how?

[nzkaosnz]

photobucket video.

 NotAnotherWhiteGTB said:

Pro's - You can do skidz au, and come on, who doesnt want to light a big dirty patch of rubber down.

Con's - Besides the mechanical issues that have been mentioned. Anyone who owns a skyline, supra, or a RX7 can do better skids and think your a twat for not doing it properly, 90% of people in subis will look at you like your a twat for ruining a perfectly good awd car.

Cmon clint - deep down i know you want to be rwd...

[pl0x]

 zarnah said:

 

Con's - Besides the mechanical issues that have been mentioned. Anyone who owns a skyline, supra, or a RX7 can do better skids and think your a twat for not doing it properly, 100% of sane people in subis will look at you like your a twat for ruining a perfectly good awd car.

Once again get it setup properly and you should easily do just as good a skid as any skyline/supra/rx7 etc, got a nice vid on my phone of my wagon alongside my mates s5 rx7 both smoking the bags, can you post vids on here? how?

Yea comon a subi baking it up and showing up a skyline or something would be great!!

[Joker]

[NotAWhiteGTB]

 nzkaosnz said:

Cmon clint - deep down i know you want to be rwd...

Just because my car sounds like it should be doing skids doesnt mean it wants to. Knowing me my car would end up in the possesion of one of jasons workmates alittle to readily.. ;D

[Guest]

You could put a supra gearbox in like my wrx. All i need now is a cusco datto r160 diff and better halfshafts and I can crank up the power a bit, im only running 12psi atm, still making 260hp atw tho