i have been looking around and i have been unable to find any rwd conversion, how hard would it be to convert an 05 ce to rwd, im thinking that a supra rear end would fit the rear and the engine would need custom mounts and a bit of firewall work to fit a rwd trans,
anyone have any other ideas, or proof that its been done but iv missed
You'll need to completely replace the engine, transmission, and add a rear end.... plus completely redesign the chassis of the car to make all of it fit.
No biggie if you own a fabrication shop and have about 30,000 dollars.
You'll need to completely replace the engine, transmission, and add a rear end.... plus completely redesign the chassis of the car to make all of it fit.
No biggie if you own a fabrication shop and have about 30,000 dollars.
i was thinking of a v8, i take it the gas tank would also have to be moved or replaced with a fuel cell, when you say redesign the chassis what do mean?
like to mount the rear end and rotate the engine, new transtunnel?
Small light unibody cars are not built for RWD conversions. You'd most likely need to build some sort of subframe to mount the rear axle / suspension to. The same goes for the front half of the car. Anything can be done if you have the time and money.
All that on top of the fact that you will probably need to lengthen the front end of the car to fit anything but an extremely small 2 or 3 cylinder in front of a Corolla as the engine bay is way too narrow.
But seriously to undertake a project like this you would need to
Literally lengthen the car at the engine bay.
Literally scrap and redesign the entire floorboard.
Redesign the entire steering system and most if not all the suspension system as it all bolts to the Corolla's subframe which would almost certainly need to be scrapped.
The rear body, floorboard, and all would need to be redesigned at there isnt any room to mount any sort of rear end except for a Solid Axle rear end and even then it would need to be extrememly narrow. If you did want to mount an IRS you would literally be going back to the drawing board with the car with trying to get all the geometry correct with everything being straight and even.
Redo all the wiring, fuel lines, brake lines, proportioning valve, cooling system.
Strengthen the body in several areas.
I would say 30,000 dollars in an understatement. It would be easier to simply build an entire chassis with a drivetrain from scratch then cut off a Complete Corolla body and then somehow mount that body to the bare chassis.
I can never understand how these questions come up.
The fact that you through "supra rear end" into the post shows that you are as far from being capable of doing it, as anyone could be.
ok i know the supra rear end wouldnt just drop it in, i know that there would need to be some sort of reenforcement to keep it in place, i havent see many pictures of the under body of the corolla, i know the supra rear end would probably be too big but im just trying to figure out what would need to be done before i go and start buying stuff
Here is another example of why this will never work out.
You shouldn't be buying anything, if you were serious about this, you'd be going to a world class fabricator with a $20,000 deposit. Your fabricator will do the buying based on their expertise.
Do you have $20,000 in cash to deliver with the car as a DEPOSIT? If so, I will meet you at a fabricator shop that can do this in Maryland.
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ok i know the supra rear end wouldnt just drop it in, i know that there would need to be some sort of reenforcement to keep it in place, i havent see many pictures of the under body of the corolla, i know the supra rear end would probably be too big but im just trying to figure out what would need to be done before i go and start buying stuff
You won't be able to do the fabrication yourself ... unless you are telling me that you are a world class chassis fabricator as your day job with at least (we'll shoot low here) 5 years of experience doing chassis fabrication?
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i already have a shop that i would be able to work in, and also i live in Canada so i wont be taking a trip to the USA to get it made
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