Ogre Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Any reasons why you cant run FWD front hubs ect as RWD?Im constantly thinking about a better way to mod the front of the lancer for coilovers and brakes.Im thinking evo hubs and brakes and a coilover kit as they are cheap and even standard style evo brakes would stop my 870kgs of fatness easy.Im aware that there is the axle shaft "hole" etc in the FWD setup, offset would most likely change, and may have to be clever with ball joints etc.but apart from this is there any big reason it cant be done? Somthing like this (using LA bottom arm, not the evo one as fitted in this pic) fitted to the front of lancer im thinking...These are from Evo1-3 im told: Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Its totally legal and certifiable. Just leave the CV joints in there and remove the guts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 shouldn't be a problem people 2wd there evo's etc quite alot, the prop shaft is merely a drive component you're simply removing it which can't affect the load bearing capacity of the hub. my2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 those two ^^ cant be any different at all to using hubs of any other car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H05TYL Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 shouldn't be a problem people 2wd there evo's etc quite alot,the prop shaft is merely a drive component you're simply removing it which can't affect the load bearing capacity of the hub. my2c But you do need to leave the outer CV bolted through the hub (as R100 said) - holds it together see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eke_zetec_RWD Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 shouldn't be a problem people 2wd there evo's etc quite alot,the prop shaft is merely a drive component you're simply removing it which can't affect the load bearing capacity of the hub. my2c But you do need to leave the outer CV bolted through the hub (as R100 said) - holds it together see. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I should mention i have done this befor when i built my RWD Suzuki Escudo. Converted from 4WD to RWD only. I left the CV in place. Got cert, smiley faces all round really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSM Garage Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Ive often wondered the same thing! Would be easier to find an adjustable strut to fit that way. Now I need to find a FWD hub that fits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfasprinter Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 a guy i know whos putting a 3.0 alfa v6 in the back of a alfasud like mine, all he did was remove the cage and balls form the original fwd cvs and machined most of the meat off the sides of the cv thats not needed anymore. You need this part because it holds the wheel bearing together and stops the hub flying off when the wheel bearing collapses, ive seen this happen haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 why goto all that trouble? rx7 4 pots will go onto sigma struts with rx7 disk's u just gota redrill disk... then run celica inserts with a coil over kit that u put onto the stock struts... and if u want to go all out get some bilstein inserts for celica struts... they go into the sigma ect struts and are beefyer... thats what i was going todo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 812804.htm could you just use some like those and grind off that bottom mount and then say weld on a starion bottom mount (knuckle) thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 biggest issue i can think of is the steering arm- usually on a fwd car the rack is mounted quite high so the steering arm on the hub is also high. Doesnt take a lot of change heightwise to make bumpsteer quite bad- a torana i drove once went from being absolutely shithouse horrible to normal, moving the steering arm down 15mm. (it had HQ spindles and brakes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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