SteveW
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
User status: Offline
|
how easy/hard would this be ??
as im gonna be keeping the car for a little while yet, i want to make a wee project out of it 
big BHP and RWD sounds too cool for school 
wanna make the engine real strong and make the car light weight (but still ncie to drive) then up the boost and stuff like that..
so how much, and what is involved in making a corsa RWD ???
cheers peeps
Steve
|
mazdaspeed
Member
Registered: 8th Jan 05
Location: Darlington
User status: Offline
|
Why not get a RWD car?
|
SteveW
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
User status: Offline
|
nah its more fun this way 
|
3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
how do you think will it drive/handle?
always been curious, what other shortwheel base cars are RWD
morris minor, they not reallly powerful tho
4wd would be
|
Rob B
Member
Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
User status: Offline
|
your off your head schteven  4wd drive is the way forward
|
mwg
Member
Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
User status: Offline
|
Would be mazin if you did. Theres a RWD C20XE Corsa rally car in Total Vauxhal this month, has the engine mounted longitudinally and think (not 100% sure) it uses Cossie running gear?
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
As far as I see it there are 2 options. You can......
Use Manta GTE drivetrain, which would have a 5 speed gearbox, propshaft and a solid rear axle with the differential sitting inside it. This is a really heavy set up, and I don't think it is really up to the job of transfering 280bhp to the ground. On the plus it has been done before to a few cars, there was a Nova at PVS with this conversion...
The other option is to use the drivetrain from an Omega V6. There you get a 5 speed gearbox again, but this time it will be much stronger, a propshaft and a rear diff with driveshafts.
As this set up is desgined to handle the torque from the V6 engine it will be more than strong enough for the LET. One problem is the propshaft will need to be shortened and you will have to widen the front and rear track of the car because the Omega is wider than a Corsa.
In fact, I don't think there is and reason you couldn't use the drivetran from a Sierra. You can get bellhousings for the Ford gearboxes which mate up to Vauxhall engnies...
|
SteveW
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
User status: Offline
|
yeah was chatting to a few of the nutters at Trax...
would have to mount the engine round the other way.. then get the Ford running gear..
this will probably be my winter project.. buy a shed for winter and bring the corsa out for summer next year (maybe may time)
4WD is for pussies.. RWD would be mad..
get the car drifting
|
Greg_M
Member
Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
User status: Offline
|
grab a copy of last months TV, there is a rear wheel drive corsa xe. Gives quite a bit of detail about whats needed.
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
Yea, you would have to spaceframe up the front of the car to get the engine in facing the proper way round...
Would have to make some space for the gearbox, which means no pedals anymore - no probas though because you just need to run your seats further back and get a pedal box in there. Then Run a transmission tunnel - by this time your gonna have to just weld your sets down to the floor because there is no more room for subframes
Then get the Sierra rear wishbones in - you should get some custom coilovers in there instead of the Sierra rear suspension - just like they use on kit cars. This would probably involve a space frame in the rear too...
|
Rileysport
Member
Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
mount a v8 behind the front seats for rwd.... if i had time cash i would try this
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
The gearbox would poke out the back of the car Would have to lengthen the car by about 10 feet
|
SteveW
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
User status: Offline
|
right whats on the cover of this TV mag i need ???
will buy it tonight 
|
Doug_SRi
Member
Registered: 1st Sep 02
Location: Aberdeen. Drives: Stage 2 Astra VXR and Nova
User status: Offline
|
my mates had the back end out loads on the track in his 340bhp 4x4 mk2 fiesta cosworth. was drifting it round the hairpin and that but think with 2wd it would just be insane as it such a short wheel base
|
mwg
Member
Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
User status: Offline
|
Burgundy Cav GSi with white Speedlines...
|
SteveW
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
User status: Offline
|
ok will have a look in the garage tonight
cheers
hmmm who would be able to do this type of work ??
will have to call around a few places for prices n stuff
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
IIRC isnt there something a bit didgy about making the propshaft shorter? I.e it becomes prone to breaking? As its weaker?
(could be talking crap)
|
Rus
Member
Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
User status: Offline
|
i've been wondering this steve, keep us posted on what happens if you go through with it
|
richard_syko
Banned
Registered: 17th Dec 03
Location: Newport, Wales
User status: Offline
|
How about putting the engine on the back seats, saving the problem of prop shaft and tunnel work.
Front drive shafts can be used still.
|
richard_syko
Banned
Registered: 17th Dec 03
Location: Newport, Wales
User status: Offline
|
You could get a company to make a prop shaft I can give you some names if you want.
|
3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by richard_syko
How about putting the engine on the back seats
it would probably melt them and fly forward when you brake hard 
|
Rus
Member
Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
User status: Offline
|
that nova had two engines in it, the 700bhp one. it can be done
|
richard_syko
Banned
Registered: 17th Dec 03
Location: Newport, Wales
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
quote:
Originally posted by richard_syko
How about putting the engine on the back seats
it would probably melt them and fly forward when you brake hard
|
loo_goblin
Member
Registered: 14th Jul 04
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
User status: Offline
|
new floor pan
dads mate has put a sierra cosworth engine into a ford puma and used a sierra floor plan to make it RWD
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
ok will have a look in the garage tonight
cheers
hmmm who would be able to do this type of work ??
will have to call around a few places for prices n stuff
Your thinking of paying a company to make this for you... Say goodbye to £20k...
|
