nicamarvin

I was reading about the GMC typhon I that truck was really mean and fast, I was wandering I is posible to put the alltime 4wd sistem in a camaro, well the car is lither than that truck, and a v-8 would make more pawer..

thanks

conlinj

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I don't think you could fit the transfer case nor the axle in the front without lifting the motor up 6+ inches

TheGreatJ

You could fit the AWD setup in the front of the car but the way everything lines up you'd have to eliminate the engine to do it. The truck sits a lot higher and has room under the engine to work with....you only have about 8" between your oilpan and the road.



edit: You beat me to it.

RJR99SS

there was a topic about 4x4 camaros, and some people have actually built them. Of course they had to lift the body.

But there's basically no way to make an awd camaro without significantly raising the body, which kind of defeats the purpose of awd.

aaron7

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I think all the 4wd Camaros were bodies on truck frames... but that's just my guess.

drop-top IROC

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aaron7

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That's a little more tasteful than most I've seen lol

drop-top IROC

my favorite... ( I messed up the previous post)

Tom84L69

Bet she handles nice....is that a 1LE car?

88 350 tpi formula

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I like how well they did it! you can't even tell its not stock

MrDude_1

well.... you could always cut the entire back half of the floorpan out, mount the engine backwards in the rear of the car, have a transfer case send half the power to the rear and half to the front... then you just fab up a custom K member that will let the front axles pass thru................





hehe, anybody got a welder, money, and a lot of free time?

robertg

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that's actually not a bad idea, travis.... especially if the car is being used exclusively as a two seater.

Jokerman

You know, what about fabbing up an awd system useing some subaru parts? Or audi? I know there would be alot of cutting and such, but it might be possible there. Or if you want to spend alot of money find a junked skyling (r33 or 34) and use that system (much better than full time all wheel drive).

MrDude_1

if you're willing to heavily mod the front end, you could always put any east-west engine in there, and use its transfer case... then the rear wheel power can go back thru the trans tunnel to the rear.....


but i dont like most of thoes systems.. they're bias to teh front.. i like it set to more of the rear........ some of the newer ones are totally computer controlled, so that might not be a issue...

MrDude_1

btw, yes at that point you dont have a V8.....


but if you got a decient V6 doing that and put a turbo on it, noone would notice....


and id like to see someone call **** on a turbo V6......... dont forget there was a TTA....

Jokerman

Ok so a subies won't work (longitudinally mounted engine, but a flat four is half the length of a v8 so space is an issue) but the skylines should seeing as it is rear wheel drive until the rear brakes traction and then starts sending to the front. Also an inline turbo 6 has a pretty decent length to it so it should work. Just to give you an idea here is a pic of one. Some fire wall work and trans tunnel work should allow for it to all fit and the skylines have been put to some serious power so you shouldn't have too hard a time keeping it all together with a high hp high torque V8.

By the way subies are biased towards the rear as is mitsubishi and most of the audis (although i am 100% sure). In fact i believe that volvo is one of the few that has a bias towards the front in their awd system.

aaron7

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I downloaded a video of a Skyline with plenty of mods getting raped by a 4th gen, LT1 with just bolt ons. So, I'd stray from that motor lol

Plus, if you are turning 4 wheels, in a heavier car than you got the engine out of, torque must be an issue. How can a 4cyl cut it?

Verviticas

Ive seen a dyno video of a skyline with 1233hp and weight of 1500lbs, NO camaro will ever beat that. That car literally accelerates as fast as any crotch rocket, and its for sale! only 730K!

PyRo9862

Couldn't you somhow get a camaro body on the blazer frame and go from there? I thought I heard someone say they put a camaro body on an S10 blazer.

Quick_Trans_Am

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What about an AWD system from something more similar to a domestic car... say an astro van? anyone have any opinions?

MrDude_1

sure... and it would look exactly like the pic above.


you have to jack it up in the air for that to work. the parts dont fit IN the car.. so they have to go under it.

matt shutt

hey nicamarvin i know what your talking about you want a stock height awd camaro not a camaro on a fullsize blazer frame i from decatur IN home of LINGENFELTER PERFOMANCE father of the worlds fastest street driven corvettes (225 mph) i go over there alot they built the QUADRADUECE and QUADRADUECE 2 for summit using the typhoon drivetrain i know what everyone else is saying about clearance problems under the engine but lingenfelter has built an ALL WHEEL DRIVE CAMARO before it was a 4th gen though i dont know how they did it no one would tell me but belivle me i saw it smoke all four tires no proble try LPE.com i cant remember the phone # and im in kuwait so i cant get it for you good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!