[aceasarsalad]

Personally, if we're looking at Ferraris with poor value retention, I'd rather take a 355 than a 308. They're a few grand cheaper, and I think they look quite a bit better. The 308 has that cheap, poorly-fit, rattle-trap look to it, the 355 just looks so much more complete and polished.

Best sounding car in the world to me, ever ever ever.

'Rari 355

And this is the video I always reference. This makes me hoooorny

:leghump:

 

[aceasarsalad]

ive seen 2jz swapped scion xb (it coulda been the xd, they both look the same to me) so i guess it is possible but if it was it wouldnt be worth the money. for that kinda money you could keep your si and buy an s2k.

Facelifted xb in the back in silver, xd in front, and red:

Old xb on top:

And I thought this was funny

 

[Fabking]

It would be a ***. The best way to go about it would probably be to take a complete front drive assembly and jam it up into the trunk/backseat, and then just fab something to bolt the tie rods to, and move the fuel tank up front, and bam, rear-engine rear-drive Civic. Then enjoy driving your deathtrap, since the weight balance is going to be completely screwed.

Why would it screw the balance if you just swapping the engine to the back. You would have to make some radical changes to the entire chassis, but it can be done. Still though, it might not improve anything. I sure would like to try it though or even get a trans, dif and drive shaft from a supra. bolt it it to the si engine . Im wondering if anyone has attempted it and what their experience has been.

 

[ADAN!!!]

Hello was wondering if anyone was still on this thread I was looking for information on how to do and RWD conversion on a Honda Civic Si 8th Gen. my plan is to make it nice and reliable pushing like 200-400 hp reliably. I have the money just need the knowledge anyone willing to help please super interested to learn to. I also wanted to make it a F20C preferably to keep it all honda. Endgame on this build would be FD2 Converted Civic with RWD conversion and safety and reliability thats my goal at least anyone willing to help my me.

 

[stiffyou]

Hello was wondering if anyone was still on this thread I was looking for information on how to do and RWD conversion on a Honda Civic Si 8th Gen. my plan is to make it nice and reliable pushing like 200-400 hp reliably. I have the money just need the knowledge anyone willing to help please super interested to learn to. I also wanted to make it a F20C preferably to keep it all honda. Endgame on this build would be FD2 Converted Civic with RWD conversion and safety and reliability thats my goal at least anyone willing to help my me.

I can say as a JDM FD2 (Z2) owner, technically it is possible but you'd be inventing a whole new car. I've consulted quite a few workshops and fabricators about doing something like this. The general consensus is that it's far too expensive or they're just not willing to do it.

As a start, you'd have to find RWD swap parts like a trans, driveshaft, diff and knuckles that will fit (S2K, CR-V, et cetera). You'll have change the engine orientation to longitudal instead of transverse which means gutting the engine bay and fabbing up new engine mounts (and deleting whatever functions you're not willing to re-locate like power steering, A/C, et cetera). The most daunting of all; you'll have to chop up the entire centre line of the floor to make a well for the driveshaft to go into. This means a lot of your creature comforts like arm rest, gear shifter position, seat brackets and part of your dash will no longer fit in the car. So you'll have to figure that out.

If you manage to get all that done, you'll need to think about suspension. Having swapped in parts from other cars means your suspension geometry will have changed dramatically. Prepare to do a lot of chopping, welding and a hell of a lot of fabrication. You'll have to consult some pretty high end aftermarket suspension guys (if you aren't one yourself) to help you do the math or even make custom equipment for your needs (mounting points will have changed also). You'll also have to think about strengthening the chassis at multiple points as it was never meant to have power in the rear. And put on top of that any engine modifications/swaps that you want to do.

The most difficult part will be making all this reliable and making it drive as well as stock. That's gonna take a lot of development.

I'm not trying to discourage you with all this info, but this is the reality that I got slapped with. It's more worth buying an already RWD car than turning an FD2 into one.

Godspeed friend.