This is a little out of the blue, but i remember a while back in 'donut' competitions, a hyundai tiburon that had twin engines won...... one in the front, controlling

Back to the main question. If you were to modify the rear of your 3rd gen enough to support an engine, and interchange the rear suspension with that of the front, mainly, is it possible to get another engine in there?

I was just thinking about AWD, and Power. it's highly unpractical...but it's radical, and i like radical. Considering there are ways to do anything, given you have time and money, i would think this could be accomplished.

any thoughts?

 

Here we go..

 

give me a break....i design and create. i engineeer and give life. i take action and thus begin havoc.

i'm just trying to fish ideas out, and opinions. it's been a while and i finally have time to do some damage. let's just hope it isn't too much damage.

 

Always wanted RWD in my max.... Two engines would good waste of earned money and a car.


Just wondering.. Being radical and all, you don't like riding low????

 

it's not as tough as some would think.
the hardest part is creating the frame work and linkages IMO

if you want clues on how to do it, look at a pontiac fiero. The whole rear half is the front half of a FWD car. Right down to the spindles.

 

You Design,create,and give life huh?

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=454812

 

i wouldnt have expected such an immature question out of a 22 year old.

if you have 10 grand to blow(in parts) go buy a real car, not a turd gen

 

for the bashers, stay out of this ****ing thread. i asked a serious question, and i like fabrication. i also like radical construction.

unless you have an opinion thats truly worthwhile, f off.

for goon: i liked riding low and all, but my wife hated it. and speedbumps in my area are numerous.

for internetautomar: that's where i was thinking all the work would be, as far as all the linkages and such.

for shavedmax: stfu.

 

and i was focusing on the THEORY of it. the actual mechanics of it. not the practical purposes, or the -worthless- opinions.

 

Ive seriously considered it. It may even happen depending on how the VQ swap goes in the 240...But that swap on the maxima is a long way off.

Also brian, didn't you say something about there being a nissan with AWD similar to the max??

I did a seconds worth of research on that, and the sunny (pulsar) GTIR is AWD, using the same tranny as the 92-99 (maybe up to 01) maxima's with just a driveshaft coming off the back of it. Buy a back half and tranny from japan, custom make a drive shaft. Add some rear end fab, a turbo and tuning. Have fun at 300AWHP!!!!

~Alex

 

I remember that Tiburon also.

Personally, I would go with an electric motor in the back. Much easier to package and simpler. You'd need some serious batteries & motor though...

Use the maximum torque at 0 RPM advantage of an electric motor to launch the rear wheels (max traction also), then let the gasoline engine handle the rest once it starts moving.

 

This post just earned you a week off to think over your "radical construction" idea..

This is locked for now,if you feel sometime in your future you can accept the negative posts along with the postive without cussing like a sailor in response,then i may consider reopening this thread...