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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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AWD/RWD 3rd gen

I was talking to my friend the other day and he asked me if 'm going to put a 300zx rear differential on, I said I don't think that's possible n e way, but I want to no had n e one even thought about this b4 or an idea similar??
Old Nov 15, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Your friend sounds like a bright guy
Old Nov 15, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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Your friend sounds like a bright guy
lol I cnt tell if ur sarcastic on that 1
Old Nov 15, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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Remember to put the z32 tranny on too
Old Nov 15, 2009 | 11:03 AM
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Remember to put the z32 tranny on too
Hahahaha

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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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lol I cnt tell if ur sarcastic on that 1
Haha, I was being sarcastic. The fact that your friend would casually throw that out there sort of like how I would ask a Civic friend if he's going to do so-and-so engine swap is hilarious
Old Nov 15, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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Haha, I was being sarcastic. The fact that your friend would casually throw that out there sort of like how I would ask a Civic friend if he's going to do so-and-so engine swap is hilarious
lol ok... my reaction was huuuh???
Old Nov 15, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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only driven rear suspension that even remotely resembles ours is the Subaru Impreza/Legacy....... if you can figure out ow to rework the swaybar. both 300zx rear setups are 1000% different (z31 is semi-trailing arm, z32 is a complicated multilink setup)

but in the end, any FWD body with RWD is just fail. the engine is way past the axle, so all the weight is at the front. so it'll spin the rear tires from a lack of traction, and it'll still understeer because the engine's in the front. aka crappy handling.

that's why BMWs and datsun Z cars and Mercedes have so much space between the front door and the wheel well, so the engine can be behind the front axle.
Old Nov 15, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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yea, i think last year there were a couple of revolutionaries who were supposedly going to do AWD and/or RWD conversions on a third gen. They were told to do it and post back after they finished......
i've never seen any thread with an awd/rwd conversion on a 3rd gen max.
but people have thought about it.
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