ByByR1

Has anyone thought of removing the prop shaft of there scooby to give you a front wheel drive only car and could it be done?.
Would you end up with a faster car that doesn't handle as good but is better on mpg and quicker 0 - 60 time?

ryan33hks

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I'm pretty sure it would be crap

ByByR1

Just like a vxr or rs focus? but with more power

gallois

RWD yes, but FWD?..... FWD is only there because it's cheaper to manufacture than RWD which is cheaper than 4wd.

ByByR1

Yes but if you removed the propshaft the engine would only drive the front wheels and it wouldn't cost any money.
Has anybody tried it? I done it on a Honda CRV for a while because the propshaft needed new bearings and it seemed no different

ryan33hks

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When one of my front drive shafts came out all that happened was the car would rev like mad and not go anywhere..

ByByR1

So maybe it cant be done?

bigarf

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the main reason i bought a scooby in the first place isbecause it was 4 wheel drive.so i dont think i will be wanting to convert mine to front wheel drive anytime soon

joey_turbo

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0 - 60 would be slower I'd imagine, not quicker. Mostly becuase you'd get more wheelspin.

Playsatan

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I snapped the output shaft to the prop when launching at the strip. The car lost all drive as it sent all the torque to the rear.

As the car had a dccd diff I just locked it up and drove home in front wheel drive. I wouldn't recommend it.

tathan

Jesus.

It'd be slower, handle worse, marginally better economy. Oh and it wouldn't work unless you locked the centre diff.

johnlogie

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Why would you want to make it fwd?

RA Dunk

True defeating the whole purpose of owning one of these

johnlogie

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Exactly what I was thinking , why buy 4wd and convert to fwd when you could buy a fwd car and up the power if thats what your after.

personally I think it would be st1t, mine understeers as in is.

paulwrxboro

front wheel drive is the way forward ..do it

urban

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Eh?

StickyMicky

Mine felt like a super aggressive clutch slip, before it started sending power to the rear i could get it going eventually but had to be pretty carefull about stopping on any hills and such, to be honest it was a horrible drive home as the roads were covered in thick snow, and a 3wheel drive scooby drives like utter dogs **** in these circumstances

My car seamed a lot more 50/50 split then my mates uk car, which probably helped matters.

Buggered my front driveshaft doing donuts

scooby L

Make it a dedicated RWD maybe.

Make it FWD? what's the point, you already have a huge selection of FWD shopping cars competition out there, just buy one of those

BLU

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It could be done, there is a kit you can buy that kit car makers use when mounting these engines and boxes in the rear. It basically locks all the drive to, in your case, the front wheels. Remove shaft, job done FWD!! Don't know how long you gearbox, shafts and front tyres would last though

Claaarkio

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Answer no. Are you mad?

Handling will depend on the car set up not the driven wheels, 0 - 60 will be slower as you have less "grip" to get the power to the road.

I've seens kits to make the gc8 a drift car by removing the front drive shafts etc.

B0DSKI

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There was a video of a bloke on Youtube from New Zealand who converted his STi to RWD. Can't find it now but he never lasted long before he stacked it into a Lamp post

M444GY

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2nd that

ByByR1

I am not doing anything with mine but I just wanted to know if it could be done.
Thanks for all the replies and I agree it probably would be cr*p just like an RS or VXR

TOMMY_TURBO

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this is a 1.6 fwd subaru with a turbo conversion
YouTube - Impreza 1.6 Turbo EJ16 (GC3)

zippy!

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WHAT THE F@*K WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT FOR!? think you should of bought yourself the 1.6 version if thats what you want one for!

stuart148

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omg