zli944

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Has anyone flat towed the FD? Or dolly towed?

Dolly towing doesn't seem that feasible given how low the cars tend to be. The rear wheels would be on the dolly right? So clearance would be even worse for the front of the car

quichedem

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I towed mine on a dolly when I first brought it home. It had no engine, and the transmission was not installed. No driveshaft installed, and I was easily able to get it on the dolly because the front was up high. I would never try to transport it on a dolly now, though. Even at a stock height, the front would get wrecked getting into one of those u-haul dollys. The wheel cups are too deep. I saw a guy get his FD off of and onto a full u-haul trailer at DGRR, but needed some extra ramps.

TeamRX8

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the general convention is to pull or disconnect the driveshaft if the rear wheels are on the ground for a RWD vehicle. Otherwise the transmission output shaft is turning with every mile and sometimes not good depending on the trans type.

I used a tow dolly to low-buck tow to races with the car backed onto the dolly, but you need a way to keep the front tires straight. If you can get the steering column to lock with them straight that will work, but often not. I used a small ratchet strap from one side of the front seat bracket up to the steering wheel with an extra wrap and then down to the other seat bracket side and then ratcheted it tight with the wheel straight.

I mean like several years and many thousands miles of towing to events and it worked. Towing with a dolly can be a bit touchy though. Whatever you do, don’t get into a situation where you may need to reverse and back up. Almost impossible to do with a dolly. Got myself into a pinch or two with that; look and think and even get out to check before you pull in someplace and find you can’t get through.

edit: that was many years ago, sort of remember that on one car with the front lip then being low to the ground with it backed up on the dolly that I may have jacked the front up and inserted some spacers on the front springs to have a higher height while towing. Sometimes you just have to make it work for the situation at hand.
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TwinCharged RX7

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It's fine as long as it's in neutral, unless it's an automatic. FD manual trans does not have an oil pump to worry about.

zli944

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Hm, guess neither option is that feasible with the FD.
Dolly could work but given the height of the car (either rear or front), could scrape the exhaust or even worse, the vmount rad and fans.
Flat towing would involve QR front bumper at the very least then some kind of fabbed bracket up front.

I did use the uhaul trailer once and it worked out great. Used raceramps to get up with no scraping and the bar that holds part of the strapping actually provides the perfect bump to raise the lip above the wheel stopper plates at the front of the trailer. I was hoping for a solution that wouldn't involve needing a +5000 lb towing capacity vehicle but it seems inevitable.

Natey

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A rare pic of the FD in it's natural habitat.

TeamRX8

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not so rare …

you can always rent a U-haul truck & trailer then, been a while since I needed one but the daily cost wasn’t that bad the last time I did. I suppose it just depends on the situation.