RWD rally is deffinitly the funnest thing you can do with a car, cool to see a 7 doing it too.

 

you should look into the awd conversion Rod Millen did on his fc..

 

I've always love rod millens FC rally car but I've never seen a photo like that! it looks like he uses a solid rear out of a 1st gen in that photo?

I'd want to be able to do an AWD conversion on it within 20 years, but if I do that, its getting a 3 rotor as well...

its a b2600R trans out of the truck which makes it 4wd correct? is that were the front axle is from too?

 

i think the whole running gear is out of the 4wd truck. axle and all. makes it super easy to swap in though. figure out some mounting points, a bell housing adaptation and driveshaft and its ready to rock.

 

I would rather keep the turbo rear end and just have a custom driveshaft made so I can keep the IRS.

just curious but does anyone know where to get this bellhousing adapter and what kind of clutch do you use the truck clutch? rx clutch? some crazy mix of both?

 

UPDATES!
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS!!!!
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well not black and yellow but more like green and blue!

Getting the car ready for ice racing! although the season already started I got this done to it.


things you may not notice....
poly bushings in the blue swing arms
mazdaspeed front diff mount



more things you may not notice....
KYB AGX adjustable struts (all 4 corners)
mazdatrix adjustable endlinks (all 4 corners)
stainless brake lines (all 4 corners)
rear toe steer eliminator delrin bushings
new wheel bearings

things you may notice
no more 4 lug!
turbo2 drivetrain!!!! (beefy)



brake updates soon to come

 

pretty sick but put a cage in it and haul *** through some trail like 80-90 then it will be sick...like the huge trail lights btw

 

Nice work. I dig that rally look. And the gauge cluster.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS1rVAojKgY

 

clean setup

 

I need a cage and safety/seat equipment bad but it can wait because I'm not doing stage rally.... yet

 

Phat like a sumo.

 

ebay/china special on brake rotors/pads:



it sounds more like a snowmobile with the studded tires on the road...

 

you need to have a bell housing adapter machined for what ever transfercase you wanted to use. also probably use the stock t2 fly, bell housing and clutch. then you need a drive shaft to hook the truck trans to the turbo diff and figure out how to mount the front axles and modify hubs. sounds like too much work to me but good luck.

i like it so far

 

yeah it would be a lot of work so I don't plan on even attempting that for many years, if ever.

I'm sticking with my aluminum t2 flywheel.

I've thought about rapping my audi A4 for the front suspension, axles/hubs and trans stuff...

if **** is gonna need to be fabbed then well, its gonna need to be fabbed.

 

I just noticed that rob millens 7 is 4 lug but rockin s5 tails .
More on topic I like ur build so far .it's different . I feel like a few yrs back some one was starting a project like this but never saw if it became anything .

 

Because that appears to be the 1st-gen's drivetrain. The hillclimb FC that I've seen had something entirely different in the rear. Wasn't solid axle, wasn't swingarm. Kind of a multilink thing.

Then again, he had more than one hillclimb car...

No. B2600s used a ribcase like a Turbo II, that trans looks like a regular N/A smoothcase (what the MFR gearboxes were based on) that has had a front output grafted on. Plus, the trucks had the driveshaft on the right side, not the left.

Further reflection - I wonder what the Sierra XR4x4 / Escort Cosworth transmission looks like from above? That output sticking down looks a LOT like the Ford parts.

 

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I need a go pro again...

 

finally got out on the lake!





205/55/16 studded snows

1.2 mile course that you can do each lap entirely sidways

 

i want that in my life, i hate the cold and i love south texas but im mad jelly of driving on studded tires across a frozen lake

 

You're pretty much boned my friend, gotta come up north.

 

we have year round drifting and i wakeboard 8 months out of the year so i think im staying put.

 

This.... is like....... the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.....

 

dont know about beautiful but looks fun as ****

 

**** just got reeeeel

Picked up new gravel tires and wheels (pics to come later)




rhino lined the interior

Just finished re doing the engine bay, stripped and gutted. Just finishing the rewiring this week.
perma sleepy eye setup to come next week, no more bulky motors and pop up system.

Folded aluminum dash and AL door panels in the near future, before the end of August.

until then, I am bored at work: