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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:36 am 
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I've been looking at an f'ing lot of csm type vehicles, and I can't seem to find one I want... I did find a white 1990 galant gsx for 2 large, but I'm not sure if I want awd... I like tiny 2wd cars, and I'm just not really sold on awd, breaking parts seems to be much more expensive. But I did have a gsx galant before and it was an awesome car...

Hard choice to make...

Light, 2wd, lotsa hp and I bog or spin...
traction, awd, hp not so much before I break stuff... plus it's gonna be hard to find another 5.28 fd trans if I break that...

What do you guys think ?


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:53 am 
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I think you sound like the type of person that wants to blame the car for everything..

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:10 pm 
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I think you need to rethink your post... first off fwd with a stock motor is fun.. add any power to it and it sucks for the streets... 2nd... u will break stuff more on a fwd than awd.. just cause theres more parts doesnt mean they will break... so to explain this.. if you have a 500 hp motor in a fwd u will be breaking shit like crazy... now put that same 500 hp motor into a awd car and the power is more distributed... yes you will still break parts if you drive it hard.. but you wont break as many as if it was fwd...


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:57 pm 
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I've had fwd na and fwd boosted, awd na and awd boosted. I'm just really trying to find something to tinker on, as I sit around all day not doing much. I am really going for a 3gn fwd dsm-able car, something light weight and easy to work on, a car that I can drive around until I get the drivetrain together to swap into it. Sorry for the nOOb bOOb statements. But it's been 3 years since I have had the money to be able to start a serious project, and I'm just a little excited.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:03 pm 
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Sorry for the nOOb ish statements... been a long time since I've had the money to really be able to pursue a project with more then 150 hp. I'm basically looking for any late 80's - early 90's fwd car that can be 4g63 swapped. I've worked on 96-99 dodge/plymouth neons the most. But I'm not wanting to spend the money on the platform anymore. Would love to have a colt or a colt vista. Onwards !!!


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:16 pm 
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Welcome,
I think you have already made up your mind on FWD/AWD but here is my 2 cents..... for what it's worth.

I did FWD turbo on a 84 Escort. It was fun to drive but as HP went up (remember I am talking a crappy Escort 1.9 CVH, not a 4G63 with it's potential) it got less fun to drive and eventually it got sometimes scary. I started breaking axles regularly and at the drags it was hard to launch. Not enough boost and bog, too much and I blew the tires off. i went to Drag radials and broke more stuff.

I then did a AWD CSM and I love it. Way more HP AND traction. I love this car, Great traction, Corners well and no blowing a front tire off at the wrong time.

Now with all this said, If you are swapping a CSM I would say stay FWD. It is a lot of work to AWD and even more to do it correctly. I Know i had the longest builds on this site. I have seen pictures from some of the AWD swaps and it's somewhat scary! Unless you are good welder and fabricator stay to the bolt in swaps.
Good luck!
Mark


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:05 pm 
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A 63t'd CSM with a stock motor and boost turned up to 18lbs is tons of fun.

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