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due to some unforseen circumstances involving large slicks and a weak differential i am forced to undergo a AWD swap, its not like i want to roll around my garage floor for hours on end but what choice do i have..


pull it in the garage and drop the crossmember..







heres the front motor mount, obviously the old crossmember is in the way of the transfer case so we gotta make a new one.



time to bring out the super expensive engineering tools... a sharpie and some cardboard




after several hours of cutting, test-fitting, removing, grinding, re-installing, etc i ended up with this..




this is the passenger side. my car was missing the tow hook from this side so i had to make my own. the other side is welded to the still intact stock drivers side tow hook.



and we end up with this...



heres what the garage looks like after im done...



more to come..... hopefully

looks nice

Looks like you are off to a good start, keep us updated.

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John
89 Colt GT(2)
88 d50 4g63t, crower 272's, dsmlink

well i've been busy..

heres a few pics.
i started stripping the interior









i also labled all the wiring and pulled the intake mani..





and its out... what a pain in the dick..!!



stock location of rear mount..



flipped it around..



cut some square tubing to fit.



tack it in place..



i welded a plate to the motor mount and bolted it to the square tubing



i decided to make the rear bar removable so i cut the tack welds and made this bracket with a bolt through it and tacked it in place. i will weld it permanant when i have the motor out, for some reason i cant weld very well upside down in tight spaces.



i was thinking about adding some strength by welding a bar from the crosstube to the fire wall but we'll see.



i get sidetracked so i started chipping at the sound deadening crap. im doing all i can to try and offset the added weight of the AWD





flipped it around and jacked up the rear..




dropped the tank.. race gas makes your clothes smell good




started on the rear



ready to drop out



OUT !









hows that for an update??

Looking good, no turning back now.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

nice work

im just curious.. did you make a video way back when where you called your car the skummit?

nope i have made no vids of the car.

maybe the previous owner did one? i think this car has had a few owners and a few motors..

wish me luck, im gonna need it.

I remember that car being on ebay, right before I sold my hatch.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

1" bar works fine for the front motor mount. Might want to ditch the 2" in favor of less weight and more room up there. The front mount really doesn't take any weight or stress. According to the factory manual, the front motor mount should be the last mount you tighten into place, meaning it really isn't taking any of the engine load.

Just a thought.

Looking good man! I love the fact that you're doing it with a base model, it will be quite a little sleeper.

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98 Volvo S70 T5 - DD

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the front bar is 1"

im using 2" for the rear subframe though.

Ah.. looks bigger in the picture. Looks like 1"x2" or something.

yeahh i was thinking of this one

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Mits ... _28898.htm

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Team ... _53178.htm

heres an update i hope all this work is worth it



i removed the old talon shocks from the subframe assembly so i could begin the rear mockup.




and quickly got started cutting the spare tire well out.. no turning back now!!!





then i cut off the remnants of the old rearend bracketry and grinded the undercoating off the framerails so i have a spot to weld the crossbeams for the sweet sweet AWD



jacked up the rear into place, took some measurements, and had to cut out more of the old stock rear stuff to make clearance. and i also had to cut off 2 of the mounting tabs for the old gastank.



got my 2x2 square tubing ready for some cuttin. i really need to take some time a build a damn workbench..



got the tubing cut to size and placing it up there to get more measurements.



i made the cuts needed and drilled some holes and ended up with this




made another bar for the front subframe mounts
and heres the rear subframe assembly ready to go into its NEW home.



placed it back up there to see if it fits... it does.
as you can imagine at this point in time the AWD rear has been in and out of the car several dozen times... maneuvering this beastly heap of metal around the garage by myself is a pain in the dick.





i can smell the awd already..



at this point the subframe is bolted to my custom frame rails but its in no way attached to the car, or aligned properly.

more to come !! im running out of free things to do and soon i'll have to break out the wallet and start ordering parts..

whatcha think?

Very nice.....keep up the great work. Save the dough for that fuel cell!

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