I was wanting to know how much of a pain, or if it's possible to do an awd swap? I might be getting a 95 fwd gs-t. Is it possible to do a swap on this car to make it awd?

here you go Bud AWD swap

sounds like to much work lol good luck if your do it

That is sweet!!! There isn't that much to it at all. Don't you know how to weld asiankid? LOL!

I can also weld, I would be willing to led a hand if you do the swap.

Thanks man for the offer, I will let you know what happens. Man that is so cool of you mitsu90.
I could have beers and brauts, LOL! We'll see. My day so far has gone great, got custody of my kids and divorced. Best day of my life!

good to hear about your kids I am more than happy to lend a hand just let me know.

i can mig and tig weld if its a good gas welder

personally I wouldn't do it.... I'd wait for a few months for a good deal on an awd...

it's a lot of work, unless you've got a bomb deal on the fwd, and a bomb deal on all the awd parts..... not worth the time and money imho....


be patient...

or else... have fun. good luck.

Does the donor car have to be the same year as the 95? I have a 90 awd will the parts from it work?
I'm just trying to get all my ducks in order before I try to deal on this car.

No, the 1g suspensions are a lot different than the 2g's.

I agree with xian on this one. You'd better be getting a killer deal on that car to even attempt it. AWD's can be found for just as good of deals, and you save yourself hours of work and probably hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars.

looks like the DSM bug has offically bit you... looking at buying your 3rd DSM already!

I remember Road Race Engineering trying this and saying it was the biggest pain in the butt thing they've ever done on a DSM. That's says a lot coming from them. I'm with Xian and AWD DSM, I'd hold out for a good deal on an AWD.

I do believe I will hold out for the AWD. As my donor car won't work.

I think turbotrix does this swap a lot. I once sold a rolling chassis 2g to a guy who was having them do the work on his Spyder. Then again, he paid like 2K in parts and another 2K or maybe less in labor. I guess nothing is very difficult if you're willing to spend enough money. This was 2 years or more ago though and I'm sure the price of 2g rollers has dropped through the floor compared to what I charged him.

Consider the cost of:

A 2G AWD transmission
transfer case
driveshaft
complete rear suspension/subframe assembly complete w/ rear end, axles, hubs, struts...
then several hours in fabrication

One big PITA!

I know that I am beating a dead horse here, but I say sell your donor car, save the money you planned to use on the 2G FWD and buy a good AWD chassis or a nice AWD turnkey

Or just put into project Fireball

I had an offer for my 91. I put it up for 2 95s, 1 manual and 1 auto. The auto is the parts car.
I don't know it was just a thought.

auto rearends are geared diffrent then 5 speeds,

what is all wrong with the auto, dose it have a motor?????

The auto has interior missing and the motor is cashed. I've already changed my mind. I don't want a fwd.
The guy wants $3500 for both.

damn I need a motor for my auto.


good call on the FWD stick with AWD

This would be totally worth it if you did it on a spyder. It'd be the only AWD Spyder (unless someone else has done it)

I wish I still had my Spyder. But I had to give it back to Obriens when the lease ran out. And because I lost my license for to many tickets in a year, LOL!
Oh what it is to be young again. I won the damn thing in a drawing they had back in 96. I think that's the year I had it. Well when ever it was it's gone now and so isn't all the coke they put in it from the TV station there in Bloomington, LOL.

It has been done at least half a dozen times and is probably worth it.