CC AWD 4G63T conversion

[evopwr]

I don't think its 18 full days of labour johny.

Perfect example is CREATD; half the cars have been there for months, but only had a handful of hours worth of work done to them.

 

[JSTYLE]

I don't think its 18 full days of labour johny.

Perfect example is CREATD; half the cars have been there for months, but only had a handful of hours worth of work done to them.

True, well he shouldnt of said 18 days should of just said "x" amount of hours. :lol:

Jon

 

[evo-gsr]

so your saying it took 18 days of 18 x 8hrs so it took 144 hours at say a workshop charges $100 an hour so it costs $14,400 to convert it to AWD?... wow pretty expensive workshop!!! :thumbsup:

from the people who i have spoken to who have done the conversion they reckon 20-30hours should b doable for a first time, even shayne and alex agree so obviously afew people have their hand on it or this workshop your referring to is rather slow at work?...

Jon

Either that or if I remember correctly the "workshop" he refers to was his own garage!

 

[mototo]

Either that or if I remember correctly the "workshop" he refers to was his own garage!

It is his own garage.

 

[Liberoz]

For the nit pickers, driven into my own workshop, days in workshop was 18 day

approx *8 days worth of work approx 8 hours a day

if anyone can do good quality workmanship awd conversion in 20-30hours to give up your day job as youve chosen the wrong carreer :lol:

*Including swapping out kframes, gearboxs, prep and painting, drive in - to drive out 100% complete.

 

[evopwr]

also, doing a libero conversion is a different game altogether. (almost) no documentation available compared to c sedans/coupe

 

[EVO-00X]

I agree with Liberoz, 20-30 hrs is way too unrealistic IMO.
From word 'go' push the button on the stop watch then see how long it takes to get the car back on the road driving AWD. Picture lifting the car up, removing the wheels, rear suspension, exhaust, cutting out the floorpan of the donor vehicle (if not already done so), carefully cutting out the floorpan of your own car, doing the captive plates, aligning and jigging up the new locations, double checking by fitting parts before fully welding, welded floor and subframe mount in, grind back welds, seal the welds etc, paint in chassis paint, bolt rear end all done, diff in, bleed bakes, add fluids, fit fuel tank and suspension etc back in. Then do the same for the centre tailshaft mount,.. align, tack into place, check, weld in, paint, fit exhaust. Then connect the transfer case, the tailshaft to the transfer case and fit front driveshafts. You cant argue that there's definitely a lot more than 20-30 hours there easy

 

[JSTYLE]

20-30 hours for the rear end and the tailshaft carrier bracket is achievable..
then add time for kframe swap and engine swap.,. yer there you go 50hours!

Ive spent about 4.5hours on mine already. floorpan is cut out of the FWD the AWD floorpan tacks have almost been all drilled out... so ill b popping the floor off soon...

Jon

 

[Liberoz]

also, doing a libero conversion is a different game altogether. (almost) no documentation available compared to c sedans/coupe

Agreed there WAS no info thread, or builds threads or anyone willing to take pics for reference on the awd wagon rear end components when I did mine, hence why I documented my awd conversion build thread, with in depth step by step pics with accompanying text all the way, its a great reference for anyone else wanting to do the same conversion the DIY how to is all done for them on a silver platter.

I didnt have anything at all to go off but spent alot of time planning measuring and going in blind and I take pride in being very organized with attention to detail.:thumbsup:

Funny how someone who's never done a awd chassis conversion! :unsure: is pulling out time lines how long it takes lol

and at the same time is posting & asking questions on how to do it on our other forum :lol:

 

[Ian91]

Sell it, and buy a GSR- unless you will be keeping the car and giving it to your son for his 21st.

Lol f**k that if i do this ill be keeping it and giving it to him when i die lol

 

[JSTYLE]

Check out this link theres a link in the post in regards to different ways of doing it.
That is what i wanted to see.. there are many ways to skin a rabbit and many ways to do the conversion.. i picked my path

http://www.evocoupe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6212

Jon