AWD Corvette
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AWD Corvette
Has anyone ever thought or tried to convert a C5 to AWD? If so, who knows how much something like this would cost to do? I'm just curious, not like I intend to do so. Thanks.
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I would imagine that it would be very expensive to make this type of conversion happen. Maybe some day it will happen, but don't see it for quite a while.
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An AWD Vette would be awesome!I wonder if it would be possible to do with electric motors.
I imagine a setup with an electric motor in each front wheel and a torque tube generator.
I thought of doing an April Fools post with something like this, but I lack the time and photochop talent to do it right.
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Gosh, where to start?? It would be great if there was a donor car but since there arent any AWD Vettes out there, it would be a feat itself to make one.
new ECU and all the harnesses - most AWD cars have a main ECU and a TCU that controls the tranny functions
new tranny
transfer case
front axles
new front suspension
It probably would add 300-500 lbs to the C5 with all these new parts.
It's not impossible but I bet it will cost tons of $$$ that youre better off buying an AWD G35x.
Some guys in Japan turned a Supra into an AWD car, essentially taking a Skyline engine, tranny, suspension, etc and shoe-horning it into a MKIV Chassis.
new ECU and all the harnesses - most AWD cars have a main ECU and a TCU that controls the tranny functions
new tranny
transfer case
front axles
new front suspension
It probably would add 300-500 lbs to the C5 with all these new parts.
It's not impossible but I bet it will cost tons of $$$ that youre better off buying an AWD G35x.
Some guys in Japan turned a Supra into an AWD car, essentially taking a Skyline engine, tranny, suspension, etc and shoe-horning it into a MKIV Chassis.
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anything is possible given enough time and money, but then you couldn't do a nice big smokey burnout 
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I think this has been taken to the top enough.
The cost to do this, even if possible from an automotive engineering perspective would far outweigh the value of the car. Were it worthwhile, feasible and cost effective - it would have been done by now.
The cost to do this, even if possible from an automotive engineering perspective would far outweigh the value of the car. Were it worthwhile, feasible and cost effective - it would have been done by now.
