it says that the engine can go in the 2g's and the 3g's

it also says the engine is longitudinal... is that as opposed to our transverse?
meaning that this is the 2G 4g64 ?

 

this was from a truck. the mighty max came with a 4g64

 

I'll bet any money that they just listed all the cars that have a 4g64 engine code and put that as their applications. I don't see how the hell you would get that to fit in a 3g.

 

ditch the tranny that is on it. should fit. and the rest of the stuff like the intake, fan, exhaust mani

 

the point was to see if the tranny can be kept...
but i didnt notice it ws longitudinal... which i think means opposite way of ours...

 

no longitudinal means its a RWD setup. basically the fan points foroward torwards the radiator and the transmission points to the ass.

 

but the motor would be facing the "wrong" way... as in the same way as the 2G's would face?
If it faces the same way as ours or am i missing something important...
if not then there wouldnt be as big of a problem with the crossmember would there?

 

you missed it. a longitudinal setup is like any V8 RWD in the world. all FWD cars are a Transverse. That engine came from a pickup truck.

 

I have one of those trans sitting here for my 4G63 swap into my Opel GT.

Wanna talk about a cool little drift car whenever I get it done...

 

you would need to do motor mounts, and HOPE that you can clear the firewall.
and then deal with how to fit the driveline. and even then, all you have is a pickup motor in a 3g

 

You won't clear the front sub frame assembly. Period.

 

The rear wheel drive version 4g64 has a different bellhousing and it will not bolt up to a regular dsm/3g tranny.

 

Then why does the rwd transmission bolt up to the 4G63?

 

Then why does the rwd transmission bolt up to the 4G63?

Scroll down to post number 5
http://www.mightyd50.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4151

 

Ah that explains it then. I have a narrow trans. :bigthumb:

 

I wasnt trying to get rid of the tranny...
my thought was to see if a RWD setup could be had...
but nvm on that...

 

not to sound like a prick...
but why not look under your hood and see the obvious answer? :\


you need to make a tunnel for it.. and what about the steering rack?

 

<3

 

as far as my limited knowledge goes:

the best way to get a 4g64 RWD is to do an evo AWD swap and modify tranny/transfer case to keep it from spinning the front wheels.

there was an article in a either superstreet or d-sport about how they modified the evo in F&F Tokyo Drift in order for it to be RWD, there is also another article in a more recent mag about a blue evo that is competing in drift events now too..

i only know all this because I was considering it but its just not cost effective. But it would be awsome to see a 3g drift. :hspin:

 

^^
I have actually looked into this (no not so i can drifto, but because I was curious). A cheap way of doing it would be to simply remove the shaft portion of the front cv's.

shepard, for example runs a RWD setup on his dsm that is running in the 7's

 

if you had the money and initiative to do it the 3g would probably be a great drift car.

I've always thought that the 3g looked like a wide car suitable for drifting. The rear wheel wells have decent room for wider tires too (not great, but decent)

the suspension would need work and there's not alot of support as far as aftermarket parts go. But it would the first 3g to compete in drifting.

Think if napalm, balla, anyone with the evo head and turbo converted to RWD and did some suspention work. Those cars would be killer for drifting.

 

Ben (napalm has JIC magic coilover) His car felt Crasy stiff as hell with no wheel hop even at 80mph spinning tires