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by **Low_Aa63** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:18 am

what rwd car has the same floor pan (or close 2) an st183 celica??

Just curious as to wether anyone may know or websites that could point me in the right direction!

Cheers
ben

by **Malcolm** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:21 am

a volvo 740 turbodiesel

by **Low_Aa63** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:27 am

are you seroius?

by **Malcolm** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:53 am

no, I was taking the piss

you're not going to find a RWD car with the same "or similar" floorplan to an st183 celica. There are some rather fundamental issues there.

Should I guess you want to chop the top of the celica off and put it onto something RWD? If that's the case then start searching for cars with similar wheelbase + track width, then go rob a few banks so you can pay someone to do a good enough job that you can get it certified.

by **Low_Aa63** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:58 am

no i just want a ready made drive tunnel!

by **RedMist** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:19 pm

Whats so wrong with the ST185?

by **Mr Revhead** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:39 pm

well.... often if you have to ask such questions... your not capable of carrying out the deed.....

but yeah st185 is the closest to what you have asked for

by **Low_Aa63** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:42 pm

yeah but its still not big enough for what im doing and rather than get a custom tunnel faricated i would rather find a factory rear wheel drive toyota thats around the same length in wheel base and use that tunnel.

by **fangsport** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:53 pm

Low_Aa63 wrote:yeah but its still not big enough for what im doing and rather than get a custom tunnel faricated i would rather find a factory rear wheel drive toyota thats around the same length in wheel base and use that tunnel.

from what i can decifer between the lines, you are making it dedicated RWD, and require the D/shaft tunnel as well as a g/box tunnel. use the rear floor from the ST185 so you get the diff mounts, d/shaft tunnel, then cut the floor out of R32/33 skyline or S4 RX-7 for the gearbox tunnel. if the gearbox won't fit into either of those, please tell us your actual plans (not some hair-brained dream), as they are what a heap of guys use for big gear boxes.

by **Low_Aa63** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:12 pm

cool cheers for that.. its for a 3sgte rwd into a st183, i was allready planning on using the subframe from an st185 just querying(sp) the tunnel thing.

by **Malcolm** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:27 pm

haha aweome, can't wait to see it finished :lol:

by **fangsport** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:10 pm

Low_Aa63 wrote:cool cheers for that.. its for a 3sgte rwd into a st183, i was allready planning on using the subframe from an st185 just querying(sp) the tunnel thing.

you're gonna have to do some serious fabrication to mount the engine arn't you :wink:

by **wde_bdy** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:16 pm

Realistically, tube chassis it and just sit the body over top. Will be the easiest most certifiable way to do it.
For an idea of the work involved look at the link below, and that is for a car already RWD.
http://forums.toyspeed.org.nz/viewtopic.php?t=13034&highlight=
If by any chance you every actually finish it and get it legal, you are likely to find you would have been better off to buy a RWD in the first place.

Callum

by **RedMist** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:19 pm

Low_Aa63 wrote:cool cheers for that.. its for a 3sgte rwd into a st183, i was allready planning on using the subframe from an st185 just querying(sp) the tunnel thing.

Are you taking the piss? Your attempting to create a ST185 from an ST183 with only 2WD? Your going to spend twice the value of a ST185 in fabrication costs alone.

Why not buy an ST185 lock the center diff and remove the front drive shafts? Complete at about 1/5th the cost.

by **Malcolm** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:44 pm

just let him do it guys, it will be entertaining :lol:

I get so sick of explaining to people that their hair-brained ideas are absurb, so I would really like to see what would happen if someone even tried it....

by **Mr Revhead** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:12 pm

yeah.. if you have to ask.... you probably cant do it

hmm maybe that should be a sig somewhere.....

or in bold at the top of this forum!

by **Malcolm** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:22 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:yeah.. if you have to ask.... you probably cant do it

.......

or in bold at the top of this forum!

agreed.

by **Low_Aa63** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:26 pm

RedMist wrote:
Low_Aa63 wrote:cool cheers for that.. its for a 3sgte rwd into a st183, i was allready planning on using the subframe from an st185 just querying(sp) the tunnel thing.

Are you taking the piss? Your attempting to create a ST185 from an ST183 with only 2WD? Your going to spend twice the value of a ST185 in fabrication costs alone.

Why not buy an ST185 lock the center diff and remove the front drive shafts? Complete at about 1/5th the cost.

Now that wouldnt be much of a project would it?

Why dont you go take the easy road and i'll stick to my idea, hair brained as it maybe if and when i finish i will have a much higher satisfaction level than the person who took the easy road would and i beleive it would be unique!

by **Malcolm** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:30 pm

excellent, can't wait to see the finished product

by **Mr Revhead** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:53 pm

same! pics of the build and keep us updated!

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