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Posted - Feb 27 2004 : 08:20:24 AM
Me and my friends have a nissan. we were wondering if it was possible to rig up four wheel drive. the motor is not that powerful yet. hoping to modifie the engine a little bit.
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| BEatonNo1 |
Posted - Feb 28 2004 : 2:15:15 PM
yeah when i said 2 wheel transmission I was talking about the entire drive train.
I think finding a 4wheel drive nissan and doing a drive train switch is going to be easier. you will still have to modify the frame so that you can attach the extra bits. but getting the electrical system would be a bit easier.
I do have to agree with aaron, it would be alot easier and cheaper to buy a 4wheel drive to start with. cant say i agree with the "yuck" part though
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| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Feb 28 2004 : 11:30:29 AM
It's not so much a matter of whether it could be done, it's a matter of whether it's worth it....
If I were doing this project, I would start with a AWD vehicle of similar size. I don't know if you have them in the US, but in Canada Subaru made a bunch of AWD jeep-like things called the "Justy". They're a dime a dozen, and about the right size.
I would then strip the drivetrain out of the Nissan, and lay the Subaru drivetrain underneath. Probably want to use the engine from the Subaru to keep things simple. You'll have to build and reinforce suspension mounting points, install the drivetrain, trim the driveshaft to fit, and somehow shoehorn the transfer case in. Then, you'll have to make the engine run (using the original EFI from the donor car is probably easiest).
All in all, it sees a lot easier just to buy an AWD car to begin with...especially if you're starting with your average Nissan (yuck).
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| da-g-dog |
Posted - Feb 28 2004 : 02:33:52 AM
BEatonNo1, generally, the transmission is the same for both 2WD and 4WD trucks. After the transmission in a 2WD, the driveshaft goes to the rear differential. In a 4WD, the transmission is connected to a transfer case which splits the output of the tranny to front and rear. When 4WD gets engaged, the front driveshaft turns, which in turn, makes the gears in the front diff move, thus moving the axle shafts and then the wheels.
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| BEatonNo1 |
Posted - Feb 27 2004 : 5:40:28 PM
I have a 2000 nissan frontier, and we have considered doing it. the thing about my truck is that it is the dessert runner package wich means its basically the fourwheel truck but with the 2 wheel transmission. so all it would take is finding a 4 wheel frontier in a junk yard and swaping drive trains. however since my car is a 2000 the whole computer/electrical system issue complicates things.
with your truck it would be possible to modify the frame to fit the 4wheel drive train but by the time you had it in it would be cheaper to sell your truck and buy a 4x4 one (which is probibly the same case with mine)
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| cirvin |
Posted - Feb 27 2004 : 3:24:47 PM
Its not worth it. you woud have to replace the whole drivetrain, and modify the frame extensively. You woud bet better off just finding an old jeep or somethin' and fixing it up.
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