Okay so i have a crazy idea and i just wanted to know what you guys think about it.... i want to get a salvaged Sti and use the drivetrain and engine and drop it in my Tc...

My dad has a shop and is a pro welder and has everything that we will need to do it but im still not really sure... just playing everything out nothing is for sure right now..


I just think it would be fricken sweet to have a AWD TC and please dont hate and tell me to just go buy a STI if i wanted a STI i would just go buy one... i want a AWD TC...

So let me know what you think about the whole idea

 

Didn't someone do this with a civic hatch? A tc would be amazing, but you'll have to do a ton of measuring and research to see if everything will work out. I'm sure the guy that built the civic would be glad to help.

 

Do you know the guy with this civic??

And i know it will be alot of work and i dont even know if everything will work out... i know that ill have to have alot of custom stuff.... but my dad can make pretty much anything we need i know he can.. he is really good at what he does... he makes custom stuff all the time for people... if it wasn't for my dad i wouldnt even be thinking about doing this.... Maybe i should ask him first lol

 

Yes they did, And it was the best build log I have ever seen. It was sooooo dope.
I say do what you want to do... A awd tC would be sick. Salvage STI parts aren't cheap around here.

 

Well i was thinking if i could just get a Salvage WRX wagon thats pretty much the same thing right?

And i only wanted the Sti because of the 6 Speed trans you know....
I would really love a 6 speed haha

 

should do it, just one thing... sti drivetrain is only gonna fit a subie flat-4 motor. idk what world racing did to make their car but its definitely a custom transmission on the stock motor

 

http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php...subaru+powered

 

Yeah i want the STI motor and drivetrain together i dont want to try and have the WRX or STI Drivetrain with a different engine... i want the STI engine.

 

looks like you wanna have ones cake and eat it too.

Lets say for a second you do pull it off. Your going to run into a TON of problems, not to mention you'll be taking a dump on your resale value. Just be ready for that, dont think its a simple swap and yay AWD STI powered tC.

EDIT: Why not RWD? Take a look at the Ken Gushi and Tanner Foust tCs'. Gotta put alot of work and money into it.

 

lol, do you even know anything about those cars? and the work/parts that went into them?

your making it sound like that would be way easier than what the OP wants to do

 

Yes, I edited my post afterwards. He wants to replace the drivetrain anyway. I'm trying to let him know that the whole process is not as simple as he thinks. Just making sure hes aware.

 

im sure hes aware itll be a ton of work. also, i think people looking to do crazy swaps like this dont care about resale value

 

those tc's he is talking about were professionally done lol.. one has a nascar truck motor in it lol..thats just nuts but I dont really care to much about drifting.

 

Well according to him its a "crazy idea" he had. He hasn't even brought it up with his dad, whos a professional. To me, he sounds uninformed, I'm not trying to discourage him, just trying to be real.

What I was saying is if he wants to do something crazy like that, looks at some of those other built tC's and find out what problems those guys ran into, what they could/couldn't do, etc.

 

Yeah i know its a crazy idea and i know that its not going to be easy who ever thinks that is crazy them self.... i just wanted to see what you guys thought about it so i could start some where.... and i know that it will kill the resale value of my car...

IF i was to do a AWD STI powered tC why in the hell would i want to sale a car like that... that would be a one of a kind car... i would keep it forever...

and i know its not just going to be a swap and then wow look at my fricken sweet car no not at all haha...

Im mostly worried about all of the electronics and stuff like that...

Thanks for helping

And if you have something to say just say it i want to hear every negative things you could think of so that way i could look it over too...

This is a big project and i need all the help i can get

 

Looks like you have the right attitude going into it. As I said before, try and find people who've been there/done that.

 

Post whoring going on in here

 

anything is possible bro,a 200 whp N/A was done a V6 was done,RWD was done,who knows you could be the one to have a AWD tc with the sti motor and tranny...

 

That would be pretty sick. I know someone who made an Acura Integra rear wheel drive. Engine in the back and everything!

 

Actually was looking into pulling a 3s-gte and drivetrain out of a Celica all trac...watching