mcottingham

Hey Guys,

All trolling aside...

Has anyone attempted to do an AWD conversion on a Cobalt? I understand that there would definitely be some serious hurdles to overcome, however, as an engineer I am curious much the same.

If no-one has attempted this before, would any other vendors be interested in working with me on this?

northvibe

iTrader: (1)

I swear some threads talked about this over the years, but nothing came about. You'll have to think of a donor car drive train etc. The MS3 was done with a MS6 setup, just had to shorten the drive shaft. You could also ask Powell.

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

my guess is it would barely be possible. anything can be done, but would you be the man to do this?

heres my thought: buy a wrx, and take the shell off the cobalt and put it on the wrx.

mcottingham

The Saab 9-3 has AWD and a 2.0 L4 engine. I suspect that it may be a good candidate.

AyrtonSenna

If someone would make an AWD conversion, I would be one of the people getting it

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

they didn't even awd the balt in forza!

AaronJ

iTrader: (4)

This might be your best candidate depending on the wheelbases of both cars.

I just want to know how the twisting beam rear axle would play into this. Something tells me that our rear axle is going to be the tricky part, and we can't just swap over another car's rear suspension.

Also: good to hear that there are other engineers on this site

AyrtonSenna

Then I'm sure it can't be done

mcottingham

Yeah, the wheelbase seems to be off by about an inch (9-3 105.3, CSS 103.3), but I assumed already that a custom drive shaft was in order.

The rear suspension was also my concern. It MAY be possible to re-use this as well. Rear suspension, All wheel drive (XWD). Fits: Saab 9-3 | Jim Ellis Saab Parts

breds2k

iTrader: (1)

That means its really not possible.

jonathan923

iTrader: (2)

ninja lurking

mcottingham

Thank you for your stealthy contribution...

breds2k

iTrader: (1)

hahah

evilcom123

iTrader: (3)

Idea. Tube chassis, sky 2.4 dropout, cobalt body.

Never mind that's not awd