So, I'm sitting here thinking about converting a tiburon (RD gen1 or GK gen1) into a RWD.. have anyone here done this?



I need a track/drift car (not in a hurry), and it would be fun to get a Hyundai on the track with the other "big boys".



What car do you guys think it would be reasonable to get parts from? I'm thinking about something like a Nissan 200SX.



Is this the real deal? My link



Here is some inspiration from the annual streetcar festival in Norway!

 

not worth the money get a 240sx and be done with it, 240 are cheap and they have a massive aftermarket,



look like that tib is going tray drifting

 

This ain't about the money mate, but about what's possible : ) pretty sure I could get some sponsors also.. want to do something never done before (at least in Norway)



Yes, it does look a like tray drifting doesn't it..

 

If, HUGE IF, you want to be crazy go AWD with a Getrag or likewise transaxle. Give it a good 75% rear and mod/weld a DSM rear in.



After you blow 45k (usd) on that project it back patting time. Just made an evo out of a Tib for the cost of 3 Evo9s.



OR



build a tube chassis and drop a Tib shell on it. Ragequit road legality and anything Hyundai ever had to do with the idea.



OR



Just buy a new Genesis coupe and the globe will continue to spin.









Not trying to dog on the idea, it's just not practical

 

Find a wrecked genesis coupe I4 and start from there. Be prepared to spend a whole lot of money. Thats probably the route id go.

 

Or another option is put the beta in the rear of the car

 

i am sure u can still be unique with a car thats already rwd

 

Honestly converting a GK Tib to RWD for a TRACK ONLY car wouldn't bee all that tough. Making all the stuff that lets it be a reasonable road car work while converting to RWD is the real issue. I would probably try to adapt front knuckles to the rear of the Tib, then run whatever diff was convenient with custom axles. If Tib front knuckles wouldn't work I would try to adapt drive knuckles from something but keep most the Tib rear suspension. You could get different coilover bottom sleeves to fit pretty much whatever knuckle you wanted it would just be getting everything else to hook to the knuckle.



RWD conversion would be equal to or slightly less than the work required to make a decent track/drift car out of a RWD car.

 

The current numbers of Genesis Coupe's in Norway is zero, so I'm affraid getting parts will be a nightmare.. although, I would love to own a genesis sometime!



As 187sks says, it would not be a road legal build.



What about taking a V6 tibby and moving the engine to the rear (or the Beta as faith says)? Is it common to turbocharge the v6 engine in the US, or is supercharger the way to go?



I know there's a norwegian guy building a 1997 RD tiburon RWD track car with a Mazda V6 engine and drive gear.. He's gonna supercharge it and control it whit a MS2, but that's pretty much all I know yet.





Yeeah, thinking a bit high with this thread.. but hey, a man can dream :biggrin:

 

The problem with getting a RD/RD2 to be RWD is the lack of a Driveshaft tunnel.

You'd have to mount the engine SO LOW in front that the drive shaft would literally sit UNDER the car...You'd be @ risk of everything/anything you ran over, plus the hella ground clearance issues of the oil pan/tranny pan smacking kerbs/sleeping policemen.



Your other option is to LIFT the chassis, but then there go your handling dynmaics...not to mention your Tiburon would look like a Subaru Outback. Jacked up with 9" of ground clearance to allow for the drive shaft to go under the car.



You could TRY to modify/pound the unibody chassis to CREATE a proper drive shaft tunnel, but that would seriously mess with the structure of the car plus it would be nearly impossible to get a 4 wheel alighment that's anything close to straight and not crab-walking...



You could TRY to remove the center/bottom of the unibody, then weld in a proper drive shaft tunnel. But again, that would seriously mess with the structure of the car plus it would be nearly impossible to get a 4 wheel alighment that's anything close to straight and not crab-walking... You'd have to have the frame/unibody on a jig to keep all suspension mount points stable, then weld it all back together. Doable, sure, but NOT cheap.



The "easiest" way is to build 1/2 of the Dragon Fabrications 2 engine tiburon. Remove the engine/tranny from the front, then remove the back seat, mount the engine/transmission there. You'd then be the first "Mid engine" tiburon. That would still be hella hard, but much easier/cheaper than front engine/RWD.