I was autocrossing this past weekend when a friend asked me how much it would cost to convert my 97 eclipse gst to an awd.... so i said "i dont have a fucking clue".... so has anyone else looked at this (i figure i would have heard something but... i figured i would try here)
thanks
trey

 

It can be done... its gonna cost like $3000 2G only thing

does not apply to 2G NT
and 1G guys dont ask.

 

ouch- now i know why nobody does this- jsut buy a damn gsx- so is this cost mainly associated with parts or is this an estimated cost with labor, etc
(not that it would be realistic to do such a thing but possibly for down the road- when i push over ~230 lol)
any (light on the tech for now) info would be much appreciated
thnx

 

Buy an AWD shell. Its easier to swap a motor than work on all of the driveline parts.

 

It is possible. I've heard of a shop that has done a couple GSX Spyder conversions.

 

yea, it was either magnus or RRE.. .i forget which. i think RRE had the twin engine 1G too.. its been such a long time since i seen it.

 

Jorge who used to run foreign connection before he retired the shop did a gst to a gsx conversion for a local tampa guy. I think his name was Mark. He had a white gst.

 

I believe it was Magnus...

 

yeah the $3000 was in parts only... do the work yourself or pay probably 20+ hours at a shop's rate, a shop that will even attempt that job. probably looking $1000-1500 in labor.

 

ummm...dot slicks?