Xgenturbo

if you make it only RWD then be sure to reinforce the car, all wheel drive dosnt get the same stress and a RWD, plus why cant you just make it AWD? you can run 10's with a good engine and a good turbo setup, oh and the torque effects , hehe, wow, i cant wait till i start this project, oh does anyone know roughly how much the rear suspension and the tranny from a 88 wagon costs at a wreckers?

Kaneda13

don't know about the suspension, but i've seen AWD trannies on ebay for <$100

Xgenturbo

is the back trailing arm on a wagon the same as the one on a civic or crx of the same year? can anyone show me a picture of the trailing arm on their AWD wagon?

turbowagonman

the rear trailing arm is exactly the same except that its longer. you will have to shorten it some. not sure how much. you will also need the floorpan from the awd wagon to put in your crx, as its all different. with that you should be able to use the gas tank from the wagon, or you'll have to use a fuel cell or something. that other awd crx used the shortened wagon arms and crossmember, and made his own floor and custom fuel tank. then bolted the crv rearend onto the wagon crossmember. its pretty cool except for the homeade axles he's running in the rear. i think i'd have someone custom make ones.
i am contemplating making one of my crx's awd or just using the crv stuff in one of my wagons. haven't decided which yet. way too much fun!

Xgenturbo

Thanks man, this will be an interesting project once i get started