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Old Jul 3, 2005 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 95naSTA
The AWD isn't totally impossible. I know theres at least one gm AWD tranny that will bolt up to our engines. I think it was in the 6000?
Of course it'* still gonna be hard to make that trans hold up to a lot of power. And theres still a ton of custom work involved(axles, blah, blah).
Here'* a diagram for the 6000 all wheel drive system


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Old Jul 3, 2005 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by aukc
Originally Posted by 95naSTA
The AWD isn't totally impossible. I know theres at least one gm AWD tranny that will bolt up to our engines. I think it was in the 6000?
Of course it'* still gonna be hard to make that trans hold up to a lot of power. And theres still a ton of custom work involved(axles, blah, blah).
Here'* a diagram for the 6000 all wheel drive system


as most of you know already there'* a much better way to get AWD than swapping the 6000 STE drivetrain in...with all the work it would take to do that...
DOUBLE the power AND get AWD!
who'* gonna be the first Twin L67 Bonnie?

oh since were' at it..... Single engine cars... WTF?
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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This is why I always thought FWD Bonnevilles were wrong. I've always associated drivetrains with types of cars.

FWD - small economy cars
RWD - sports/muscle/possibly luxury cars
AWD - luxury/off-road cars
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 08:43 PM
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The fuel crisis back in the 70'* forced american auto engineers to design more fuel efficient drive trains. The Japanese & European auto makers already had front wheel drive in some of their cars.
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