4WD 3rd Gen Anyone?

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:52 pm

Looks like you can get a kit to convert a 3rd gen lude to 4WD and still keep the 4WS too.

There's a group buy over on Prelude Power........

https://www.preludepower.com/threads/1f ... uy.465445/

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:36 pm

After studying the photo of the underside of his car I can see he's using leaf spring rear setup and a solid rear beam.

Yep, must be American made.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:04 pm

https://www.preludepower.com/threads/1f ... 642/page-5

This is the dev thread, looks pretty good actually, I think you can see the bracing for the rear diff.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:04 pm

Oh crap. What was I looking at. Looks epic. The 3rd gen want increases again.

nalla · Post by **nalla** » Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:12 am

Is this possible with all the Gens.?

Post by **Vtecmec** » Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:10 am

Anything is possible.

I have seen similar being developed with the 4th and 5th gens, though its no where near as elegant as this 3rd gen setup.

https://www.preludepower.com/threads/fwd-to-awd.463673/

The 4th/5th gen not only loses the fuel tank (and therefore boot space for its relocation) but it also requires the rear suspension to go in the bin and it looks counterproductive to the preludes known handling capabilities. Probably ok for a drag setup.

All of this is very expensive too, with no guarentee of you being happy with the outcome. You'd be better just buying a second/third 4WD car on the side.......