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Originally Posted by orangustang
I would like to, someday, find a Legacy rolling chassis, put a native FWD (transverse-mounted) drivetrain under the hood, and do exactly what you're talking about with the rear wheels. That would do away with the additional drivetrain losses of RWD over FWD (from changing the plane of rotation), retain AWD functionality, and gain the advantage of a light hybrid system.
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IMO, best starting point would be a Civic. You can keep the transverse FWD section and use the very lightweight rear drive-train section from a CRV or the late 80s Wagovan AWD model. There are a few AWD conversions floating around on the web for Civics and there are enough parts that they don't require serious fab-work that I know of.