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Old 07-31-2013, 12:08 PM   #6 (permalink)
niky
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The easiest way to do this is to buy another Sunfire, so you can pull all the hardware out of the front of that car (including the mounting points for the engine, transmission and suspension) and transplant it into the rear... include the full front suspension and brakes. The transmission will be the tricky part. Lots of welding.

Leave the battery and as many ancilliaries as you can up front, to balance the car out a bit. You'll need a fuel cell, too.

After that, your biggest problem will likely be tuning the suspension so it doesn't understeer like a pig when you enter a turn or hit the brakes (a brake bias controller would be nice). You'll need to install an aftermarket suspension or stiffen up the rear end a bit to balance the car out.

A more interesting proposition is a twin-engine set-up, which is twice as impractical, but twice as crazy.
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