im thinking about converting my 05sti from awd->rwd. Kingpin has a conversion diff for it. Im just wondering if the stock drivetrain can handle all that power going to the rear.

 

no, not the stock R180, you would need at least an R200 or better yet an R220, but why would you do this??

And if you say because you want to be a drift0r I will lose all respect for you and punch you

 

if it didnt involve swapping in a R200 rear diff i woulda did it just to be different. But having to swap out the rear diff for a skyline rear diff and making brackets to hold it sounds like too much work for me.

Who on here wouldnt drop their jaw and start drooling if u saw a Sti doing a break stand next to them at a stop light =D

 

i'll proly just buy a Ae86 since its too much work to convert it.

 

lol, well Ive already had my share of big power RWDs, and Im not 16yo anymore so seeing someone do donuts/stoplight burnouts doenst leave me slack-jawed and drooling. So I guess if I saw someone in an STI doing RWD burnouts I would know that they dismatled their AWD just for the sake of showing off, wow nice, would you like some altezzas to go with that

I think your on the right track, pick up an AE86 or 240SX, you could easily get one for the price of what it would take to make your STI into a RWD and they are both much better platforms for drifiting that a STI with the front axles pulled out would be, and your not as heartbroken if you start bouncing them off of solid objects either

 

lols

 

my car isnt full rwd, but with my sti v6 ra v-limited trans, its enough to smoke the tires and chirp them into 3rd when my car was stage 3. its fun and yes ppl do look at you with awe.

 

im doing a fwd AT conversion on my sti

 

lol

 

after you get it done i wanna take a pic with you!



wow.. ok theres buying a car because you love it and will get looks in it. but doing a conversion and ****ing your handling just for looks... how retarded. sell your car and buy a honda please...

 

have you been so numbed by years surfing the intarnets that you can only tell humor/sarcasm when its accompanied by the appropriate smiley??

 

i drift in my wrx all the time ... i blame my ti.. *ahem* .. zoeb's old tires

 

i wonder how much more power you'll gain converting to rwd since there wont be a lot of drivetrain loss.

 

There will still be more considering you still gotta go through a center diff (even if it is locked)

Just trade in the STi for an LS1 car or mustang and be done with it.

 

with a 100% rwd conversion you will gain a good amount of power my stg 2 wrx made 234/227 which was the highest # for a stg 2 wrx that fli has seen id say that the awd powertrain gives you about a 18-22% loss ill go out on a limb and say that with a rwd conversion that the drivetrain loss would be about 10-15% and this is why a rearend swap would be needed.