Make my car front wheel drive

[epj3]

I slid off the road again today, I want to know how to make my bmw front wheel drive. Any ideas or links?

 

[mrferg]

Just use the front half of a 325ix's drivetrain.

 

[epj3]

Just use the front half of a 325ix's drivetrain.

No i want it to be real front wheel drive.

 

[MrElussive]

Get out of the car and pull it around.

 

[bmw046series]

How the hell can you slide off the road in April?

 

[Section_8]

Spring fever...

 

[epj3]

water + ls differential + rwd.

 

[Average Jae]

drive in reverse [fake]

 

[epj3]

drive in reverse [fake]

i'll get a web cam to aim out the back window, a laptop, and a set of those LCD goggles so I can be comfortable at the same time

 

[bahnstormer]

dude learn to drive
go to a driving school of some kind and learn
some car control

or buy sticky rear tires.

or buy a saturn. my first car was a saturn =]
learned stick and everything on that heheh

 

[epj3]

dude learn to drive
go to a driving school of some kind and learn
some car control

or buy sticky rear tires.

or buy a saturn. my first car was a saturn =]
learned stick and everything on that heheh

i'm not being serious, I hate fwd just as much as almost anyone else here.. and i didnt loose control and slide off the road ever. I've whipped the tail out a few times accidently but nothing huge.

I just wanted to see what people would say

If you want to know how much I hate FWD, ask dan (frolf)

 

[frolf]

we've discussed this in great detail, and yes, he does hate FWD

 

[Kirby]

Well, you might be joking now, but if you change your mind in the future and want front wheel drive, take the body off your bimmer and put it on the van!

 

[epj3]

Well, you might be joking now, but if you change your mind in the future and want front wheel drive, take the body off your bimmer and put it on the van!

I was thinking I could just put the engine in the trunk.

Though if i did the van idea, atleast it would LOOK reliable!

 

[adamsonem]

I remember one time someone pulled out in front of me around a turn in the rain, back when I had my E30. My COOL ABS BRAKES locked up and I slid straight into the opposite lane; came within inches of hitting a Metro bus head-on (had to back up to move). Scariest thing ever happened to me in the bimmer, next to hydroplaning all over the highway at lower-than-speed-limit speeds in the rain.

 

[bmw046series]

Some lady tried to change lanes right in front of me when it was pouring and the beatiftul brakes kicked in and I didn't hit her, I killed her for not looking before change lanes though.

 

[epj3]

I 'timed' myself braking in dry, then did it in rain, and from 60 - 0, it took 2 seconds (using the obc the best i could!!) to stop in dry, and 2.8 seconds to stop in rain.

 

[MrElussive]

How the hell can you slide off the road in April?

It's easy. I spun out hard-core during the earlier miles of my car. I was whipping through a curvey road in 3rd gear and I mashed on the gas too hard when entering the turn. The LSD tried to give both tires equal traction, which ended up pushing the car's tail out. I spun completely around and smashed into a curb with my left rear wheel. Even after that (and to this day) I try to be careful now when accelerating through a curve, but there have been two more incidents where the tail went out on me...fortunately, the last two times it happened, I was able to put the car back on track before anything crazy happened.

 

[epj3]

It's easy. I spun out hard-core during the earlier miles of my car. I was whipping through a curvey road in 3rd gear and I mashed on the gas too hard when entering the turn. The LSD tried to give both tires equal traction, which ended up pushing the car's tail out. I spun completely around and smashed into a curb with my left rear wheel. Even after that (and to this day) I try to be careful now when accelerating through a curve, but there have been two more incidents where the tail went out on me...fortunately, the last two times it happened, I was able to put the car back on track before anything crazy happened.

Same thing here, worse time it happened was merging onto a highway(!!) going about 30 mph in 2nd, right as I started to point forward, I gave it a little too much gas (never would have thought it was enough to do anything) and sure enough my rear end slid out and I was steering CRAZY to get it back, which it did with no problems. Thank god there were no Semi's barreling down the road at 65 mph!!!

I'm very careful around turns now, the Limited slip differential can save your life if you're trying to pull out quickly in rain, but it can mess you up if you dont know how to control it.

I wouldnt trade it for anything though!!!

 

[AutoXfreak]

Ahh man I want an LSD!!