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kern - 08 Feb 2005 06:16 GMT

i wanna modify my 850 to have 4wd. i live in switzerland and i like 4wd due
to snow. so which other sissi here has the guts?

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John Burns - 08 Feb 2005 10:14 GMT

> i wanna modify my 850 to have 4wd. i live in switzerland and i like 4wd due
> to snow. so which other sissi here has the guts?

I guess a used 525iX would be the place to start for parts! Good luck.

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kern - 08 Feb 2005 16:44 GMT

maybe from an audi or an subaru?

>> i wanna modify my 850 to have 4wd. i live in switzerland and i like 4wd
>> due
>> to snow. so which other sissi here has the guts?
>
> I guess a used 525iX would be the place to start for parts! Good luck.

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Mark - 09 Feb 2005 00:32 GMT

> maybe from an audi or an subaru?

Hope you're one rich bastard if you're contemplating that.

It'll be expensive enough using BMW parts.

-mark

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Dan Drake - 09 Feb 2005 01:38 GMT

>> maybe from an audi or an subaru?
>
>Hope you're one rich bastard if you're contemplating that.
>
>It'll be expensive enough using BMW parts.

I'd suggest that he forgets the AWD part, and just puts a small block
Chevy motor in it. It's certain to be more reliable than the original
motor, and easier and cheaper to maintain to boot.

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Frank Kemper - 08 Feb 2005 10:43 GMT

"kern" <e-chief@hispeed.ch> haute in die Tasten:

> i wanna modify my 850 to have 4wd. i live in switzerland and i like
> 4wd due to snow. so which other sissi here has the guts?

Go and buy a Porsche 964 Carrera 4, it may be the cheaper way.

Frank

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Jeff Strickland - 09 Feb 2005 01:52 GMT

I suspect that adding AWB to your 850 will cost more than the 850 is worth.

You will at a minimum need to re-engineer the front suspension to accomodate
the new front differential that won't fit anywhere with the current design.
Then, you will need to shorthen the rear driveshaft and fit a transfer case
somewhere behind the transmission and the in front of the rear axle.

You would be better off trading that 850 for a car that already has AWD. It
would probably be cheaper to buy a new Jeep than to modify an 850 to accept
AWD.

If you are intent on doing this, I'd suggest lifting the parts from a 525ix
donor.

> i wanna modify my 850 to have 4wd. i live in switzerland and i like 4wd due
> to snow. so which other sissi here has the guts?

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Harri Holopainen - 09 Feb 2005 14:02 GMT

if you (the original poster) really have brass balls size of bowling
balls, you might want to consider this to your 850i:
http://www.autoreview.ru/new_site/year2001/n08/volga/volga.htm.
also:
http://www.supercars.net/garages/MooSquad/10v2.html

525ix parts would probably be too weak for a 5 ltr V12, and putting
the 2.5L M50 into the 850 chassis probably wouldn't be such a good
idea either.

>I suspect that adding AWB to your 850 will cost more than the 850 is worth.
>
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>due
>> to snow. so which other sissi here has the guts?

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fbloogyudsr - 09 Feb 2005 06:19 GMT

>i wanna modify my 850 to have 4wd. i live in switzerland and i like 4wd due
>to snow. so which other sissi here has the guts?

Yesterday, I almost posted, noting a 2 on the 1-10 troll-meter scale.
However, you have pulled in a few, so I'll up it to 2.5.

Floyd

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