make an ix in to a 2 wheel drive

[greekfreak]

i was just thinking, has anyone tryed to take the transfer case and the front drive of an ix and just have the lsd in the back? cause im thinking of getting an ix and making it in to a rwd. If you ever heard of this being done feel free to comment

[mr.vang]

lol. that is like having a regular e30. there is a reason why ix is awd. thanks for the laugh.

[Killacortes]

wouldnt it make more sense to just get a regular i or is thats already RWD instead of destroying an ix?

[nando]

yes people have done it, no it's not a good idea.

[greekfreak]

well i would keep it an ix it was just an idea i though of last night and wanted to see if it was done befor

[BimmerTim]

It's been done before. By BMW. It's called a 325is.

[greekfreak]

well thank you i could of figured that out myself :P

[BimmerTim]

Clearly not, hence, this thread.

[greekfreak]

you got me there

[Mossman]

honestly thing to do would be sell tranny, transfer case, front and rear driveshaft and front diff and just buy a rwd tranny and driveshaft.

Better yet buy a rwd e30.

[greekfreak]

thats what i was thinking would need to happen, but im not going to change it im going to keep it an ix

[Andrew325is]

I don't see why this idea can't be taken seriously. There's multiple reasons why someone might want to go rwd without buying a new car.

[nando]

there are many more reasons not to

aside from the point most people bring up (ruining an ix), it's just not going to handle very well without AWD. The entire suspension has been setup for AWD. There is almost zero castor up front on an ix, and no options for camber/castor plates (which is also less than a RWD car). There was a guy who did RWD with an S50 swap in an ix, it handled so bad he sold the car to Ryan G. who converted it back to a stock ix.

[pawi30]

He said he's not doing it, he's leaving the AWD alone. :loco:

[bimmerville]

you want a rwd ix? buy the badge anyone dumb enough to thionk this may be cool wouldnt know the difference anyways!!