I've wanted to try something similar to this for years. The difference is I wanted to make the rear axle electrically driven, thus turning the car into a 4x4 hybrid. I figured I could remove the air conditioner compressor and use that bracket to mount the generator. Batteries can go wherever.
the issue with that design is if the batteries are mounted on the bottom of the car or in the rear your weight distribution will be messed up. of course I guess if you only use the rear motor in short bursts it wont mess it up too much but then whats the point
This is fair. Maybe on the way you'll figure out a way of making it a yes-synchroed drive box, either way if it was done right it would be a serious piece of kit!
@@doyouhavetono Glad you're getting it. Remember electric motors can engage and disengage at the speed of light. Clutches and syncros are slower. Torque converters are even slower. A little extra boost from an electric motor would make any car feel like it had nitros. Zip Zip Zoom.
Back in the early 90's, in Scotland, I worked for a guy called Ian Wilson who built and raced rally cars. He had a Skoda Favorit that he had put in the engine, gearbox and axles from a Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4. He took the turbo off and ran the engine on twin 50 Weber carbs. The car also put much larger brakes on it, so it was in tarmac spec, but could go to gravel if needed. It could really shift as it had about 160+ bhp.
It's all a joke, nothing they do is serious. When russians do things properly, they're above most in the world. They have some of the highest quality car tuning companies and generally dominate in big engineering projects like planes, trucks, tanks, etc.
that is a good point most people think they have four wheel drive but when you get stuck II attire breaks free all the power goes to the tire that spinning and that basically does nothing and is pointless you'll never get unstuck most four-wheel drives have limited slip diffs w/o any kind of lockers to lock the diff into posi
Love of cars is a universal language. Theres no hate between nationality when it comes down to modding trick cars! Tuners are tuners everywhere. Cheers!
@@MegaSockenschuss I've done it several times before I got the automatic helmet. I remember doing a lot of "short welding attacks" and couldn't be bothered holding the simple screen in front of my face every time. No problem for the eyes but later that night I realised I was soo sunburned in my face it hurt😂
It's a bit of basic knowledge and some measurement - these projects are fun, but not meant to last. Still, this one in particular has really got me thinking of swapping my rear axle for one from another car.
What about a 2 engine 4wd car? One engine powering the front wheels and a second engine running the back wheels. 4wd with the extra engine capacity. :)
Since this car have been through a lot of thing, I recommend you to restore this car until it looking brand new with offroad style pickup. Fix every hole, rust, and everything even the interior so it's really look like brand new. If possible, this car should be a good looking pickup if the back of it were cut of. I hope this can be your next project for this car. Cheer!
CnPx yeah, I know. I'm not expecting much from them. I just thought it was a cool idea to talk about since I never seen people restore a regular car with mods that people would never do. I would love to see they do this and see the outcome, but i know its impossible.
Subaru running gear would have given all wheel drive and still had slip built in to the thing will go round corners and not shred gears when driven and turned on pavement. A heavy Duty tractor PTO clutch on the driveshaft might help but needs left to right slip on the diffs.
Welded front-center-rear differentials mean - car will not turn properly & if everything is 100% tight, something will broke as there is nothing anymore which let wheels spin with different speeds. On mud or snow it may even work a little, but on tarmac it will broke down.
One concern is that the front and rear gear ratios match, so the drivetrain doesn't bind when the front and rear axle are rotating at different speeds.
I would love if you guys could get yourself a 1999 honda hrv and do some crazy experiment with it.. It's a pretty nice and powerfull car, made in Japan, I believe it could withstand some real torture. I have one and I am happy with it to this day. Its a 1.6 much like a lada in terms of engine size and construction, but it is a lot more powerful than a lada.
I saw a comment about making a tracked vehicle, if you do that, i think it would be awesome. If u do, make it a suv, to carry people, supplies and so on. For the back woods. That would be awesome
Here's an idea: How about draining the oil from an engine, taking the engine apart, GREASING every moving part before putting it back together, and see how long it runs without oil before locking up or throwing a rod?
A 'full time 4wd' vehicle will actually have more differentials, there Is a center differential to allow full time 4wd use in pavement. What we have here is a part time 4wd with both differential locks permanently engaged. BTW Great job fellas.
Could you use diamond plate steel to weld onto the underside of the Lada to replace the floor pans? Or as a second idea... A fishing Lada... Making the floor pans able to fold up to fish out of. Maybe even using plexiglass to make them see thru to see when you are over the fishing hole for ice fishing.
With all four wheels locked something has to give. It is going to break an axle! Love the chanel! Please do a conversion car to truck. How about small engines in cars and/or trucks?
8:46 These guys never seem to learn how to weld a straight shaft and keep it straight. It's harder than slapping two pieces of metal together, and they know that, yet they keep making shafts that explode.
Wow you made that way harder than it needed to bebut I guess since you already had axles and stuff that you were using you had to work with what you had in shop
Its probably a bit naive from my side, but couldnt you just weld some lada niva stuf under there? Verry nice vid anyway! I Hope the differentials and stuff have the same gear ratio!
