yeah so one night, me and my friend were talking about engine swap choices for a jeep cherokee...we made a joke about putting a s2000 engine in it...then come today...im putting a cone filter on (to test a theory of, will intake air temp get to high) i look at my engine bay, think of silvercoupes AWD conversion...and then think...it would be possible (with a lot of fabrication) to make an avenger RWD...like, take the rear suspension and drive train components from a GSX (or w/e a AWD eclipse is) and put a longitudenal engine in it...now i was thinking about doing it with a s2k engine and tranny...but i was wondering it dodge makes any longitudinal engines that could quite possibly work...this definately isnt gonna happen for about 2 to 3 years..but just a wierd idea that would make a unique avenger...i mean, how many are RWD?

 

Someone is doing it right now....well, not an S2k motor but a V8. It's all possible, just takes imagination, skill, patience, and money...or four friends with one of each, lol.

 

yeah i dont really want a s2k engine...it would be pretty stupid to have a honda powered dodge...its what got my imagination going...

 

a guy i work with used to be a professional race car builder. his last car built was a 98 avenger with a 500 or so ci chevy motor. he had the rear end tubbed, one piece front fiberglass end. fiberglass doors, the whole bit. it ran 8.19's in the 1/4. i thought it was pretty bad a**. he's tryin to get me to put a 383 stroker in mine now. He wants to run it at monster mopar in stl. i laughed very very hard.

 

...as long as you can still use it as a daily driver, why not?
It's nothing new really, we have a guy in here that puts V8s into Shelby Chargers with rear wheel drive. There's another guy in who is doing it with his 95-96 Avenger...a V8 RWD. It's definitely not a drop in swap being that the entire suspension has to be redone, not to mention the electronics.

 

Why not just put a 2.7 or a3.8 in the front.

 

Lol, not to pick on you TS, but 3.0L are swapped into our engine bays now, so no need to swap in a 2.7 and a minivans 3.8 is too tall.

 

swap a mivec and get a burscuer rwd kit to retrofit