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Originally Posted by TheRealSy90
This is pretty cool. Seems putting the fwd engine in is easy so far, i'm just wondering about the starter. So the trans bolted up just by swapping the upper pan?
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With the upper oil pan, all but the starter bolts and one or two transmission bolts on that side of the motor line up.
Both the FWD and RWD flywheel ring gears are the same size with the same amount of teeth, which makes things easier.
The VE starter has a nose cone, as do many of the FWD DE starters. They could still be used with a FWD flywheel mated to an 1988 Pulsar clutch. However, the FWD flywheel and clutch are only 215mm, so I am not sure how they would hold up for drifting. The bell housing would also need to be shaved to fit the nose of the starter.
However, some of the FWD motors came with this style of starter. It will clear even the RWD flywheel and does not require modding the transmission. I will bolt it directly to the dust shield instead of through the bell housing. It will be annoying to have to unbolt the transmission to remove the starter, but that will be the simplest way to mount it so far, unless I have the bell housing modded.
If people can mate Z32 and Z33 gearboxes to an SR, I can mate an RWD gearbox to a FWD motor.
