i have been talking to friends, and to myself about the mid engine conversions that have been taking place here and there. my buddy told me this is pretty much the only place to go for truthful answers so here i am.

my question is this; is there any way to make a custom spindle/hub assembly or mate two together that basically utilizes the rear kuckle with a frunt hub. basically i want to keep the stock rear suspension, just modify it so that it will accept an axle. possibly a custom hub/spindle assembly that bolts to the stock location? what are they options here? anyone explored the possability of this?

if anyone has some good dissasembled pics of each that would help with the idea process.

this is all im asking about for now, i already have the engine mounting issue solved.

thanks for the help!

 

Here are the rwd delsol topics

https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=939478


https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1035592

 

thanks for the reference links, anyone have any insight on my idea?thanks

 

hey help this guy out. hes a buddy of mine, i want to know the possabilities too.

 

If you look at pictures of rear knuckles you'll se there isn't space for a driveshaft even if you fitted the front hubs. Often front and rear knuckles are of similar geometry so if I were you, based on your desire to maintain stock or close to stock suspension kinematics I would put front knuckles on all four corners (assuming this is a car with double wishbone suspension all around). The geometry won't be exactly the same, but with a little adjustment and alignment it will be close.

Verify your bump steer and camber curves or find junkyard front knuckles to see what's closest to your stock rear setup.
Modifying a set of rear knuckes to accept driven hubs is expensive to have done properly. Everyone has a "friend" who says they can do it no problem, but if you're asking this question it means you're not an expert welder or metalurgist, and neither is your 'friend.' (I'm not insulting anyone, I'm just saying that the only people you could trust to do this would charge you so much it wouldn't be worth it) Bottom line: Don't cut and weld the stock knuckles, they will more than likely crack and that's rediculously unsafe and unfair to other people who will be on the road with you. Try fitting a set of front knuckles instead.

Having a set fabricated for you would likely be more expensive, and unrealistic, due to the setup, measurement, design, jigging, machining, and welding costs and the expertise it takes to do it well.

Good luck with your project, keep us posted!

Edit: Here's a picture of the front and rear uprights from a '96 prelude, excuse my rediculous mess, I think I was cleaning up at the time. you can see they are similar, but if you were to machine the rear upright to accept a driveshaft it would involve too much material removal. This is just an example. But you can see as well that they are kind of simliar. Enough that with a little work you could adapt front uprights to the rear of a car, and have the bigger brake calipers that go along with that.