The later (89?) K-based cars received an engine bay large enough to accomodate the 3.0L V-6 option with the 4-speed auto. Not sure about the 3.3 or 3.8 versions (motor mount concerns mainly)
I believe the k-members use similar mounting solutions, the steering racks are different and you need to use the entire front suspension (minus the struts and springs) to do the swap. If you want to use a 2.2/2.5 you need a 4-speed case from a Mexican car as they received the 4-speed with the 2.2/2.5. The PTO from the minivan will fit onto a Daytona 5-speed transaxle but its splined to the case and the 5-speed case doesn't have the splines. Of course the rear suspension will need to be fabbed up since the minivan uses a leaf spring rear end and the Daytona uses a semi-independent trailing arm. Obviously you need to have the driveline shortened, but any decent driveline shop can do that pretty cheaply. Now, with that said, the biggest issue with the AWD system is that its driven off the passenger side of the differential and that diff is open. So if you spin the RF tire, its all over but the shouting. I would strongly urge a proper torque sensing unit (perhaps the Daytona Quaiffe piece can be adapted like it can on the 3-speed?) Also you have to deal with the A-604 and its oddities. Perhaps adding the autostick function to it would make a little more interesting? I did see a Lebaron convertible running around Portland, OR with the AWD drivetrain swapped in. Had AWD badges and everything. Haven't had a chance to talk to the owner but it looked stock, if not sitting a little higher. I peeked underneath and it didn't look like it was that hard to do, just making the tunnel larger and relocating the gas tank looked to be the biggest hurdles. The Daytona 444 used an AMC Eagle front axle flipped over and mounted in the rear. The power for the rear wheels was driven off the back of the differential via a new rear diff plate being cast up for the 525 (Oy!) More than likely it had a Torsen or Quaiffe style differential. The Daytona 444 also had an experimental cam phaser that would alter the cam timing (sound familiar? Think VTEC or VVTi, etc) the Phaser solution was somewhere in the order of $70,000 to build for that one car. One of my crazy thoughts is to use the drivetrain from a 300M/Concorde/Intrepid mounted out back. Very compact 604 based transaxle with a nice V-6. Not ideal (would prefer a stronger piece with 5 manually shifted gears) but workable and it would be different. Good luck, Stefan Mullikin Portland, OR Co-Founder PNW-SDAC http://www.pnw-sdac.org 1980 Fiat X-1/9 1984 Dodge Rampage 2.2 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z 1987 Shelby CSX #106 1988 Shelby CSX-T #3 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of geoff rolling Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 7:37 AM To: sdml Subject: SD> awd daytona hey everyone ive been contemplating taking on this project for a few monthes now. we got an awd caravan in for scrap at the auto recyclers where i work and id just like to know if anyone has ever attempted to take the driveline from the van and put it in a car. id like to do it with a 4banger turbo but the awd tranny only mates up to the 3.3l to the best of my knowledge. if anyone has attempted or knows anyone who has attempted this swap please let me know if u have any advice on this or if its even possible. i dont wanna get it to it and find out its not gonnahappin. im pretty sure that the vans come with a wider wb than the cars and im hoping that this will give the daytona kind of a wide trac feel thanx in advance. Jeff -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
