Not that I know of. You're going to need to get awfully creative, or go buy a BMW. Best of luck!

 

Now THAT is a mod I would be interested in!

haha

 

Yea that would be a serious project, prolly break the bank on that one tho

 

RWD conversion

Please do a picture thread on this project

 

Hey, if you drive backwards all the time it would make it rear wheel drive wouldn't it?

On a serious note the tranverse engine with gearbox on the right doesn't leave much room to get a propshaft to the rear. You would probably need to do an engine conversion to an inline configuration to achieve it, buying a RWD car in the 1st place would make more sense.

 

I wonder, is the new 9-5 thats next up is that rear wheel drive?

 

New 9-5 is FWD or AWD.

 

Right, but we know from XWD in the 9-3ss that almost all the power is directed to the rear wheels for most of the time until the front wheels need it.

 

Whats the best oil for a RWD saab then

 

Well, first you start with buying a RWD car, then check that cars owners manual .... :roll:

 

Wouldn't it be cool if you could mod the XWD system and have RWD-only mode?

 

Home Depot perhaps

 

Is the RWD kit better in performance than the open air filter kit?

 

Hmm, I think it depends if you fit a splash guard really

 

On the drive issue I must add that my dads Audi A8 all wheel drive feels very planted on the road but the idea of the shift in the XWD sounds cool as well.

 

It doesnt make sense to modify a AWD car with electronic force distribution to be a RWD car.

 

even if you convert 9-5 to be rwd you have to change front suspension designe to not get toe out under acceleration also change wheelbase cus 9-5 body is not designed to be rwd from beginning so its not woth to do anithing to it to make it rwd

but here is one rwd 9-5 http://forum.saabturboclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=177050

 

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Yup, buy a Cadillac Catera or the corresponding Opel. They are RWD and built on the same platform

 

If you were really thrifty I bet you could swap a system out of another car. But if you have to ask, you're not. Those type of people keep it a secret and then go...

TADA look what I made! *lavish upon me* :cheesy:

 

I think that is a good point well made. If you mouted the engine in line then it would work well. Transverse is not really designed for this kind of thing.

I think that this is a mod too far :nono;:nono;

Maybe stick to the car as it is with a few additiona i.e. tune software, wheels and tyres, when you start getting to this idea just buy another car or buy a kit car if you really want to build somthing for fun!

I personally try and avoid doing anything unless I have to. One of the reasons I bought 2 Saab 95's is that I can get in any one of them and it is virtually the same, also the mechanics are virtually the same so saves me time!

 

doing that would be so costly you would be better off buying a RWD car, not to mention that there is no driveshaft tunnel, so you would have to get the car lifted just to get the power to the rear wheels.

 

Whats the best oil for a RWD saab then

You need round oil, I've heard that allround is the very best, I've heard people say its the best all round

 

Import one of these, itll be easier-

 

Any suggestions on how to do that? :cheesy: Right hand drive might be a bit tricky. Anyway, if one does go from SAAB to Lotus Carlton, at least they will be at home in the interior.

Very saabish eh? ($92k, ouch that's well over a hundred in today's money!)

 

Wouldn't even be possible, you'd have to re-do how the interior looks to fit a transmission down the center of the car. Plus the exhaust pipe would have to be routed elsewhere and the rear suspension would have to be completely re-fabricated. It would cost you more money making a custom drive system than it would cost you to buy a Corvette...

The Audi AWD system can go all the way from 80% rear to 50/50 if needed.

The Saab XWD system will go 90% rear like they say, but the front wheels have to start spinning (ie. accelerating hard in a turn) to trigger the system to go to it's max. The car is much more efficient as a FWD so it will use those wheels as long as it can. From what I've read, the XWD system is quite stunning in the snow, I'm curious to see how the new 9-5 drives.

I can't wait until someone creates a mod for the ECU that allows the driver to manually select the drive bias...