Is it possible to convert your car from a front-wheel drive to a rear-wheel drive?

Answer 1

OK. I am attempting to take a front wheel drive 87 2.8ltr motor from a Bonneville and put it in a 87 s-10 Blazer. That's when I noticed all the differences. First thing I noticed - The Heads are totally different. The heads from the Bonneville are huge compared to the one's from the s-10. The timing cover, water pump and thermostat housing are all diffrent. The intake manifold is to small for the bonneville's heads. The crank has a center weight for the crank sensor, but I asked a GM mech and he said I could use the lower half, as long as I took the balancer and flywheel from the s-10. The GM 2.8 is externally balanced with these components. So, I went from a complete drop in engine to a short block. Now I have a decision to make. do I take a complete motor and strip it down to a short block and put another 300.00 or so for gaskets and a head job, swap the heads and hope they never leak, or sell the 2.8 frnt wheel drive engine and find a rebuilt 2.8ltr for a rear wheel drive. By the way, I bought this rebuilt engine from an aviation mechanic. That makes it even harder to part with.