thinking aloud

[porterbmx]

has any one on here converted there leon to 4 wd?? is this even possible?

 

[skahigh]

You are not the first to muse on this as a search would have revealed.

 

[Willie]

Been mentioned alot
There are 4WD ones in Europe with LHD (obviously) or could cut and shut the floor pan from a S3 or 4 motion Golf

 

[BlackIce]

I'd imagine its possible, coming from a Vauxhall background I've seen various astras (mk1, mk3) that have been converted to 4wd using Calibra Turbo 4x4 running gear and rear floor pan

 

[olliep]

the cupra 4 uses the golf 4motion kit so its do-able. Wouldnt suggest its a DIY though!!

 

[BBoy82]

I was contmplating doing this myself a little while back.
From what i can gather, its not worth doing unless your lumps putting out over 350bhp.
Otherwise the gearbox drag and extra weight take too big a toll on your power/weight ratio.
I wont rule it out totally, but ive got a long way to go before my LCR is putting out that sort of power!

 

[olliep]

find a trashed golf 4motion and have the vr6 (204bhp i think) stage one is about 220 and work on that... and then you've got everything you need to 4wd it. i.e. suspension, etc etc etc

 

[si-mate]

Anything is possible with enough money. But I think for what you'd spend on it, you'd be disappointed with the result.

 

[olliep]

probably easie to get a cupra4 and convert it to right hand drive!! haha

 

[danny20vt]

did anybody not think of the obvious??

get a Golf V6 4motion and then all you have to do is spend about £20 on 'seat' and 'leon' badges and put them on the boot, easy peasy

ok, it may not look like a leon but some chavs put 'v-tec' badges on 1.2 clios so it must be what the badge says