3.3TT Awd vs rwd motor

[Blakeu21]

I just got a 2018 gt2 with the 3.3tt and it’s awd. I got the car with a blown motor and I’m now in the market for a motor lol. When I was looking I found that the awd motors are a lot harder to find and cost about 2k more. From my understanding the long blocks are the same. So in that case can I just buy a motor that came out of a rwd and put it in my awd without modifications? Thanks in advance!

 

[Ohiocruiser]

Awd and rwd engines are little different. Front axle is going through the engine. Probably upper oil pan. You can probably swap that pan, but I am not sure.

 

[Snicklefritz]

I want to sub to this, so I'll make an uninformed comment while I am at it. Folks pull the fuse to disengage AWD. So, the spinning hardware isn't powered at all, just idling mass.

If this has never caused any reported problem, it stands to reason that if you removed all the bits relating to AWD from the suspension and put a RWD engine in you'd simply have RWD with absolutely no issues.

 

[Ah GetFd]

I just got a 2018 gt2 with the 3.3tt and it’s awd. I got the car with a blown motor and I’m now in the market for a motor lol. When I was looking I found that the awd motors are a lot harder to find and cost about 2k more. From my understanding the long blocks are the same. So in that case can I just buy a motor that came out of a rwd and put it in my awd without modifications? Thanks in advance!

Yes well research suggest that if you have all of the AWD bits to go on you "should" be able to put the identical 3.3L Stinger engine in from a RWD car.

They talk about the oil pans, the fact that an AWD does not have a mechanical limited slip diff, that there are different mounting brackets and so on with an AWD car but if you have all of these on the original car then you can re use them.

I think you really encounter problems if you try and turn your AWD car into a RWD mechanically then, you are missing a lot of bits.

The extra $2K is there for a reason. Buy that.

 

[Blakeu21]

Yes well research suggest that if you have all of the AWD bits to go on you "should" be able to put the identical 3.3L Stinger engine in from a RWD car.

They talk about the oil pans, the fact that an AWD does not have a mechanical limited slip diff, that there are different mounting brackets and so on with an AWD car but if you have all of these on the original car then you can re use them.

I think you really encounter problems if you try and turn your AWD car into a RWD mechanically then, you are missing a lot of bits.

The extra $2K is there for a reason. Buy that.

Alright this makes sense I am wanting to keep it awd of course. I have the original motor and the car is completely all there just seized.