Hello all

[Swarmthief]

Ahoy,

I've owned my 1.6 GS for about 5 years now, it's been a solid little car.

I'm planning after my wedding next year to start tinkering with it.

Has anyone done a four wheel drive conversion on a Baleno before?
I'm thinking about dropping in a 2.5-3 litre V6 and shifting the seats and dash back (i'm 6 foot 3 and no one can sit in the back seats anyway ;P)

Anyways hello to all you fellow Baleno lovers, I'm sure I'll catch you on the forums



Swarmthief

[paulmcc]

hey mate, welcome to clubaleno. whare abouts you form?

[GSRLoz]

The v6 has been attempted, but wasn't finished, required custom shafts and the engine sat about 6 inches higher than the original engine.

Welcome alOng!

[Swarmthief]

I'm from Wiltshire.

6 inches higher than the bonnet could be interesting, of course I've always loved the classic muscle look of the superchargers blower and a hole cut in the bonnet

the V6 is my long term goal, in the mean time I'll probably drop in a 2.0 or source the 1.8GSR engine as the 1.6 has shed quite a bit of the nippiness it used to have

[Maxi]

The Baleno was available as AWD in some parts of the world.

[paulmcc]

yeah, iv seen a couple of GSR engines on ebay. was told that the 2.0 litre is better because they have a much more solid bottom end so that would probably be a safer option, one that im thinking of trying. also my owners manual has some stuff for a 1.6 AWD baleno towards the back, anyone else seen this?