Have you ever heard of a RWD conversion being performed on a magna?

Only the fully custom V8 hot rod magna from approx 2004.

I wonder if the AWD Magna might be halfway there, or if the front diff and transfer case is more of a hindrance....

Easy. Drive backwards lol

In all seriousness however I can imagine the cost of engineering it would be more than anyone would want to justify.

yea i love rear wheel steering :/

hahahha

There is actually a RWD V8 Magna in exisrtance, made as a one off race car, I saw it in the flesh at a hill climb at mounr cootha a year or two ago, managed to get a pic of it too. Wanted to find the driver/owner after their run to ask how it was done but couldnt find him.
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5440/v8magna.jpg

EDIT: managed to dig up the facebook page for elite motorsports (http://www.facebook.com/pages/ELITE-Motorsports/200766790836#!/pages/ELITE-Motorsports/200766790836?v=wall)

More details on V8 Magnas: http://www.v8x.com.au/cms/A_30451/article.html

My question about these is - are they 'v8 supercars' with a magna shell on top, or did they start out as MMAL production models?

Warren Luff competed in the Bathurst 24hr in a Holden 5.0 V8 engined Magna in 2002. That was a custom job, Magna chassis and body converted to RWD. It was built by Bond Rollbars

http://www.bondrollbars.com/sport.html

Here ya go, Ralliart bodykit minus flares

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i304/30451_14mg.jpg

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i304/30451_13mg.jpg

And another readup on the V8 Magna Super Tourer
http://www.v8x.com.au/cms/A_30451/article.html

In reality, it shouldn't be too hard to make one RWD. Enlarging the centre tunnel of a FWD or using an AWD floorpan should be sufficient, then finding the rear end of a RWD that measures up nicely. Then its a case of engine orientation. Perhaps leaving it east-west and mating it up to a AWD box and get some blanking plates made up for the front shafts

What about converting a AWD to RWD? It's been done to evo's