--- title: "Someone Made a 4×4 Honda Prelude by Adding a Second Engine" date: "2025-04-01" modified: "2025-04-01" authors: - name: "Ronan Glon" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ronan-glon" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/someone-made-a-4x4-honda-prelude-by-adding-a-second-engine" categories: - "Builds" - "Culture" - "For Sale" - "Honda News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "honda" --- # Someone Made a 4×4 Honda Prelude by Adding a Second Engine ![2000 Honda Prelude Bi-Motor]() *\Bent\_Fender\_Fab/Cars & Bids\* French car company Citroën made [a four-wheel-drive 2CV]() in the 1950s by installing a second engine in the trunk to spin the rear wheels. Fast-forward to 2025 and an enthusiast has applied this dauntingly complex solution to a fifth-gen [Honda Prelude](). It looks absolutely amazing, I'm sure it goes like stink, and [it's for sale](). There's no shortage of heavily modified Preludes on the market, but the twin-engined model listed on Cars & Bids takes things a lot further than most builds. Let's start with the obvious: It has *two* engines. Up front, there's a 2.2-liter four-cylinder linked to a five-speed manual transmission. Out back, there's the exact same thing. The rear engine is mounted transversally, and stuffing it in the space usually reserved for groceries required numerous additional modifications. There are air vents chiseled into the quarter panels, the trunk floor has been cut out, and there's a firewall separating the rear engine bay from the passenger compartment. This must have been quite the project. It doesn't end there, either. The coupe features a custom-made tubular chassis, lowering springs, and a Wilwood brake bias adjustment system. The list of modifications provided by Cars & Bids also includes a carbon fiber hood, fixed Lexan windows, and bucket seats with harnesses. The listing adds that the climate control system, the power steering, and some of the interior panels have been removed to save weight. ![2000 Honda Prelude Bi-Motor]() *Bent\_Fender\_Fab/Cars & Bids* ![2000 Honda Prelude Bi-Motor]() *Bent\_Fender\_Fab/Cars & Bids* ![2000 Honda Prelude Bi-Motor]() *Bent\_Fender\_Fab/Cars & Bids* ![2000 Honda Prelude Bi-Motor]() *Bent\_Fender\_Fab/Cars & Bids* With two engines, part-time four-wheel-drive, and numerous weight-saving modifications, this Prelude sounds like it would figure out how to elbow its way into a Group B race if it could travel back to the 1980s. It looks like a lot of resources went into the build. Each engine has its own ECU, its own cooling system, and a common 12-gallon fuel cell, and this Franken-Prelude is set up to run either the front engine or both at the same time. You apparently can't switch off the front engine and run it as a rear-engined, rear-wheel-drive car, however. It's sick, and I have so many questions. What's it like to drive? Each engine makes 200 horsepower stock, so we're looking at about 400 horsepower total excluding the modifications. The second engine adds weight while dramatically shifting the Prelude's weight distribution, which is normally heavily front-biased, so odds are this is a truly special car to handle—especially with a pair of limited-slip differentials. Bidding stands at $12,000 with about two days left in the auction. Reach out if you're the winning bidder; we'd love to take a closer look. *Got tips? Send ’em to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Ronan is a contributing writer for The Drive. He draws on over 15 years of experience to cover breaking industry news, cool one-off builds, and anything in between. He began writing for The Drive in 2021 and stepped into his current role in 2024. His obsession with cars started when a relative gave him a Majorette die-cast shortly after his first birthday. It hasn't flickered since. Ronan lives in France; He swapped Utah's Rocky Mountains, where he grew up, for the Alps. He's an avid hiker, mountain biker, and musician. He also restores classic European cars and mopeds, including a 1978 Citroen 2CV that he's rebuilding from the ground up. ### Author social links [Twitter]()