Are you guys going to try it on a Cruze 

27 minutes ago, Chad wang said:

Are you guys going to try it on a Cruze 

Probably not.  The Sonic was a perfect candidate for this given it and the Trax are both on the Gamma II chassis.  While it wasn't a direct swap, it was no doubt exponentially easier than trying to do this with a Cruze.  For the Cruze, we'd need to source a donor vehicle that uses AWD on the Delta II chassis, but unfortunately none exist.

That is cool and all, but since the Sonic and Trax are virtually identical vehicles (drivetrain, interior and exterior dimensions), I don't see a reason for doing this. If it was a diesel swap (from a UK sourced Aveo 1.3 tdi engine, for example), I understand. But the only difference is the latter having an optional AWD and sits a couple inches higher. Which is exactly what you had to do to fit the rear diff. Have you ever finished this project?

Is the rear diff electronically controlled on the Encore/Trax? Did you need to run any wires to it, or is it self-contained? Also, is it open or posi/lsd?

what was the solution to keep it a manual instead of having to swap in the auto from the trax? Mokka X trans?

i thought the same thing, but after just a few minutes of searching i found that the trax as even less aftermarket support the the 1.8L sonic, which the fact that i live in america and have to get cat-delete headers imported from the U.K. for my american car is just sad, and yes im aware the 1.8 in the sonic is actually a opel design, so it makes since that id have to get X18XER headers for my Z18XE, but still

also are you guys going to stick with the 1.4T or were you going to play around with swapping the LSJ in from the early model cobaltSS, a 2.0SC would power that AWD system alot more effeciantly than that 1.4t chevy dug out of opels trash bin, and theres also a world of support for the LSJ when compared to the Z18XE and the 1.4T