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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:20 PM
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IS IT POSSIBLE??? please help

I have a buddy who has a Mazdaspeed3 and he just got rearended the otherday and he bought the car from the insurence company and is parting it out, now heres the million dollar question. is it possible to do the swap, engine and tranny out of that to put in my 8?? if so how much work are we talking here?
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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anything is possible, with money, time and effort...
But, why would you want to??
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:23 PM
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Yeah sure a FWD engine and tranny will swap right into a RWD car
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Yeah sure a FWD engine and tranny will swap right into a RWD car
That's no problem, you just put it in the trunk. Simple.
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by RadRedR3
That's no problem, you just put it in the trunk. Simple.
Yeah that would do wonders for the handling.
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:34 PM
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no. its a FWD engine with a FWD tranny.
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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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Possible and very easy...

I recommend a trunk mount, then just pair it with the existing engine, like this:


http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...specialty-file

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Old Jan 29, 2012 | 11:21 PM
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No.
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Yeah sure a FWD engine and tranny will swap right into a RWD car
Originally Posted by RadRedR3
That's no problem, you just put it in the trunk. Simple.
No, no, no... You put the 4cyl and transaxle IN FRONT of the Renesis. This way you have each engine powering the different axles. AWD RX-8, baby!!!
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 06:42 AM
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Its totally possoble but first you must figure out where to mount the flux capacitor. Then while your at it see if the easter bunny will come over and help you cram that puppy in tha trunk.
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 06:48 AM
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Was it really necessary to use the caps lock?
It's one of the things that cannot be done, if you have to ask. For another individual it may be nothing more than a common project.
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Yeah sure a FWD engine and tranny will swap right into a RWD car
hahahahahaahhaha...wonder how it will work....


hey man, if you need to do that, do research about fwd vs rwd..how they work..
then you can see if it's possible or no...ppl buy Rx8 because the engine (different and PITA), handling and slow ....lol...
double Differential might work...front and rear.,..
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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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the same person who would post the question would also think the answer is worth a million bucks
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