Myrotary8wins

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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?

RX8Soldier

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anything is possible, with money, time and effort...
But, why would you want to??

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Yeah sure a FWD engine and tranny will swap right into a RWD car

RadRedR3

That's no problem, you just put it in the trunk. Simple.

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Yeah that would do wonders for the handling.

dozer

iTrader: (3)

no. its a FWD engine with a FWD tranny.

jsight

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


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

New Yorker

No.

Wingznut

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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!!!

ZoomieZoom

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.

bse50

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.

halimsteven

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.,..

TeamRX8

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the same person who would post the question would also think the answer is worth a million bucks