- Make it a Track Car
- Steal the heart of an RX8
- Allow Aussie Mad Men to work
http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=30796
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Aug. 28, 2009 10:25 p.m. Nitroracer Dork
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Aug. 29, 2009 12:42 a.m. Keith SuperDork
I found out about that car about a week after I got back from my trip to Oz - turns out I was probably within spitting distance of his shop.
Turns out the RX8 front subframe will bolt straight into an NC. The transmission tailshaft and shifter end up in almost exactly the same place as in the Miata, so you can use the existing driveshaft - this guy swapped in the RX8 rear due to his high-power plans. The mechanical part of the swap is actually surprisingly easy. Electrically, well...
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Aug. 29, 2009 12:50 a.m. NYG95GA SuperDork
Frankenmazda!
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Aug. 29, 2009 3:11 a.m. Wowak SuperDork
Wowak's 4 simple steps to improving the NC Miata.
1: sell NC
2: buy 5 NAs
3: ???
4: profit.
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Aug. 29, 2009 3:36 a.m. BoxheadTim New Reader
Blimey, that is one cool project...
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Aug. 29, 2009 5:45 a.m. 2.0dohc New Reader
Keith wrote: Turns out the RX8 front subframe will bolt straight into an NC. The transmission tailshaft and shifter end up in almost exactly the same place as in the Miata, so you can use the existing driveshaft - this guy swapped in the RX8 rear due to his high-power plans. The mechanical part of the swap is actually surprisingly easy. Electrically, well...
so...how long until mazda wakes up and gives us a rx-5?
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Aug. 29, 2009 9:30 a.m. billy3esq Dork
In reply to 2.0dohc:
I want one of these, bad, but RX-5 would be the wrong designation. The RX-5 was a larger, more luxurious car back in the day, something like a T-Bird in concept. To keep consistent nomenclature, a rotary MX-5 would have to be either an RX-7 (sports car) or RX-9 or something else.
Then again, nomenclature consistency didn't keep Chrysler from calling a 4-door sedan a Charger.
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Aug. 29, 2009 9:37 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork
In reply to billy3esq:
yeah, but chrysler have been crapping all over their past greatness for some time now.
"maybe if we put a really great name on it, people won't notice that its a total e36 m3box"
"Yeah! that's brilliant!"
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Aug. 29, 2009 9:48 a.m. zoomx2 Reader
This is one of the coolest projects I've seen in awhile.
I would sell my wife for one.......
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Aug. 29, 2009 9:53 a.m. Keith SuperDork
2.0dohc wrote:
Keith wrote: Turns out the RX8 front subframe will bolt straight into an NC. The transmission tailshaft and shifter end up in almost exactly the same place as in the Miata, so you can use the existing driveshaft - this guy swapped in the RX8 rear due to his high-power plans. The mechanical part of the swap is actually surprisingly easy. Electrically, well...
so...how long until mazda wakes up and gives us a rx-5?
It's not going to happen. Doesn't fit with how they position the car.
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Aug. 29, 2009 9:59 a.m. billy3esq Dork
Strizzo wrote:
In reply to billy3esq:
yeah, but chrysler have been crapping all over their past greatness for some time now.
"maybe if we put a really great name on it, people won't notice that its a total e36 m3box"
"Yeah! that's brilliant!"
You're right, but I hate to see Mazda jump the shark too.
