Yes but then I’d miss out on those beautiful MS3 body lines. And RWD hatches are the shit. I’d love to use RX8 parts though
The Miata transmission would work for the 2.3? I wasn’t thinking mustang motor I would stay MZR and use the trans since it’s RWD. I’ll check out the focus thanks for the intel.
The county I’m smogged in is no smog till I sell it so I’m good. Never welded before but three of my brothers own welding business and I’m a very fast learner. This is planed out in like 5-10 years so I’ll be saving up for a while. By the time this actually happens it’ll be my swan song build before I have to drive an electric car till i die dreaming about three pedals.
Well by the time I get the tube frame and stuff done with race stripping and all itll be pretty light.
Smogged till I sell it, so as long as my names on the pinks it won’t get checked
Won’t the mustang Getrag 6spd mount with an adaptor plate? I figured it would be able to handle the power better than a Miata trans, and gives me more options for higher power drivelines, diffs etc
When’s it’s finished, you’ll know. My career path is engineering so I intend to use this to teach myself, take my time and do it right. RWD hatchback Porsche killer.
Like this Awa? L337 that’s another reason I didn’t want to go with the Miata, as I’m fairly certain it would be harder to find the optional 6MT, and the gear ratios would limit me. The ZF might be my best bet, thanks for mentioning it. In any case I would like to change the gearing to be pretty close in the lower gears for the twistys but still let me break 160 without bouncing redline. Though I figure would have to take into consideration since I’m reducing rotating mass, and the weight of my pistons, rods etc with more wall clearance I could probably get more revs out of the motor, since I’m not increasing piston size too much. Thanks for the reminder bunny.
Very true, too close and you can’t take advantage of your boost. I’ll take a trip down some gearing rabbit holes and see what I come up with as optimal for track. The amount of godforsaken rabbit holes I’ve gone down, I feel like Alice. Another thing I’m considering is with the silicon nitride ball bearings on the rotor I’m opting for, and the size of the compressor I’ll be able to make boost slightly lower on the RPM range, keeping in mind our bottom ends don’t like full boost below 3k. Also, if I increase the rev limit of the engine, I can make boost slightly higher in the RPM’s and still have enough room to push boost for a bit. Also, by opting for IWG and recirc instead of BOV I should be able to maintain more boost throughout the RPM’s. By balancing my internals and supporting mods, hopefully I can end up with a boost number that allows me to maintain BAP and not send all my compressed air out the hood. Also, for my motor build I would be looking at a heavier duty crank if possible and uprated head studs, hopefully I can lower my boost rpm’s without ZZB.
