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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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Rx8 driveline in an Rx3

Hey there,

I just had a friend contact me saying he had everything from an Rx8 but the body. He wanted to know if it's worth slapping it all into a rolling Rx3 that's up for grabs in town here.

What would felix do?
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Rxtree
Hey there,

I just had a friend contact me saying he had everything from an Rx8 but the body. He wanted to know if it's worth slapping it all into a rolling Rx3 that's up for grabs in town here.

What would felix do?
if he has lots of cash. sounds like if he had to ask the question means he couldnt do it in the first place.
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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sure why not, gonna take a lot of work but it can be done.
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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The rear diff and suspension would be a lot of hard work but improve the RX3's handling a lot!
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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transmission seems to go in pretty easy...
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by toyo_kogyo
The rear diff and suspension would be a lot of hard work but improve the RX3's handling a lot!
I dont think he is meaning switching chassis parts too.. Just the engine/tranny

Its been done on a Rx7 so why not on a rx3?
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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I'm torn. If it's a daily driver then yeah, sure... otherwise you could do so much better.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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Sell everything for profit, buy proper parts for the rx-3.
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