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Tom13-
Mate picked up a soft top NB mx5 - not raced it yet but fuck me it feels very small, low and exposed compared to the executive wagons that’ll be trying to knock it to pieces.
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There is an AWD one, which also gets an IRS. Hens teeth now I imagine, and the angle-gear was made of glass so they’re almost all FWD now (but still with better suspension at the back than a meant-to-be-FWD one).
Problem is that running a drive shaft and a 3”(+) exhaust is, erm, challenging, but if someone wasn’t afraid to look at (say) Lancer transmissions and could handle some fabrication then you’d potentially have something quite interesting.
Every FWD shell has the space for the AWD gubbins, but not the mounts.
Nef
Dammit
850 is FWD right? Getting hold of a RWD manual anything for under £500 is our game (for maximum skiddz). Although considering the electrical gremlins we’ve all experienced with old beamers, I’m tempted to just buy a proper cheap ole hatchback next.