Has anyone ever considered doing this? I mean you always see race teams converting fwd cars to rwd already. I think this would be a cool idea. Of course it would prolly take more than 10,000 dollars to get it right. but i was just wondering.

 

I think I recall hearing about a FWD B13 powered Protege.

 

Not a protege, but a 323 w/ 20B!
20B 323

 

I was planning to put a rotor in my 00 protege but when i went down to to Mazdaspeed in australia the main roads (cops) they said they couldn't modify it, they didn't say why they just never heard of it.. they thought i was crazy putting a big engine in this poxy 4 banger!!!!

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if its not a rotor it's not a motor




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Why would you need a transaxle? It'd be a RWD.

 

If u were to do this your best bet would be to get a AWD protege. its suppose to have room for the driveshaft and such. its not worth it

 

good find "rkives" . especially the second car if he was able to eventually bolt up the 13b to a fwd then it could prolly be fabricated to the awd very similarly. i dont know about the times though 12. sec is still a little slower than what i would think a triple rotor could push. maybe its all lost in the drivetrain. we know its not in the weight of the car anyways.

 

i agree. maybe if i were to win the lotto or some ****.

 

so you've accomplished the question, can it be done? yes. is it reasonable for Jimmy highschool drop out to make this kind of car? NO! tearing a hole and custom plating the center of your protege isn't the 'best' idea, and would actually take some engineering. i wouldn't doubt that somebody on here will make a rear wheel drive pro, a rotary pro, a gtr rear wheel drive pro...etc...etc...etc. but the simple fact is 85% of us don't have access to all the resources to create such machines (being enough know how, the tools, the garage, the intuition, the love, and the determination, or money). i think each of us has a certain part of this in us (at least those that give a ****), it's just a matter of collaboration. it would take a collaborative effort that can't be achieved solely on the internet. who knows, maybe we'll live to see the day.
peace