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    A mate of mine got a 2.0 Saab Turbo in back, RWD, its a F*****G Animal!!!

    Afew of you may of seen it PVS?

    White one, bit shabby lookin?

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    amazingly, mk1/2 escort stuff is quite a close match, but expensive..

    the bmw stuff will be too long & too wide for a std shell, so you'd need to widen it.

    so best bet is probably get a bmw donor, cut the top off it, shorten it to suit & get the prop & brake lines modified, and then lower the top of a nova onto it..then get some wide arches.

    as for AWD, people have done this with calibra turbo stuff. fair amount of head scratching & hard work, but look at longdogcharlies thread in projects to see how its done.

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    Rather than trying to work out what Powertrain to use, are you actually capable of the fabrication work required to do the task?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
    Rather than trying to work out what Powertrain to use, are you actually capable of the fabrication work required to do the task?
    I wonder on some these threads too!!

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    im a welder by trade so fabrication wont be to much of a problem just the rest of it iv got some mates that do auto electrics and working on performance motors so between us we should be ok

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    wouldn't a mx5 running gear be close enough?

    Maybe E30?

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