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I thought someone here might be interested in this component car manufacture. Race Car Replicas is out of Michigan and has begun to build some of the best GT-40 replicas in the world. One of their next products will be a mid-engined original designed lightweight supercar using a transverse engine platform. Links: http://www.race-car-replicas.com/RCRPSPEC.htmlhttp://www.race-car-replicas.com/main.htmlHow does 2000 pound 3L Duratec powered Supercar sound? When I'm done with my F5R Cobra, this will be my next build! Later, Pat
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Originally posted by F5R Cobra:
How does 2000 pound 3L Duratec powered Supercar sound?
I thought that was called a Noble?
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Originally posted by Bike2112:
Originally posted by F5R Cobra:
How does 2000 pound 3L Duratec powered Supercar sound?
I thought that was called a Noble?
Nah, the Noble is about 300 lbs overweight. Even a nice diet only drops that by 100 lbs, leaving you 200 lbs over.
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Relatively little information available on that site. No addy, very limited pix of the facility... I'm not likin' it.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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I've always liked the idea of a roots/whipple blown full oval port 3L in a wide body Conquest TSi. (~2800lbs, RWD with IRS) Some fat, stock ultralite 88-90 handling package rims. (16x8 & 16x9)
A fully loaded 3L Duratec weighs about the same as the iron block 2.6L engine. The real PITA would be the K frame and subframe in the Quest.
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I'd really like a blown 3L duratec in something unexpected.
RWD, maybe a vert...who knows...Miata or an Rx7 Vert
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Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoShoâ�??¢:
...Miata
Good luck getting that to fit ... and you think our engine bays are tightly packed? Mazda did this as a test case and you should see the pictures of the engine bay ... you can't see ANY light between the engine & fender wells. Can be done, no doubt and I have defended the Duratec in a Miata many times on miata.net forums (I serious thought about this as a project in 2000-2001), but you are in for some serious fabrication if you do.
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Originally posted by fastcougar:
Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoShoâ�??¢:
...Miata
Good luck getting that to fit ... and you think our engine bays are tightly packed? Mazda did this as a test case and you should see the pictures of the engine bay ... you can't see ANY light between the engine & fender wells. Can be done, no doubt and I have defended the Duratec in a Miata many times on miata.net forums (I serious thought about this as a project in 2000-2001), but you are in for some serious fabrication if you do.
Of course you are but it CAN be done.
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I'm sure you have seen this before, but if not, read this link: http://www.miata.net/news/v6.html
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Originally posted by fastcougar:
I'm sure you have seen this before, but if not, read this link: http://www.miata.net/news/v6.html
Those pics were taken about a mile or so from my home. Woodward baby! 
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