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Hey i havent posted in a while but this coming summer and winter i am goin to have three jobs and im saving up to do a completely custom job on my mx-3. i have a 4 cylinder and am goin to drop an 8 in the trunk andturbo it and all that. but i was wondering is it ilegal to drive without being able to see out the back? in ohio? but im going to have to drop prob 20 to 30 thous into it and i was wondering if u had ever heard of this and if anyone has ever done this. hit me back just to chat peace

Marcos Alcosta dropped in a 20B TT from an RX-7/ Converted it to RWD. your biggest issue may be a tranny. How in the world would u set that up?

Well im not plannin on doing the work myself. im not that mechanically suave. ill prob have someone else install it just buy all the parts. but the fiberglass and audio stuff im doin myself. i was just wondering who else had done it and the horsepower that is posible and how they installeds the engine if they had done it b4

well i have heard of it. there is a guy that owns a Tiburon that did that but he used to I-4 motors. both were turbo charged and both ran on methian. the car was an automatic. he had two trannies hooked up to the auto stick. he ran like a 10 sec 1/4. he was in a ultimate street car challenge SSC held 2 years ago. i still have that issue. his hatch glass was fiberglass and painted black.

hey i thought about this too, but when i have more money, i wanna drop in small block chevy with blower, convert it to rear wheel drive, i might buy other mx3 to do that though cause i wanna keep my Se original as much as possible

To answer your first question....no, it is illegal to not be able to see out the back.<p>If you block that area off and negate the use of a mirror, then you need to install a video camera and project the image onto a monitor in or around the same area the mirror was.<p>There are lots of ways to do this as well, and fairly cost effective too.<p>~A

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Aiden:
To answer your first question....no, it is illegal to not be able to see out the back.<p>If you block that area off and negate the use of a mirror, then you need to install a video camera and project the image onto a monitor in or around the same area the mirror was.<p>There are lots of ways to do this as well, and fairly cost effective too.<p>~A<hr></blockquote>
???? And you know this why? In California you can legally block out the rear windows if you have both side view mirrors. This is the case for most camper trucks and such...Also what about diesel trucks? They dont have rear views

Agreed. In Utah I know you can tint the rear to 0% if you want to. They even sell stickers that are custom fit on your car's rear window that have goofy little cartoons on them. (gay, but it's helps prove the point)<p>I'm wondering why he wants to put this V8 in the hatch. Why not put it in the engine bay and convert to RWD? It's gunna be hell trying to figure out how to make them run with a RWD tranny and still be able to steer correctly.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Nate Dog:
well i have heard of it. there is a guy that owns a Tiburon that did that but he used to I-4 motors. both were turbo charged and both ran on methian. the car was an automatic. he had two trannies hooked up to the auto stick. he ran like a 10 sec 1/4. he was in a ultimate street car challenge SSC held 2 years ago. i still have that issue. his hatch glass was fiberglass and painted black.<hr></blockquote><p>I have a vid of that car. it has 305 @ the front and like 315 @ the rear.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by cjthor:

???? And you know this why? In California you can legally block out the rear windows if you have both side view mirrors. This is the case for most camper trucks and such...Also what about diesel trucks? They dont have rear views <hr></blockquote><p>Ok then. I guess you can do that. However, it makes no sense to me why you would be allowed to drive without a rear window, or at least a view of the rear.<p>~A

the reason i want to put it in the hatch is cause it wont fit in the engine bay will it i thought only a 6 could fit i thought an 8 was to big give me measurments and all that if i can fit an 8 in it. lata

you can strap a 5.0 in a miata. With cash, there's no reason you cant do the same to an mx.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Aiden:
<p>Ok then. I guess you can do that. However, it makes no sense to me why you would be allowed to drive without a rear window, or at least a view of the rear.<p>~A<hr></blockquote>
Reasons for no view of rear:
Diesel truck
Camper special
Car towin a trailer
Pickup with junk in the bed
Some van conversions have no rear window

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by cjthor:

Reasons for no view of rear:
Diesel truck
Camper special
Car towin a trailer
Pickup with junk in the bed
Some van conversions have no rear window<hr></blockquote><p>Also, as long as you have your door mirrors, you will be fine.

An engine in the boot would look soo cool, how about a louvered, perspex rear window, Ferrari F40 style, no sense spending all that money without showing it off!