Thread: What the Mazda RX-8 should have been (new autocross car build)
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Old 09-16-2019, 12:44 PM   #334
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Originally Posted by Nick M3 View Post
Or anchor a winch at the top of the hill.
Probably not a bad idea.

So I called the local salvage yard (Condon's, up in Westminster). The guy who answered the phone was curious what I was doing with a 2.5L Fusion engine and a 2006+ Miata automatic transmission, so I gave him the 30 second spiel about the car and he knocked $50 off of the engine and $40 off of the transmission and waived the core charges. I thought that was pretty cool.

So... why the automatic transmission?
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