I'm confused, is AWD possible on a 4cyl?

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » February 8th, 2005, 8:46 pm

Someone on this forum told me that it was possible to put a AWD tranny on a 4cyl MX3.
Can anyone comfirm this?
Does anyone got any details about this AWD tranny if it is true?

Typhoonk · Post by **Typhoonk** » February 8th, 2005, 9:22 pm

Ya check out the 1991 AWD Mazda Protege

andyvich · Post by **andyvich** » February 9th, 2005, 3:13 am

i might be interested in this topic

Post by **Custommx3** » February 9th, 2005, 10:14 am

do some searching, Master Yoda gave alot of good info on this.

projectmx · Post by **projectmx** » February 10th, 2005, 8:35 am

its possible, lots of work but worth it

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » February 10th, 2005, 12:18 pm

For the love of God.. Will this topic EVER DIE??!!

it IS possible, but only if you want to spend lots of $$ to do it.

And, the AWD tranny wont hold very much power anyway, so its really not worth it.

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » February 10th, 2005, 1:06 pm

atlantamx3 wrote:For the love of God.. Will this topic EVER DIE??!!

it IS possible, but only if you want to spend lots of $$ to do it.

And, the AWD tranny wont hold very much power anyway, so its really not worth it.

Right on! If you want awd, get a subaru!

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » February 10th, 2005, 1:08 pm

As the owner of a 85 Subaru XT.. all I can say is.. DAYUMM I am glad I bought my MX-3

Tunes67

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » February 10th, 2005, 1:16 pm

yeah, I had an 86 XT awd, it was like a truck w/ a car body on it

. I also owned a 90 Legacy AWD, which was one of the most bad a$$ cars i've ever owned

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » February 12th, 2005, 8:14 pm

If you want a Mazda AWD buy a Tribute. It is basically the old Capella AWD with a new body and Ford engines. The older 2.0L version has the same AWD tranny as the BG Protege. The '05s with the Mazda L3-DE 2.3L only has a ATX AWD tranny due to the higher output of this engine over the older 2.0L.

These days it would be easier to covert a ZX-2 to AWD than a MX-3 just due to drive train avilablity and electronics to do the swap. (Eg 323 AWD rear end and Tribute Zetec AWD drivetrain. I've seen the Zetec swapped into the MX-3 and running close to 300hp at the wheels but it is an electrical nightmare.