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Originally Posted by Longhorn248
When you start getting to work on it let me know and I'll take a trip over to Alabama and give you a hand!
I think it will take a bit of skill and precision to produce a well handling car if you're buidling the chassis from scratch, but the power to weight ratio is definitely something to drool over.
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Thanks for the offer. I really dont think it would be that hard. As seen In the chassis diagrams, the rear suspension/drivetrain is all one subassembly that bolts to the unibody. With regards to the front, once the suspension is removed I dont think it would be too hard to weld up a jig that fits in the original body's suspension mounts. Once you have that jig assembled it's just a matter of building the new cage to fit around that jig. Then remove the jig and mount the suspension pieces. It's all theoretical at this point because we don't even have a production car yet, but it's definately something to think about. I've been thinking about doing this to a NB miata for awhile now. As you can see from the pic below, Miata's whole drivetrain and suspension can come out in one unit, but the FT-86 looks like it might be a better candidate performance wise.
-Joe
-Joe