My car, and the car from which it sprang 

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 02/21/2017 at 16:16 • Filed to: None

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Perspective can be weird.

Copper Red Mica FTW.

LongbowMkII > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/21/2017 at 16:44

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so, focus RS drivetrain swap?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > LongbowMkII 02/21/2017 at 16:46

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Nah - keep it in the family and go Mazdaspeed3 (or Mazdaspeed6 so I can have AWD, although that may be a tad more difficult)

LongbowMkII > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/21/2017 at 16:56

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It’s all in the C1 platform family! they’re just cousins instead of brothers. Their parents had a lot more money so they got cool AWD or turbo 5cylinder engines. C1 cars are supposed to share subframes and such, so theoretically.....

I may or may not have daydreamt and rationalized a Mk2 Focus RS motor in my 5. 5 cylinders in a Mazda5. That’s just logic!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > LongbowMkII 02/21/2017 at 17:02

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I figured that the two (three) would share a lot of under the skin bits, so yeah, I guess it would be a fairly easy swap (although C&D had a hell of a time making their Boss Wagon VI using a Mazdaspeed3 and a Mazda5).

I forgot that the Focus RS had the 5; I love fives in all forms (radial, VR5, I5, etc.) so a 5 in a 5 would be a solid idea.

On a related note, does Ford still use the MZR engine in any of their current models?

LongbowMkII > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 02/21/2017 at 17:34

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the ecoboost still has roots in it, though so much is different that only a few parts are interchangable.