How-to: Probe RWD Conversion

[93probeanator]

ooo its a 4 cylinder with a complete cylinder head! badass

Why you gotta break the new guys balls?

[Caffeine930]

Hands down you are the man. Ya know I don't know you from a hole in the wall but I had a feeling when you got that gts and started selling parts off of it that you had something like this up your sleeve

[njintau_fsd]

You sir win at life! I salute you!

[Dan [Sac]]

Why you gotta break the new guys balls?

He's making fun of the website listing, not the new guy....

[artsvetkov]

Holly Shit! Great job and awesome write up! Love the humor through out the build!

[93probeanator]

Ahh I see now, disregard my last post lol...

[Dutchy]

Dan, you always were my biggest probe-hero. This proves the point! Not to mention I had tears in my eyes throughout the how-to.

[phatgt4me]

Sooo. What's next on the to do list?

Out of curiosity, did you buy both the miata and probe specifically to do this merge??

Hmmmm. U should make a fwd kl powered miata! And sell it!!

[P1P]

my guess is a RWD KL


in this photo if you look thru the windshield sitting in the corner looks to be a KL mated to a RWD tranny





I think that i is your car you put whateva you want in it

the name of the game in racing is to kick azz and take names

I go to the track off and on and i see plenty Chevy's with Ford motors and many Fords with Chevy motors and they still call the car what ever it is


Dan put a Honda motor in it lol joking

[belgiandriver]

Keep it Ford and place a Cosworth in it. Only 4 cilinders but a lot of hp!
And it has been placed in a MX5 before.

[P1P]

more evidence





no one notice the kl mated to the transmission drive shaft and rearend in this photo

[njintau_fsd]

Dude that is awesome! Sorry if this was mentioned before but what transmission is that? I had no idea there was RWD transmissions out there that mated up to the KL.

[P1P]

Dude that is awesome! Sorry if this was mentioned before but what transmission is that? I had no idea there was RWD transmissions out there that mated up to the KL.

not a acutal mate,

you make a adapter plate and fit the KL to a RX7 bellhousing mated to a miata tranny




more clues to suggest a KL



the use of the miata drivetrain


if you was going v8 wouldn't it be better to use a Ford rear


the use of the miata drivetrain lets me know you are not looking for a lot of power maybe the 350 to 500 range

and also i conclude that this car will not be a drag strip type car even tho it will be capable of passes down the track

maybe the occasional street race or a little drifting

[concealer404]

Would be beneficial at that point if you're using the RX7 bellhousing to just using the RX7 TII trans entirely if the KL will ever see much more than stock HP.

[P1P]

Would be beneficial at that point if you're using the RX7 bellhousing to just using the RX7 TII trans entirely if the KL will ever see much more than stock HP.

I am not sure but I think the RX7 tranny puts the gear shifter too far back and the miata puts it in the right place

don't quote me on this but I think thats the reason