Thought so. I kinda figured you were doing a subaru motor swap. The awd for the Mazda isn't that great. It'd be more of a downgrade than an upgrade ..to me anyways.
Truth for sure. When I looked at doing this, I first started looking at bringing in the mazda awd, but it was pretty apparent it wouldn't be much of an improvement, if at all.
Now the subaru engine, and drivetrain on the otherhand will probably allow me to put down a reliable 300-500 awhp. The only thing remaining to be seen is how much engine I can cram into the mazda. I have 2 blocks we are going to try and fit. The 2.0 should fit no problem. The 2.5l is the ideal engine I want, but doubt it will fit.
I figure for the cost of doing this swap, I would probably spend that much just modifying a new car, so what the hell