[lechnoid]

here's another thought that hasn't been tackled yet. what if somebody found a high-end machine shop that would be able to simply remake these parts for us as needed? we find a few perfectly new ones for them to reference and get their measurements from. it would take some time if they didn't want to carry anything in stock, but slow is better than nothing. i'm sure after some orders roll through that they'd start making a few extras of the more common parts.

i'm not sure if patent laws would become an issue or not. there are lots of companies out there that make parts identical to OEM that aren't a part of or in league with the original manufacturer.

i have a friend of the family who owns a super-precision machine shop, but i'm not sure if this is something he would tackle or not. i'll find out.

there's a lot more to be discussed and explored with that, but i'm in a bit of a rush.

also, would somebody be willing to write up a petition letter that we could send around and send to Mitsu and Getrag? not that i think it will do a whole lot of good, but at least then they will be aware of our views.

with this being mostly/all about money for them, if we end up totalling out our marvelous 3/s's, what do they currently offer for us as a replacement? nothing. performance-wise, the two closest would be the Viper and Evo. the Viper is way too spendy, and the Evo has no chance of comparing with our cars on numerous levels. I guess if our 3/s's broke, we'd all have find another manufacturer that will fit our needs. Sorry Mitsu, if you pull these parts and i need them, its full-time back to Mazdas for me.