I think I've arrived at yet another rediculous goalpost for this project. After seeing some other vehicles having moved their powerplant to the trunk, I'm considering doing the same, because sick nasty donuts in place might be the only thing more satisfying than having the world's first V6 XR2. I'm putting together a budget for it, starting with the KL-DE from a 94 Probe, just to get it moving. It can be NA for now, just to see how it handles, but I really would enjoy turbo in the not-too-distant future. Obviously doing this would relocate ALL THE THINGS into the current engine bay, battery and new fuel cell(Maybe, might be able to make the factory one work in the space available) for the sake of weight distribution.
Anyway, what I'm working out is what I could use to utilize the same wheels and tires, while retaining the Z wheels I have had for 5 years or better, as I dig the offset and stance. If I use this differential
http://www.teammfactory.com/catalog/partno/MF-TRS-05G26, I might be able to use the stock axles (540mm), provided they will accept the difference between them and the probes (541mm) with minor fab-fuckery. Since the PGT track width is almost 4" over that of the XR2, it may be possible to make up the difference in the jack-shaft rather than messing with suspension geometry any more than what is expected. What I'm HOPING will be the answer is being able to swap the XR2 outboard cv joint onto the PGT shafts, then figure out a bearing/hub combination that will jive, but the brakes may psoe an issue if the diameters don't also jive.
If they don't, then It may not be to late to just use ALL probe gear on the rear, and try to graft in some PGT knuckles, and (probably suspension, with top-hat-switching-frankenstien-fun) to make everything look fairly kosher.
This is exciting!