Kawasaki mule 10,000 custom build idea

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so I ponder how to keep the aesthetics of a 1988 mule 1000 and to take a transverse engine from a fwd car and mount it longitudinally behind the seat but forward of the rear differential so as to have awd/4x4.

current progress on the power pack and drive train; Honda Civic Type R engine and transmission for the power and as for the suspension it will be Independent - I will be skipping right over multi-link suspension and trailing arm.

The main problems I face is cost (as to be expected) ,the finale drive ratios being so high, what differentials to use front and rear, and what suspension would fit.

the main goal is to have a fun road legal vehicle but without killing to much utility the side by side was make for!

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found a similar project! https://www.texas4x4.org/threads/nadine-the-rear-engine-honda-buggy.32070/