Has anyone ever thought of putting an RX 7 motor in a Speedster? I have seen a few in VW's and they are unbelivably fast. A friend ask me why I didn't use an RX 7 in my build. What are your thoughts?
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Has anyone ever thought of putting an RX 7 motor in a Speedster? I have seen a few in VW's and they are unbelivably fast. A friend ask me why I didn't use an RX 7 in my build. What are your thoughts?
Robert,
The one to ask this question to would be Michael Morris in Katy, Texas. He had a RX-7 motor in a CMC 359. The motor was installed by CMC. According to Michael, the engine had plenty of torque and would cruise right on down the road nicely with a rating of 165 hp. I bought the complete setup from him to put into a fiberglass dune buggy, but have yet to do it. The only problem that he mentioned that he had was that the exhaust temperature was extremely high and was not too good for the rear fiberglass section of the 359. I have kicked around the idea of installing it in my CMC widebody, but who knows when it will ever get done. Right now I am running a stock 1600 with a few other engine options in the making.
Jim
The one to ask this question to would be Michael Morris in Katy, Texas. He had a RX-7 motor in a CMC 359. The motor was installed by CMC. According to Michael, the engine had plenty of torque and would cruise right on down the road nicely with a rating of 165 hp. I bought the complete setup from him to put into a fiberglass dune buggy, but have yet to do it. The only problem that he mentioned that he had was that the exhaust temperature was extremely high and was not too good for the rear fiberglass section of the 359. I have kicked around the idea of installing it in my CMC widebody, but who knows when it will ever get done. Right now I am running a stock 1600 with a few other engine options in the making.
Jim
I love RX-7 engines - they are very low maintenance and make good power. No torque, but good horsepower. The cars are light so torque is not an issue. The exhaust gas temp is extremely high on a rotary, 1900 degrees if I remember right. Take care on the exhaust routing. Very compact engines with extremely smooth pulses (no vibration to speak of.
Need to check fitment on a speedster, but I don't remember them being much longer than a flat 4. One thing - getting harder and harder to find good rotary engines. Alot of worn out ones, but not good ones are becoming more rare. Used to be that you could buy them from Japan for a couple of hundred bucks for a 12A or a 13B. No longer the case. Alot more money now. If you wanted to get crazy and go into a TT, you'd really have to be clever at planning the heat management and plumbing in the bay, but I suspect it could be done.
This is an engine I would consider for a speedster. A buddy of mine and I put one in a Fiat X19 many moons ago. Went from 67 horsepower to 180 - whoo-hoo! Way more fun! The catch is, there's quite a few other engines I would consider for a speedster including a 911, or a subie.
angela
Need to check fitment on a speedster, but I don't remember them being much longer than a flat 4. One thing - getting harder and harder to find good rotary engines. Alot of worn out ones, but not good ones are becoming more rare. Used to be that you could buy them from Japan for a couple of hundred bucks for a 12A or a 13B. No longer the case. Alot more money now. If you wanted to get crazy and go into a TT, you'd really have to be clever at planning the heat management and plumbing in the bay, but I suspect it could be done.
This is an engine I would consider for a speedster. A buddy of mine and I put one in a Fiat X19 many moons ago. Went from 67 horsepower to 180 - whoo-hoo! Way more fun! The catch is, there's quite a few other engines I would consider for a speedster including a 911, or a subie.
angela
I had one in the dune buggy it would over heat. which will of course kill it.
they can be tricky The best Radator for one is from a 280 Z However to late for my buggy
they can be tricky The best Radator for one is from a 280 Z However to late for my buggy
Yep..I had that engine for a few years...attempted to reroute my exhaust, my cooling lines, etc..never got a satisfactory result. In fact, one warm Texas day, a 15 minute jaunt got me some blistered paint on the rear, so I sat by the side of the road until it cooled some and drove it home. Gave up on it...
Michael
Michael