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Old 10-11-2002, 05:17 PM
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mazda's coming out with a rotory powered miata in 2004... WOW... can we say

MONSTER!!!!!
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Old 10-11-2002, 05:18 PM
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miatas look so stupid
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Old 10-11-2002, 05:23 PM
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there hella fun to drive though...
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Old 10-12-2002, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 13bAndB18C' date='Oct 10 2002, 10:46 AM
Has anyone heard of a 13b powered miata? i plan on making on and was wondering if you guys knew the difficulty of the swap. what is needed?
We built one here. The FC turbo bellhousing bolted on the MX5 (Miata) gearbox with no mods! We left the box mount where it was. When the motor was placed in the car there is a kink in the chassis rail pressing that allows it to clear the compressor cover. I reckon Mazda had 13Bt Mx5 'mules' from the beginning!
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Mazda had a hydrogen powered Miata as a testbed for alternative fuels. I wonder if they still have it?
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Old 10-12-2002, 03:03 AM
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Sorry I came in a littl elat eon this thread. I saw a 13b miata at mads last fall and it was ******* sick. We got video and hosted it on our website. www.dontbearikki.com

It may bne under the mullet charged video tab.
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Old 10-13-2002, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Robbomaz' date='Oct 12 2002, 01:35 AM
[quote name='13bAndB18C' date='Oct 10 2002, 10:46 AM']Has anyone heard of a 13b powered miata? i plan on making on and was wondering if you guys knew the difficulty of the swap. what is needed?
We built one here. The FC turbo bellhousing bolted on the MX5 (Miata) gearbox with no mods! We left the box mount where it was. When the motor was placed in the car there is a kink in the chassis rail pressing that allows it to clear the compressor cover. I reckon Mazda had 13Bt Mx5 'mules' from the beginning![/quote]

interesting! i know the stock MX5 trans is a N/A RX7 ..... that means you could put in a 13BT tranny and just get a custom driveshaft made ..... oh the ideas !!!!!
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There is not a car made that can't be improved by a rotary turbo implant..........even Nissans..... :P
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I saw one done in an option magazine the other month. looked real good and on top of that It was a chick that owns it.. :yum: I bet it will cost lots of cash
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Cost the doctor dude we did it for about $15K (AUD) for the mechanical part. Thats engine, puter, install, debug. We hiflowed the turbo as well

Drive in asthmatic 100 hp 1.6 drive out stonkin 280 hp 13Bt. I scared him spitless on the demonstartion drive!

He got the car repainted and wheeled while he was at it. No money in medicine!
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