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]

i know mazda north america built one or two. if i had the room to park it.....



mike

 

i know a guy named giny with a white miata running 11s with a T04.

 

Does anyone have pictures of how this was done? I've always read that the car had to be chopped up a lot to cram the 13B in there.

 

pssssst...





http://www.rotarymiata.com/

 

in australia there was a company putting 20bs and lexus v8s in miata(mx5 where i come from) they rebult the front with a tube frame chassis.

 

bullit roadsters i think

 

AMEN to that...





And Carbs SUCK. EFI rules. Webers are cool looking and sound great, but everything I read says driveablity sucks. The Problem is the Mazda wants a lot of fuel which requires some pretty big webers (48 or 51 mm), so upper end is good, but the bottem end suffers.

 

so what do i need to do to put a N/A rotary into a miata?

 

You can change out the front bell housing on the tranny and bolt up an NA motor. Get the 85 front cover so you can mount it in the front. This will get you the basics.

Or mazsport.net sells a kit to go turboII complete drive train swap. Mine makes 300WHP at 12psi. and I drive it every day to work. This way I show up to work every day with a smile on my face.



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http://www.mazsport.net/html/rotary_conv_parts.htm