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Old Mar 12, 2003 | 11:59 AM
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I've heard of people putting a 13B in a Miata, which sounds cool. But what about an MX-6? To me, it looks like a mini 3rd gen, and it would be nice if it moved pretty quick. Nothing important, just wondering.
Old Mar 12, 2003 | 12:17 PM
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The Miata is RWD though. It would be a pretty good stretch to get the 13b to fit in the MX-6s engine bay in a front drive configuration. Then if it did fit, you would most likely need an adapter to mate to the transaxle. And before all that, the transaxle probably couldnt handle much more than a stock S5 TII can dish out, so if you want more power than that it would need to be beefed up.



It is a cool idea though. I like the MX-6 chassis.
Old Mar 12, 2003 | 01:15 PM
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Someone really needs to figure out how to swap a rotary in a front driver. So many options you would have then.



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Old Mar 12, 2003 | 01:17 PM
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Some guys in Australia have done a rotary swap into some 323's fwd and awd..
Old Mar 12, 2003 | 01:38 PM
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Australia seems to be a bit of a monster factory. You have any more info on these 323s?



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Old Mar 12, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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no, not really.. But If I remember correctly I saw the on the fast fours website.. I will go look..
Old Mar 12, 2003 | 01:47 PM
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rotary 323 Here you go
Old Mar 12, 2003 | 01:59 PM
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interesting...I wonder if that guy's death had anything to do with his car...
Old Mar 12, 2003 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 75 Repu' date='Mar 12 2003, 02:47 PM
rotary 323 Here you go
Looks neato.
Old Mar 18, 2003 | 10:24 AM
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just buy an rx7 ........ they loook better than mx6's and you will save a lot of money



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