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65pb736 01-09-2010 08:24 PM

I just started a gallery with some additional pictures. I had to stop adding pictures for some reason, the system stopped showing the pictures and I had to delete some of them so that the pictures could be seen. I will have to work on that. So go to the gallery section and look at Tuck's Super Seven gallery.



Thanks,



Tuck

phinsup 01-09-2010 08:59 PM

You may just have to wait for the browser to reload them, sometimes it takes a second. You got plenty of space though you have only used 1%

Baldy 01-11-2010 08:35 AM

That car looks amazing! I've always wanted to do a locost 7. What did you use as a donor for the rest of the drivetrain and suspension?

thatpoorguy 01-11-2010 10:44 AM

jag with a 3 rotor would be amazing!!! i've always wanted to put a 13b-rew in a triumph spitfire. my dad used to have one and it was incredible through corners, but was a pooch in the top end lol. i figure the weight difference shouldn't be much if there's any at all between the old cast iron 4 banger and the rotary

65pb736 01-11-2010 08:42 PM


Originally Posted by Baldy (Post 837447)
That car looks amazing! I've always wanted to do a locost 7. What did you use as a donor for the rest of the drivetrain and suspension?



Hi Baldy! The engine is from a 1986 RX-7, the tranny, steering rack and rear end are from a 1985 RX-7, the brakes are from a Mazda MX-5, steering columm is out of a 1993 Chevy Corsica, the wiring harness is a generic GM. The front and rear suspension is all custom with double wishbones and coilovers in the front and double trailing arms with coilovers on each side in the rear. I learned a new word during this build, "Janglish". A british designed car with japanese running gear and american steering columm, wiring harness, lights and gauges. Hence the word "Janglish". Thanks for looking.



Tuck

65pb736 01-11-2010 08:52 PM


Originally Posted by thatpoorguy (Post 837464)
jag with a 3 rotor would be amazing!!! i've always wanted to put a 13b-rew in a triumph spitfire. my dad used to have one and it was incredible through corners, but was a pooch in the top end lol. i figure the weight difference shouldn't be much if there's any at all between the old cast iron 4 banger and the rotary



Hi Thatpoorguy!! Yea! I thought the Jag with a three rotor would be a pretty good match. Seems that I have seen on the net somewhere that a guy put a 13B in a Austin Healy Sprite and races in SCCA class races with it. I would be willing to bet that the 13B is lighter than a cast iron 1500cc 4 banger. Anyway the 13B was a good fit in the Locost. This was my first expeience with a rotary but so far it has all been very positive.



Thanks,



Tuck

thatpoorguy 01-11-2010 11:53 PM

especially the naturally aspirated rotaries will last forever as long as you keep oil in her haha

Baldy 01-12-2010 08:03 AM

Moving to motor swaps, this is good stuff!



Wasn't there another member who was always in the process of building one of these? One of the British or Irish guys, I can't remember.

Seppuku 01-14-2010 03:59 PM

he was irish, think he went with a honda motorcycle engine in his though. This is one sweet ride though.

CrimsonPride 01-16-2010 01:33 PM


Originally Posted by 65pb736 (Post 837391)
Hey Crimson Tide! I think that a rotary powered Europa would be really cool! However, I had dinner with a truly diehard british, british car enthusiast not long ago. He asked me now that the seven was about done what was next on the agenda? I told him that I was thinking about finding a XKE Jaguar with a blown engine and putting a 20B three rotor in the Jaguar. My freind told me that if I did that, GOD would strike me down!!!



It was just a thought,



Tuck



P.S. I always had trouble driving the Europa, My feet were to big for the pedal box.





I don't know about the Jag, but a rotary in a 1500lb. car sure would be great. I saw one online for sale a couple of years ago - Europa w/ a rotary. Might could be done on the cheap if an early (non-TC) Europa body was used.


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