FWD rotary conversion

[Damkid]

Today I bought a rear counterweight from an auto to adapt my spare B6T flywheel to, just gotta wait for it to be shipped

[Mazda_Powered]

sweet man! one question though, how does the right (passengers) axle clear the exhaust lol look crazy tight there

[Damkid]

Well i'm just going to "wing it" lol enough people have made it work so i think i can too

i've looking at different axle options and the 02' kia rio uses a 26 spline one piece axle, it measures 1/8" longer then the 323 GT axle/int. shaft, so i "should be able to use it, eliminating the need for a mounting plate for the int. shaft bracket

But anyway, the guy who making my adapter plate is building a sick ranger with a completely custom frame, thought you guys may have interest in seeing it




It obviously still need body work/paint but the body was only on for test fitting reasons, but i think it's safe to say the 13B/KL trans is in good hands

[Mazda_Powered]

pics of the beast finally! that looks sick lol, good quality work = good quality adapter plates!

[Damkid]

Got my counter weight today should be easy to adapt a B6T/KL flywheel

[Mazda_Powered]

sweet! for those who are scratching their heads...lol

[Damkid]

Ok so I haven't updated this in a while but haven't forgot about it, so here we go

After a few months, the guy who had my 13B/KL trans just couldn't find the time to do the adapter plate so I got them back.... So I went to plan B and asked a friend of mine and Jacks, and he said he'd do the adapter plate for me, so he's been on the hunt for a 13B CAD before having to make one from scratch and then this

Turns out I have a secret admirer (a member on ff.com that wants his project secret) that sent me a little present




3D modeling of a 13B :D my buddy Adam now has copies of the files and says they are more then he expected them to be and is gunna print a 1:1 scale of the bellhousing to compare to the 13B trans, if all checks out great there maybe progress before spring W00T W00T!!!

[D323]

Your first post is wrong. Mazda made a FWD rotary in the 1970's... Mazda Luce.

http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/craftmanship/greatcar/p8.html

Good luck with the build though, curious to see how it turns out.

[Damkid]

Well I stand corrected, thanks for that info

[monoxidechild]

Most Luce's were RWD. The only one that was ever FWD was the R130. Which looks like a Corvair pretty much. Still a Very rare car anymore. They were only made for 2 or 3 years.

[Mazda_Powered]

Yep and it looks like they used a transaxle system for the FWD setup too, I've only been able to find one picture and it's a good 12" from the firewall...doesn't look like the normal FWD trans setup at least, or I'd imagine it'd be closer to the firewall

[D323]

Some good pictures there.

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18046

Interesting enough that the RWD looking setup appears to still be a FWD.

[monoxidechild]

Good link! Learned a ton of info i never knew about those old R130's!

[Damkid]

So my buddy Adam has made some progress on the adapter plate CAD, it needs to be tweaked for flywheel clearance (he says he's gunna do that Thursday) but he's hoping for a paper print out within a week to see how everything lines up in real life :D

[Damkid]