Long time lurker with a Rotary Miata
#43
Glorious. I'm planning on converting my Miata into a Dorito-powered unicorn eventually, as well. It seems like a great swap because of the light weight (bare long block is over a hundred pounds lighter than a B6 bare block), power potential, and the fact that a swap is easy as an RX-8 bellhousing, welding a mounting tab to the front of a V8R subframe, and having a custom exhaust made. Wiring up the Megasquirt is the fun part.
Mostly I'm just making this post so that in six years' time when I'm three years and $15,000 into the swap I can come back to this thread and rage at what a clueless ******* retard I was.
Mostly I'm just making this post so that in six years' time when I'm three years and $15,000 into the swap I can come back to this thread and rage at what a clueless ******* retard I was.
#44
Always nice to see other CNY folks on the interwebs.
Rx8 bellhousing won't swap over to the stock Miata trans. Would need to use an s4 na bellhousing on the Miata trans and slightly shorten the input shaft.
I have actually exceeded the 15k mark with my last iteration of parts I ordered. However my build included alot of bells and whistles (single turbo swap on a 13B-REW, Link G4 ECU, stainless piping / exhaust, stainless AN lines, etc.). It can be done alot cheaper if going na, starting with a turbo 2, using the Miata transmission, and using a Megasquirt for the ECU.
I also have a site I built at: www.rotarymiata.com with links to builds across the internet if your looking for more info on the swap.
Glorious. I'm planning on converting my Miata into a Dorito-powered unicorn eventually, as well. It seems like a great swap because of the light weight (bare long block is over a hundred pounds lighter than a B6 bare block), power potential, and the fact that a swap is easy as an RX-8 bellhousing, welding a mounting tab to the front of a V8R subframe, and having a custom exhaust made. Wiring up the Megasquirt is the fun part.
Mostly I'm just making this post so that in six years' time when I'm three years and $15,000 into the swap I can come back to this thread and rage at what a clueless ******* retard I was.
Mostly I'm just making this post so that in six years' time when I'm three years and $15,000 into the swap I can come back to this thread and rage at what a clueless ******* retard I was.
I have actually exceeded the 15k mark with my last iteration of parts I ordered. However my build included alot of bells and whistles (single turbo swap on a 13B-REW, Link G4 ECU, stainless piping / exhaust, stainless AN lines, etc.). It can be done alot cheaper if going na, starting with a turbo 2, using the Miata transmission, and using a Megasquirt for the ECU.
I also have a site I built at: www.rotarymiata.com with links to builds across the internet if your looking for more info on the swap.
#45
I have actually exceeded the 15k mark with my last iteration of parts I ordered. However my build included alot of bells and whistles (single turbo swap on a 13B-REW, Link G4 ECU, stainless piping / exhaust, stainless AN lines, etc.). It can be done alot cheaper if going na, starting with a turbo 2, using the Miata transmission, and using a Megasquirt for the ECU.
I also have a site I built at: www.rotarymiata.com with links to builds across the internet if your looking for more info on the swap.
#46
I also have a site I built at: RotaryMiata.com with links to builds across the internet if your looking for more info on the swap.
Glad you have it and are putting some good content up. Carry on!
#48
LOL that's awesome. I had that URL back in 1998-2006ish. Chronicled the many revisions of my rotary miata. At one time that URL was the number one result for rotary miata searches on Google. Prolly should have sold it at that point
Glad you have it and are putting some good content up. Carry on!
Glad you have it and are putting some good content up. Carry on!
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