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Rotary 914!, 200whp ; Prepping for Okteenerfest |
gabeurgelles |
Jun 11 2015, 07:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
I recently purchased a 73' 914 with a Mazda 13b already swapped into it. I am the second owner of the car, previous owner was from Arizona. It has NO RUST at all and the swap was done properly. The motor mount and radiator frame were both very well done. As well as the plumbing from the radiator to the engine. The car also has an interesting exhaust system, which I found out although it looked cool, was not the right type of exhaust for the rotary. The passenger side rear brake caliper bleeder was broken. The swap was never completed and the car never drove under rotary power. The only thing left was fabricating a new shift linkage, since the old one would go right through the oil pan.
I bought the car purely for the condition of the body and wasnt really counting on a good engine or transmission but after messing around with it in the garage I got it running. I discovered the engine was streetported and in decent condition. The engine only had hours on it from the rebuild but it suffered from sitting for all that time. |
gabeurgelles |
Jun 11 2015, 07:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
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gabeurgelles |
Jun 11 2015, 07:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
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db9146 |
Jun 11 2015, 07:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
I was given a ride in a 914 with a stock F.I. 13B rotary and it was great. The "rev-ability" of the engine really suited the gearing of the 901 and the car was quick. I really liked it. One of my favorite 914 conversions.
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76-914 |
Jun 11 2015, 07:16 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,498 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
There are a couple of others here that have a rotary conversion. They're peppy at higher rev's. I won't say gas hog because everyone of us that does a conversion could give a rat's ass about MPG. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Post pic's of your progress.
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Rotary'14 |
Jun 11 2015, 07:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 24-April 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 3,977 |
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Nice to have another running rotary around! Well it was running,,, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Yours is really clean. after you get the carb rebuilt and put back in,,,, be sure to keep an eye on the temp guages. Although your cooling system looks sound,, you have to make sure it can handle it. And really watch out on hot days. Nothing revs quite like a rotary,, and a street port revs and pulls strongly up to 8.5k! I think you have a good combination. -Robert |
Mueller |
Jun 11 2015, 07:47 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
Nice car...never driven a rotary..been stuck behind a few at Thunderhill...so glad I was in something that could pass them so I didn't have to suffer with all that noise they make! hahaha
INB4 Mike Bellis (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
Mike Bellis |
Jun 11 2015, 08:36 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,345 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) I've blown up enough rotaries. I'm sticking with the Audi... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Post some more pics of the radiator setup. Rotaries run hot when flogged. |
GeorgeRud |
Jun 11 2015, 09:33 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
My friend won the IMSA RS Championship back in the day with a rotary Mazda RX2, so we had a lot of fun running the rotaries. My ears have never recovered from the noise of an unmuffled Wankel!
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PanelBilly |
Jun 11 2015, 09:52 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,805 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
How much did the car get chopped up for the conversion? Just wondering if you still have the option of sticking an aircooled engine back in, if the rotary conversion gets to be too much of a headache. The car looks pretty nice.
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Andyrew |
Jun 11 2015, 11:38 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) I've blown up enough rotaries. I'm sticking with the Audi... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Post some more pics of the radiator setup. Rotaries run hot when flogged. Looks to me like its not shrouded. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) But its fixable!!! |
Porschef |
Jun 12 2015, 06:16 AM
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How you doin' Group: Members Posts: 2,165 Joined: 7-September 10 From: LawnGuyland Member No.: 12,152 Region Association: North East States |
I had an Rx7 in CA twenty something years ago, drove it cross country back to NY. Not great mileage around town but was pretty good on the highway. More than once with the music up I found myself in third at 75 or so, it was that smooth. The 8k redline made it very elastic... I'd think the 901 would work well with the 13b. Plus it's so darn small.
Piston engine goes boing boing boing But the Mazda... |
gabeurgelles |
Jun 12 2015, 02:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
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gabeurgelles |
Jun 12 2015, 02:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
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gabeurgelles |
Jun 12 2015, 02:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
How much did the car get chopped up for the conversion? Just wondering if you still have the option of sticking an aircooled engine back in, if the rotary conversion gets to be too much of a headache. The car looks pretty nice. The front trunk has a nice big hole in it and the wheel wells have a slot for the air to escape. I don't think Ill be going air-cooled again unfortunately |
steuspeed |
Jun 12 2015, 03:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,006 Joined: 12-July 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 13,308 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Neat! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)
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KELTY360 |
Jun 12 2015, 06:12 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,031 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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Mike Bellis |
Jun 12 2015, 06:20 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,345 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
The boy has skills! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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gabeurgelles |
Sep 21 2015, 06:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
So its been a while since I've updated this thread, but since then i,ve done so much. Fist off I ended up changing the whole radiator setup that it had when I bought it. The problem I was having was that not only was the engine overheating after a high way drive but the gas was boiling as well. This was due to the angle of the radiator and lack of shrouding. Since a figured this was not ideal I decided to switch to a bigger 2 row aluminum radiator and mount it differently.
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gabeurgelles |
Sep 21 2015, 07:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 2-February 15 From: Miami Member No.: 18,389 Region Association: None |
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