Ed said,
From: "Runnion, Ed" <Ed_Runnion@regionofdoom.com>
Subject: Looking for a pair of Miata wheels/tires
Some friends of mine locally are working on a neat project car.
Basically,
a homebuilt Lotus7 clone with a modified 13B rotary in it....also using
the
donor car (1985 RX7) 5-speed and rear end. This is a long-term project,
I
expect it'll be another 1-2 years until it is done. Once it is done, I
hope
to get them out to run autocross in it :).
....
This of course has been done before. The version I heard of was referred to
as the Rotus. 8-D I'd wonder if there weren't still plans or kits to do this
around somewhere....
My brother was a rotary nut (well, still is, though he's broken down and
bought a Civic) who had as a goal to drop a rotary into a Karmann Ghia.
Reversed, so that it would be mid-engine, with the powerplant where the room
behind the front seats was. It sure would have been light enough to go fast,
though not as light (~1900-2000# as a VW) as a Rotus probably. Never got
beyond the planning stages though.
PaulT
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