I just thought I would put my 2 cents worth in here. I have been keeping up with
this rotospit thing via some back issues of grass....sports and I must say that
this is no CobJob conversion. In fact I gave up on my idea of converting my GT6
to rotary power when I read how involved it was. He did not just stick a mazda
motor in a spitfire, he completly reengineered an RX7 drivetrain to fit a spit.
It may offend some purists, but, if yer gonna do it, do it right! The RX7 was
not as pretty as the Spitfire and the spitfire was not as fast as the RX7. Can't
we all just get along? neither one of the cars is still in production, so let's
call it match made in heaven.
Jim Dean
68 GT6 (with a wholebunch of GT6+ parts)
> What's that old Mazda commercial jingle? "Piston engines go...but, the Mazda
> goes hmmmmm..."-
>
> Why would I want an engine that goes "Hmmmmmm..."? <BG>
>
> Laura G. and Nigel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom O'Malley <tomomalley@meganet.net>
> To: Laura G. <savercool@email.msn.com>; spitfires@autox.team.net
> <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 2:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Rotary Spitfire
>
> >Laura writes...
> >
> >>Yeah, yeah, yeah-rotary Spitfire...
> >>
> >>There's a guy out here where I get my Weber jetted who tells every Spit
> >>owner who walks throught the door-" your engine's shot-want me to put a
> >>Mazda engine in that thing?" -(Yes, he told me this too.)
> >>
> >>I'll keep my little english 4 banger thanks.
> >>
> >>Just sign me-"Brit Lover"<g>
> >>
> >>Laura G. and Nigel
> >
> >He he....you made a wise decision. Grassroot's rotary Spit conversion
> >has been on going for about 4 years now. :-)
> >
> >Cheers!
> >Tom O'Malley in Southbridge Massachusetts
> >'74, '77 Spits
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