At 03:28 PM 10/1/97 EDT, ROBERT G. HOWARD wrote:
> This conversion has been made on at least one first-generation Sprite.
>The owner has set aside and preserved all the original machinery. The
>installation is tidy; the engine and trans fit right in. Necessary
>modifications included new engine mounts, larger radiator, larger disk
>brakes forward and the installation of disks aft. This car is a stoplight
>sleeper! It's quiet and unobtrusive, puttering around town, then he steps
>on the throttle and it disappears around the bend.
> If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll get the owner's name and
>phone.
>Bob
>
>On Wed, 01 Oct 1997 12:21:23 -0400 Benjamin Ruset <bruset@monmouth.com>
>writes:
>>Along the same vein of a 5 speed conversion, anyone out there take a
>>12a
>>Mazda rotary engine from a 79-85 RX-7 and transmission and install it
>>in a
>>B?? It's been talked about on the Mazda list before, but since no one
>>there
>>knows MGs, it's a short lived thread...
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>BEN RUSET - http://www.monmouth.com/~bruset
>>-------------------------------------------
>>"Up the airy mountain,
>> Down the rushy glen,
>> We daren't go a-hunting
>> For fear of little men."
>> --William Allingham
>>
>>
>
>
The current issue of Grassroots Motorsports has an article on their ongoing
Spitfire/Rotary conversion. They're also using the mazda 5 speed tranny.
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