Hot Rod Fans - check this out

big_pete · 05-09-2006, 01:45 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mazda-RX-13B-...QQcmdZViewItem

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Mazda RX 13B PP Ford 1928 A Model Hot Rod

1928 A Model Ford Hot Rod with new 13B PP, 48IDA, Gilmer Drive, RX7 Series 5 turbo gear box, L300 running gear, 16" Simmons V5, polished alloy housings, front cover etc.

You won't find too many of these about the street.

Now im a fan of Hot Rods and Rotary's but these two just shouldnt mix....

TheSneakiness · 05-09-2006, 01:47 PM

Something different.

Personally, not a fan. Model A roadsters should come with a V8.

Kapn_Kiwi · 05-09-2006, 01:51 PM

That engine doesn't look all that tough in the bay. :( First car I fell in love with was a '28 model A.

agony · 05-09-2006, 01:52 PM

: what was someone thinking?

nugget378 · 05-09-2006, 01:54 PM

Haha,a childs toy,a hotrod with a whipper snipper engine..

drcook · 05-09-2006, 02:02 PM

looks like he couldnt find a v8 so he borrowed the engine out of his victor mower.

gozza · 05-09-2006, 02:08 PM

the rotary jokes never end

agony · 05-09-2006, 02:11 PM

What all this for only $16000 and NO BIDS

The Monty · 05-09-2006, 02:35 PM

Not a fan, but its different. The engine bay looks so empty. The 13B's only like 1.3 litres isnt it?

BJ · 05-09-2006, 02:40 PM

I thought i just saw twenty clowns jump out of that.

4Vman · 05-09-2006, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by agony

: what was someone thinking?

EXACTLY!! hidious! SACRILEDGE!! Rotary in a hotrod... Geeez!

Whats next, an ls1 in an XY??

py:

On a serious note i wonder if a cleveland would fit in that bay.... 16K... hmm....

LTDHO · 05-09-2006, 03:36 PM

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You won't find too many of these about the street.

I wonder why???

RACINGdork · 05-09-2006, 04:01 PM

id drive it, imagine the feeling hitting 5 grand ...whooooaaaaa

for thoes of you who have never been in a ported rotor, id suggest you give it a go. also the noise is "almost " as good as a hot hot v8.

brap brap blap blap brap brap ohhh so much fun

MrFlibbles · 05-09-2006, 04:08 PM

i like it, but i have been told i have no taste!

Simmo · 05-09-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RACINGdork

id drive it, imagine the feeling hitting 5 grand ...whooooaaaaa

for thoes of you who have never been in a ported rotor, id suggest you give it a go. also the noise is "almost " as good as a hot hot v8.

brap brap blap blap brap brap ohhh so much fun

agreed. wouldn't be that fast even if it is a peripheral port. chuck a turbo on that engine though and you'd be just as fast a v8. there's no reason to knock an engine thats lighter, has less moving parts and is more efficient than a bigblock. power to weight is the key...

gozza · 05-09-2006, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Simmo

agreed. wouldn't be that fast even if it is a peripheral port. chuck a turbo on that engine though and you'd be just as fast a v8. there's no reason to knock an engine thats lighter, has less moving parts and is more efficient than a bigblock. power to weight is the key...

Iggnorance is the key

iTec · 05-09-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by The Monty

Not a fan, but its different. The engine bay looks so empty. The 13B's only like 1.3 litres isnt it?

yes and no, the actual engine capacity is 1.3L but aguments are still around 30 years latter as to weather they are a 1.3, 2.6 or 3.9L due to the combustion cycle compared to a piston engine... cool little engine but to unreliable

ktmconvert · 05-09-2006, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RACINGdork

id drive it, imagine the feeling hitting 5 grand ...whooooaaaaa

for thoes of you who have never been in a ported rotor, id suggest you give it a go. also the noise is "almost " as good as a hot hot v8.

brap brap blap blap brap brap ohhh so much fun

I had a 13B PP in my RX3 coupe and they sound oh so sweet at 10,000.

IMO I don't think that's the right car to have it in though, but each to there own i guess.

Simmo · 05-09-2006, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gozza

Iggnorance is the key

what are you trying to say mate. i hope thats not directed at me.

also, you misspelled ignorance.

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atec77 · 05-09-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by big_pete

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mazda-RX-13B-...QQcmdZViewItem

Now im a fan of Hot Rods and Rotary's but these two just shouldnt mix....

There really is something wrong with this bloke , Abone's come with 8 cylinders unless restored , if it was quite and full bodied I "might" think differently but you cant better cubes so dump a 504 crate in it.

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gozza · 05-09-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Simmo

what are you trying to say mate. i hope thats not directed at me.

also, you misspelled ignorance.

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no simmo man...not you

thanx

nugget378 · 05-09-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RACINGdork

id drive it, imagine the feeling hitting 5 grand ...whooooaaaaa

for thoes of you who have never been in a ported rotor, id suggest you give it a go. also the noise is "almost " as good as a hot hot v8.

brap brap blap blap brap brap ohhh so much fun

Ive driven one,had a big holley dp on it,all noise and bluster,a good 4 would beat it, as for a V8 theres no contest,rotors only start to come alive with a turbo,and even then only in 2200lb chicken coops.

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Originally Posted by agony

What all this for only $16000 and NO BIDS

And reserve not met

reckon itll sell...

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jimmy_c · 05-09-2006, 05:30 PM

Wrong engine for that. it should have a flathead 8 in it

big_pete · 05-09-2006, 05:33 PM

ive been in a number of Rotary powered street cars, both NA and turbo'd
and they where without a doubt just as fast as any V8 powered street cars id been in.

AFPGS · 05-09-2006, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by big_pete

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mazda-RX-13B-...QQcmdZViewItem

Now im a fan of Hot Rods and Rotary's but these two just shouldnt mix....

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Gammaboy · 05-09-2006, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Simmo

is more efficient than a bigblock

They're horrendously inefficient thermodynamically. The fuel economy you get out of an RX8 is out of all proportion with the hp it makes.

herogoose · 05-09-2006, 08:04 PM

wouldnt diss the rotorys, mate of mine just finished rebuilding his rx7.
13b turbo.
7 psi and the car has 195 kw atw
supposedly its capable of 40psi
so i suggest most of u retract ur comments about poo poo rotarys
as this car has already demolished an astin martin vanquish, numerous skylines and most probably would smash most cars on this forum, mine inclusive.
and yea the signature brap brap braaap noise would have to be one of my favourite engine noises ever, bellisimo
however i do think that this conversion into a hot rod is a bit strange
regards
Ben

4Vman · 05-09-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by herogoose

wouldnt diss the rotorys, mate of mine just finished rebuilding his rx7.
13b turbo.
7 psi and the car has 195 kw atw
supposedly its capable of 40psi
so i suggest most of u retract ur comments about poo poo rotarys
as this car has already demolished an astin martin vanquish, numerous skylines and most probably would smash most cars on this forum, mine inclusive.
and yea the signature brap brap braaap noise would have to be one of my favourite engine noises ever, bellisimo

Um, so?

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Originally Posted by herogoose

however i do think that this conversion into a hot rod is a bit strange..

Yes, that's what everyone else has been saying.

nugget378 · 05-09-2006, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by herogoose

wouldnt diss the rotorys, mate of mine just finished rebuilding his rx7.
13b turbo.
7 psi and the car has 195 kw atw
supposedly its capable of 40psi
so i suggest most of u retract ur comments about poo poo rotarys
as this car has already demolished an astin martin vanquish, numerous skylines and most probably would smash most cars on this forum, mine inclusive.
and yea the signature brap brap braaap noise would have to be one of my favourite engine noises ever, bellisimo
however i do think that this conversion into a hot rod is a bit strange
regards
Ben

I retract nothing.
Some are fast but people dont who back them dont seem to accept they are all in 800-100kg cars,
Do you know what the engine out of a late 10 sec falcon or Holden would do in a light body like that?
A car running 10.7 say at 129 mph in a 3600lb falcon,
would run like 9.5 at 144 mph in a light girls car... @ 2600lb

ktmconvert · 05-09-2006, 09:26 PM

So what you are saying that it is power to weight ratio.

Pac performance will build you a 10 second engine for 10 grand. Thats not bad in anyones terms I'm sure.