Mazda rotory swap? (Page 2/2)
Notorio NOV 16, 06:11 PM
What a cool car! I want one!! Just as a point of reference, here is the Cosmo in its last year of production, 1995. Not to be too critical I hope, this reminds me of the classic 'warm-up-a-frog slowly' process whereby it never realizes that it is being poached. When car designers slowly change a stunningly executed model (1967) over the years to 'keep up with the times' do they lose the ability to see that the car's character has disappeared?

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Patrick NOV 16, 08:19 PM

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Originally posted by Rickady88GT:

I actually kinda like that car. At least that picture of it. It looks like a Ford Tbird.



Yeah, from most angles, I like it too... but not so much from the back




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Originally posted by Notorio:

When car designers slowly change a stunningly executed model (1967) over the years to 'keep up with the times' do they lose the ability to see that the car's character has disappeared?



It became rather generic looking, didn't it? The original car was kind of special.
da.slyboy NOV 18, 10:48 AM
I would be curious how well the stock manual transmissions would like the higher RPM limit of these engines.
Rickady88GT NOV 18, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by da.slyboy:

I would be curious how well the stock manual transmissions would like the higher RPM limit of these engines.



As long as the proper gear oil is used, I don't see why it would be a problem.
I think the problem is more likely to be physically mounting the engine and associated parts to and around the transmission?
87_special NOV 18, 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by Rickady88GT:


As long as the proper gear oil is used, I don't see why it would be a problem.
I think the problem is more likely to be physically mounting the engine and associated parts to and around the transmission?



Getrags don't like to shift at RPMS higher that 7500. I remember a couple big cam N/A 3x00 guys had a hard time with it in j-body platform. That was quite a while ago, maybe someone found a solution.