epiphany swap

[Crashaddict]

of course somebody knows about the damn keys, but not a peep in the intermediate steering shaft LOL figures

and the pawn stars guys admitted they got it wrong
"Actually, Mark the expert did our radio interview - AFTER the Pawn Stars show and admitted he got it wrong. In fact I talked to him last week and he says that after all this time his museum is exploding with tourists and fans and that is the number one thing folks ask about and he tells them, "Yes, I got it wrong, the were actually ICBM launch keys." He told me the reason he got it wrong was there is lots of information out on the internet about rocket keys none on ICBM Launch Keys.",

they are ICBM launch keys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDMd1covGhA

[cooljess76]

Whoops, guess I should've clicked on the link within the link lol.

[Del Rio]

I hate that show.....Hardcore Pawn is a real pawn show

[1ofakind71]

Vorshlag sells a "adjustable" Steering shaft.

[1ofakind71]

and U joints for the shaft too!

[tiFreak]

Originally Posted by Del Rio

I hate that show.....Hardcore Pawn is a real pawn show

even though they're both completely fake?


I think you should put a second lock cylinder on the passenger side and get those launch keys, then make the car only start when both are turned at the same time

[Crashaddict]

Big thanks to 1ofakind71 for turning me on to vorshlag, I can finally move on with my project now. It wasn't cheap, but I picked up a custom cut Z3 shaft with ujoints. I would've never found that part without your input so thank you sir *tips hat*

[Crashaddict]

Anybody have any old ac lines lying around in your garages?

[pdxmotorhead]

A good hydraulic shop should be able to fab you a set fairly cheap. If you take the old ends in they can re-crimp them.

Ar a AC shop...

Then they will fit exact.

Dave

[Crashaddict]

Thanks for the tip

[1ofakind71]

No problem Crash, glad to help

[KSKarl]

Originally Posted by Crashaddict

so this idea for a swap snuck up on me last night. I have a buddy who has an S52 swapped Ti... it was my idea for him to get it and it is just awful...it sounds bad is always broken and the weight defies the point of the cars size. All in all, i hate my friends s52 swapped ti, it doesn't even feel fast.

There's something seriously wrong with your friend's car. I have an S50 engine in my car and it's a blast -- revs so fast in first gear that shift up to second is like right now, with a little chirp from the tires grabbing second. And 85 in 3rd follows real quick after that. And it's been reliable.

[KSKarl]

On the other hand, I've had a few Mazdas in my past and loved the way the rotary wound up, especially a reworked 13b in one car. Mazda put a warning buzzer in the tach that was my shift indicator for getting it on.

[Crashaddict]

Originally Posted by KSKarl

On the other hand, I've had a few Mazdas in my past and loved the way the rotary wound up, especially a reworked 13b in one car. Mazda put a warning buzzer in the tach that was my shift indicator for getting it on.

haha, yes, we are well past the point of convincing me to go with an m50 or s52. too much money into this swap already to look back......and yeah, the power delivery on the wankel is soooo bloody smooth

[pdxmotorhead]

The 12A and 13B were both good motors when rebuilt correctly.

The problem now is that major parts are unobtanium. Mazda stopped production of pretty much all the 12A parts and most of the 13B parts.

At teh end of the day it cool technology normally aspirated, I never cared for the fragility of a race mazda turbo engine.

FYI the gasket set with good orings are north of 600 bucks now.

Mazda tricks is about the last source out there...

I put 24 race weekends and a 8 hour enduro on a ITA build 12A...
Then it puked an Apex and its rebuild time... Base refresh with the
hope of no big parts in the 6000 dollar range... Redline was 9300 on the ITA build.
NO major porting allowed...

Just never ever run leaded race gas it will fry a rotary....

SDS is one of the easiest and most reliable stand alone systems I've ever seen on a Rotary...

Cheers and GLWTHB,,, Looking forward to some driving reports.

Dave