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Re: Mazda Rotary, Info please?

To: Palmer Family <amesfolks@snovalley.com>
Subject: Re: Mazda Rotary, Info please?
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:20:09 -0800 (PST)
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
In-reply-to: <199801301806.KAA05360@snovalley.com>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Barry,

To get an idea of all the aspects of such a conversion, see the last
couple of issues of Grassroots Motorsports.  They put a Mazda engine,
trans and rear end into a Spitfire.  It is not as trivial as it might
seem.

Ulix

On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Palmer Family wrote:

> I would like to know if there are conversions for midgets and the Mazda
> rotary engines.  IF someone has put a rotary in a midget, what all is
> involved?  The transmission driveline, etc?
> 
> signed,
> BARRY PALMER
> amesfolks@snovalley.com
> 72 MG Midget (Sparky)
> Trying to explain to parents how safety conscious it would be to have a
> bigger engine(get out of a potential accident quicker, or avoid the
> accident quicker!)
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
                                                           '67 Sprite


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