Mazda Rotary Club

General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: 600gaz on January 08, 2010, 08:33:51 PM

Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: 600gaz on January 08, 2010, 08:33:51 PM
Hello guys , i\'m new to the forum and hope someone can help with a project i\'m building . I need an off the shelf adaptor plate to join a RX7 Rotary engine to a Porsche 911 gearbox . Has anyone seen one for sale or will it have to be a custom made job ? Thanks .
Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: hairyhoover on January 08, 2010, 08:38:17 PM
i dont think this exists matey!
Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: 600gaz on January 08, 2010, 08:47:03 PM
I\'ve seen a few 911\'s and Beetles with Rotarys bolted to 911 gearboxes on YouTube etc so i\'m hoping that someone sells a kit . Not a common conversion in the UK though i suppose .
Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: neil_jdmr on January 08, 2010, 10:38:00 PM
US and Oz sites will be your best bet i reckon mate,
 
try
 
Ausrotary.com
fdrx7.com
rx7club.com
Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: 600gaz on January 08, 2010, 10:54:26 PM
Ok thanks for the info Neil .
Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: rx7boy on January 08, 2010, 11:23:20 PM
http://www.kennedyeng.com/mazda.htm (http://www.kennedyeng.com/mazda.htm)

any help??
Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: rx7boy on January 08, 2010, 11:29:52 PM
Quote from: 600gaz;664232Hello guys , i\'m new to the forum and hope someone can help with a project i\'m building . I need an off the shelf adaptor plate to join a RX7 Rotary engine to a Porsche 911 gearbox . Has anyone seen one for sale or will it have to be a custom made job ? Thanks .


After a little digging i have found a complete write up for you

had to go to the archive website to find as original website is no longer

http://web.archive.org/web/20070125163321/http://web2.airmail.net/atl/Rotary.html (http://web.archive.org/web/20070125163321/http://web2.airmail.net/atl/Rotary.html)

big find  :Viking
Title: Rotary engine to Porsche gearbox ???
Post by: 600gaz on January 09, 2010, 11:34:19 AM
That\'s an excellent bit of info , thanks very much sir .