thinking ahead to a project further down the line ::) has the rx8/7 engine been installed with a transverse gearbox anywhere ?
i can see the exhaust manifold might want to use the same space in the universe as the one drive shaft but sure i can get round that
anyone got any picture ?
i did think about this when i had the engine out of my mazda 3...sizewise it was almost the same but the exhaust issue you mentioned plus how to get the big flywheel in a smaller bellhousing led me to drop the idea....although for a man of your talent???
pete.
this was posted for me on my thread,worth a look. http://www.maztra.nl/rotary_Eng.html
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-acura-28/ek-civic-13b-rotary-huge-turbo-%3D-new-civette-haha-2274994/
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1119153911429265
https://www.google.com/search?q=fwd+rotary&sa=N&rlz=1C1CHBD_enGB784GB784&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=AwecG4i-hvmQWM%252CEGGiLMM_ZRkVaM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSZmZ9gHO6tdlBfS4m4LLa0ncndlA&ved=2ahUKEwijkaWQu_DsAhULmBQKHYD9CCQQ9QF6BAgKEEI&biw=1280&bih=648#imgrc=AwecG4i-hvmQWM
Hi Pete
thanks for those links i just a quick look very interesting, MR2 box seems the way to go then i have one of them in the shed, any one got a dead rx8 engine kicking around they want to sell ? drive shaft does look close to the exhaust ports
(https://i.postimg.cc/CxWGX9NX/screenshot-336.png) (https://postimages.org/)
but i would imagine you could rotate the engine relative to the gearbox so the exhaust ports come up away from the drive shaft cant see much in the engine that would care about that ?
i still have a couple of road legal buggies that might take an rx8 engine in the back, this one has a nissan micra engine in it but needs a bit more get up and go
(https://i.postimg.cc/6521ybrN/kinroad.png) (https://postimages.org/)