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That looks awesome... well done! Was this the shell that was at hayward rotary around 2009?

Excellent update 

Keep us posted on the Bongo as well, now that's a real dare to be different 

So the bongo has changed hands since those pics. It was owned by a mate with an R100, an 808 coupe, a series 4 rx2 coupe and beautful fully restored 1300 wagon. Due to a house purchase, the rx2, 1300 and bongo were sold. Bongo is now in the hands of the guy built my motor so its body off for chasis check and comnence floor welding!

Great progress 

- lovely engine sound on idle, but what's that squeal from under the bonnet?

Thats the belt on the pulleys...it was a little tight after adjusting the alternator... whines like a supercharger! Grows old pretty quick though and ive adjusted it now!

Scorred some 13 x7 superlites in 4 x110 too ...

So my seal kit arrived

Plus i got some 12a spares from a mate with a very rare mazda bongo van which is now being restored into a cool retro cruiser!








After being pulled down by me, engine was half bridgeported, half street ported and put back to together by Andrew at Ace Rotary who did a great job of painting it too.

No surprise it was exported. Rx2 s are $40-50K Allday long.  On car sales.com.auhere an r100 in origninal barn find condition is up for $95k!

Motor is now built... i ll have find some pictures,

Video of it running here though

https://youtu.be/n46W0TGb4i0

Very hard to come by in UK unfortunately and very expensive here in Australia. Could  worth trying a South  african import maybe? Or trying a series 1 2 3 RX7 as a few more of those still exist in UK.

Thanks  i'll be glad when this motor is built with more power!  Just need the seal kit to arrive.... which is currently lost in the post!

I had some 13b housings with chipped chrome on the edges shaved down to 12a specs, and had the water seal grooves cut in.  Very impressed with the way the came out. Just needed lapping to be finished and the are going to be used in my 12a Bridgeport rebuild.






So begun pulling the troublesome old 12a apart.  Not done this with a rotary before and was surprisingly straight forward.  Soon identified that previous engine builder had bodged this together with poor porting and buggered housings!  Glad my nice 13B/12A hybrid housing will do the job! Just need my new Mazda OEM seal kit to arrive now!

Nice little cruise out the other weekend

nice job!

ps. your taillights are wrong way round

Ha ha thats the 7th or 8th time i've heard that, and each time i swap them, i'm told they should be the other way.... seeing as everyone seems to have a different opinion on whats wrong or right they can stay where they are for now

Only one person picked the side skirts are back to front... dogleg should be on the rear, but didn't fit on the rear, but did perfectly on the front, so its on the front for now

Thanks for all the positive comments guys  Mine was that light yellow from the factory, but came to me in a crappy shade of white.  Its been blown over as a tidy up until i can afford a full panel and paint next year, but i'm considering a light blue when it gets done properly.  It does look cool in white though!

On another forum, a poster has come forward with this:


This is my car back in the day, when it ran a 13BT apparently! Underneath the white is a crazed version of this green!  And i got it with the rear wheels shown ( i have one still with same tyres as a spare!) and a trashed grey interior.

It was time for a freshen up so Andrew at Ace Rotary did a decent tidy up for me... not a full panel and paint, that will have to wait for now, but much tidier!










Looking much better...



Nice ass..





After the Nikki carb leaked last sat and the alternator wasnt charging, it was a quick sat eve change of carb and alternator and managed to get to http://customcarsandcoffee.com.au/

Bit of a drought between updates





So the ignition has been returned to a standard set up after it stopped working and i couldn't get to the bottom as to why!  And after 4 years of the stubborn non starting 12 a Bridgeport, i finally spat the dummy when i burnt out another starter motor, so it's been swapped out for a stock 12a for now, so at least i can used the car!



Standard motor running a nikki carb which is currently over fueling so may need the float looking at, or may just swap it back to the 45 DCOE.





Hopefully 1 of these starters i picked up are good!



Andrew from ACE Rotary who fabricated my exhaust has also been repair some underbody damage on the chassis rails for me









Thats my tempremental 12a thats come out in the back ground, waiting to pulled down and find out why it's been its been such a bugger to start!