rx7 with a new engine (not rotary)

[billybobbooth]

as i work on alfas ive been thinking would it be a good idea if i took a rotten fb/fc (so would have been scraped)
reweld it or take the broken lump out.
and fit a alfa deisel engine or a alfa t spark engine in?
or its this just a bad idea just to save a fb/fc from going to metal heven???

[DC-TYPER]

diesels rx???
 
why not
 
dc

[shaunwil]

Probably cheaper just to stick LPG on the current engine !

Shaun

[billybobbooth]

always wanted a mr2 with a desel lump in as i loved the looks but not the mpg
love the rx fc looks even better but want to shoot myself at the 2 gallons per mile.
so was thinking of getting a scrapper keeping it stock and throwing in a deisel as a run about to and from work.

[billybobbooth]

Probably cheaper just to stick LPG on the current engine !

Shaun

lpg sounds a good plan but as a good kit is 1-2k i would much rather just put that to fuel for the time i would drive it.

wasnt thinking for my current car was thinkng to keep a fb or fc from the crap man.

[shaunwil]

Go with an impco carb (or 2 on a weber manifold), and a Toroidal Tank in the boot and get it certified and you should have change out of 1k.

I see equal to equivalent to 35-40mpg deisel on the 13b ! Good 16-20mpg on lpg at half the price of diesel. Been doing it for almost 4yrs now.

Shaun

[shaunwil]

What are the specs on the diesels. You would probably need a full donor car for the engine, ecu and fuel system.

Would be a fun project for sure.

Shaun

[Rzla]

always wanted a mr2 with a desel lump in as i loved the looks but not the mpg
love the rx fc looks even better but want to shoot myself at the 2 gallons per mile.
so was thinking of getting a scrapper keeping it stock and throwing in a deisel as a run about to and from work.

Get your facts right before you start spouting bull:censored::censored::censored::censored:

2 mpg? What are you smoking?

[B.Martin]

Calm down mate, he was exaggerating he owns an fc and the mpg on them is aweful!

Seriously...

[re japi]

Diesel Rx would be nice. But not with old diesel, like Mercedes 2l N/A! 0-62mph would be like 7 weeks...

[B.Martin]

I\'m not a massive fan of these engine swaps personally, as imo if you \'saving\' a rotary by changing the rotary your not really saving it are you? Does that makes sence, HOWEVER. I\'m very shocked that no one has put a VW 1.8 20v Turbo in an RX-7 yet, but i imagine converting on to RWD could be a real problem. How about a 1.8 MX5 engine? Are the drive trains now similar? And you can always turbo or sueprcharge one of them.

[Rzla]

Its all in the tune! Get someone who knows what they are doing to map your cars!

How can a single turbo fd with over 400 hp be getting significantly better mileage than you guys?

[B.Martin]

Guy probably has a good point to be honest, but i don\'t drive mine often enough to be worried about the MPG.

[David Nock (RIP)]

Get your facts right before you start spouting bull:censored::censored::censored::censored:

2 mpg? What are you smoking?

2 gpm he wrote.....better still.....:Giggle

[billybobbooth]

Its all in the tune! Get someone who knows what they are doing to map your cars!

How can a single turbo fd with over 400 hp be getting significantly better mileage than you guys?

:censored::censored::censored::censored: me mate i was exagerating about the mpg, + i dont exactly pottle around in the fc even when at 30 or 40 im sat in 2nd,

as for a not to some one about a doner car thats not a prob i work for the biggest alfa company in the uk we have lots a of cars.