20B FC anyone?

[syebba]

I\'ve a feeling it\'ll be sold for the engine & the shell scrapped.

[BinoX]

That was pretty much my plan if I buy it, although I\'ll strip it down so that it is literally only the bare shell that gets scrapped.. I\'d even keep the carpet :p

[BinoX]

Well, if the body turned out to not be as bad as it appears then I\'d keep it (somewhere, somehow!) Don\'t like to throw out anything that might be/is good

[dthebuk]

Even if the engine is duff it\'s still worth a fair whack. All hard bits of the conversion have been done for you.if there\'s not too much structural work done for the conversion you could just reshell. Mr hanky I vote you do it!! Probably cheaper than going pp!

[soldave]

I\'ve been offered a 20B from a Cosmo rebuilt by a Japanese tuning company recently for 1250 quid.  Keep trying to talk myself out of it!

[Skifledanabit]

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67726

posted earlier, but I would if I could...

do you think its just an early spring clean or a closing down sale?

I really hope its just the former, I\'d hate to see one of my favourite places to visit go out of business!

[Speedworks]

Been in contact with RX Motors as they are selling it. Seems they have offers for 2500 pounds and up and they are not selling it as such as they expect it to get higher on Ebay.

Given the condition of the car, no history on the engine (mileage, series etc) and such, i don\'t think it\'s worth the effort.

Just another 20B that will go for way too much money

[dthebuk]

Just for comparission I saw MPH customs are selling a rebuilt 20b for £3000-35000

[Nik da Greek]

Just for comparission I saw MPH customs are selling a rebuilt 20b for £3000-35000

Yeh, but that\'s a recently rebuilt engine. The eBay ad says this car\'s been stood for ten years, so god only knows what state it\'s in inside. Plus, would you trust an engine that\'s been run even briefly with that turbo charge cooling system :confused: Which is to say, none at all

[BlitzBoy]

Plus, would you trust an engine that\'s been run even briefly with that turbo charge cooling system :confused: Which is to say, none at all

Turbo engines can run quite safely up to 10 psi without a intercooler, it does sap power when you above 8 or 9 psi without one due to heat versus pressure drop of installing an intercooler.

There were a number of turbo cars in the past running without coolers from factory in the past due to them only running low pressure eg 300zx z31 turbo from the 80s, only ran approx 8 psi still developed 225bhp

[Nik da Greek]

Yeah, doesn\'t make it a good idea though, does it?

[Prof]

Perhaps it was destined to have WI - Tim\'s purple beasty ran without intercooler and had water injection coming on around 4-5 psi from memory.
 
For drag runs / hill climb etc, that\'s ok, and you could always stick an ice tray on that straight pipe

[BlitzBoy]

Yeah, doesn\'t make it a good idea though, does it?

its a good idea if you are running low boost as you get quicker spool up as you dont have the pressure drop of the intercooler and the extra piping plus weight saving. Anything past 10 psi its a bad idea unless you are running WI or Meth as a fuel

[RotorHeid]

imaged, the thousand of peoples watching the FC20B, attacking the Shelsley walsh hill like this... it\'s a pure heaven and proud of them, all of those hillclimb drivers.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5s35A1HV4w&feature=related

[no_boingers]

The eBay ad says this car\'s been stood for ten years, so god only knows what state it\'s in inside.

Exactly.  Unless it\'s been regularly turned over in that time then the walls lost their oily coating years ago and have been rusting quietly to themselves ever since.  One best avoided.

Why didn\'t he post compression test figures in the ad?