A few tips etc

[nc30pete]

Right first of all hello to all :-)

Before I get ridiculed for having a rotary engine from the rx I must add that the engine was out of a smashed up rx so it\'s not that sacrilegious :-)

Basically I have a Suzuki cappuccino with a 3rd gen engine converted to single turbo , I bought it from a member back on my Suzuki forum , it was a 90%finished project , the car doesn\'t run quite right, it seems to misfire .

I\'m going to trawl through lots of prior posts to get an insight into these car engines but I just thought if there were any quick pointers or common issues I could look at before hand :-)

Any input greatly appreciated and hope I\'ve not made too many people turn in their grave for such a hybrid .... :-/

[BlitzBoy]

what ECU is running the engine, Apexi,Stock Mazda etc ?

[the hat]

i know the cappichino seen it on the net a few times i thin and its mega i would love it tbh hope you get it sorted out ok

[nc30pete]

I will find out what ecu it runs , tbh I got it off the trailer and put under cover at my mates place in his shed where he used to store his 300 bhp westy, I\'m so busy atm iv purposely put it aside or il not get my work done !!

[gonzoninja]

OH MY GOD!!! A single turbo rotary in a cappachino must be AWESOME!

There\'s a Cappachino for sale in a garage near me...hmmmm...

[FDAsh]

To be honest, people who think of inventive re-homing for rotaries aren\'t burnt at the stake. Putting a piston engine into an RX is asking for a lynching though

[nc30pete]

hey all , i thought i better go put my intelligent charger on the battery on the little car, had a quick look at it, it runs a std ecu, i didnt realise you could convert to a single turbo and run stock computer... anyway i was just thinking , read on some threads that you can get the injector plugs mixed up and put onto the wrong injectors?
I\'ll post up some engine bay pics soon but i didnt have a light yesterday which hindered taking any good pics on my phone. :-/

[Aubec]

If its a 3rd gen (FD) then you can\'t run a single tubby with the factory ECU.  It could be a second gen perhaps?  Or your running problems are because it is a 3rd gen and the ECU doesn\'t have a clue whats going on...

[clive]

Hi Pete and welcome to MRC,

Good luck with the project, hopefully it will be finished in time for Rotorstock in August where we can see where we can see this crazy little car thats going to be a real handful to drive

(do you have any pictures ?)

[nc30pete]

pics are will be posted up soon, im sure it was a 3rd gen ( fd series right ? ) which in my little knowledge is the very smooth looking generation? gimme a few mins and il try and fish out the smashed up rex which the lump came from.

[Lacey]

Was it for sale on eBay a while back? I saw a totally custom white Cappuccino Spyder with no windscreen or roof or anything that had a 13b lump in it.

I was going to do a 13b Cappuccino at one point, then found the described above one on ebay and lost heart, since I was hoping it hadn\'t been done before. :/

[FDAsh]

3rd Gen (FD)



Normal FD engine (13B REW):



Hope that helps.

[captainbizzaro]

That sounds cool as

[nc30pete]

yes its the white one, he was on my cappuccino forum and i watched his 13 page plus build diary of it take place. He has done loads to it, fr n rear subframes been blasted, galvanised and painted, all suspension blasted and powder coated with new bushes , brand new coil over suspension kit, new grooved n drilled discs and pads, plus loads more. Quick q to all, how do you attach pics from my hard drive? looked on ur faq bit and it says look at bottom of page for attaching pics but all im finding is insert pic and only getting a url option :-/

[nc30pete]

that red 3rd gen pic is lovely, they look so nice unfettled / no bodykit etc , the roofline oozes styling lines of a single seater le mans car . Just a set of wheels and they look utterly gorgeous ;-)