I STILL own a rotary and have found that its a lot (Read: HEAPS) more reliable than the 1100, then theres brakes for one, there easier to work on not to mention cheaper, the only thing pricey with looking after the 7 is plugs!
I've had no serious problems with the RX7 or the motor, even after 280,000klm's on the same motor, 1 rebuild @ 180,000klms.

A 6 port would make 80kw @ "wheels", as my motor with no porting or exhaust makes 88kw @ the fly with only a K'n'N filter and its a Aussie 4 port. 6 ports make more like 100kw.
The 4 port in th RX7 now will out perform the mini from idle to 4500pm (The 1100's good power band), so torque wouldnt be an issue if i put the motor in a car with half the weight. it would just be scarey in the higher revs!

Fuel Vs Power, a stock 4 port 12A (with how little fuel it chews in comparison) would kill a 1330 with a webber, but people still live with that kinda fuel loss.... .
And Whats so fantastic about a worked A-series,Suzi or starlet conversion? i thought so, it's all been done before. (Not having a dig, just making a point!!)

Ps: efficiency isnt an issue, anyone knows you sacrifice that when you start modifying a car.

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68' Morris, 1100,

Willson Automotive
Tasmania's ONLY mini Specialists
(03) 62725056

http://photobucket.com/albums/a323/the_white_one/

Sorry Doc, i have a habit of missing details...... usualy the important ones!!!!!!

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68' Morris, 1100,

Willson Automotive
Tasmania's ONLY mini Specialists
(03) 62725056

http://photobucket.com/albums/a323/the_white_one/

A well sorted 12a extend port should get 180hp. bridgeport up to 240hp, then fuel inject it for more reliability and driveability. As for gearbox, i think a rotary can be mated to a 88upwards laser(323) gearbox. Only hassel i see would be trying to fit a decent exhaust under the mini to keep it all quiet.

Gilly.. Why do people climb mountains ?

Why am I planning this very conversion for a Moke ?

Why did Phil Donoghue ever quit ?

These are all unanswerables.... I Just want to do it !

Personally, having driven Many Rotaries, (13BT Cosmo, 12A-BP R100, 13B-PP RX-3 and one or two others including an original NSU!) I like the torque curve (or lack of it!) and the weight of a moke would be LESS than an R100 .... and they seem to go alright !

I'm thinking 12A, Cordia / Camry gearbox, FWD Moke....
Add a little weight to get it Legal (Fibreglass hard-top and a few lead-shot bags in the side-channels!), get it engineered, and have some fun at the lights.... not the blazing off at 100MPH fun, but nice, safe, legal "Brap, Brap" type fun....

Oh yea, I'd like to change it to a Bridge Port too....

Not bothering with the IDA COnversion, but leaving it a 4BBL Nikki.. i reckon they are a Top carb !

J

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I have also owned a Mild Port RX4 4door Auto and it shat all over Falcons and Comondor's even Brock specials...boy were they pissed off

I never had a problem with it and fanged the crap out of it...just warm it up and back then We were putting Unlead in for the seals

Reving past 12 just about everyday and doing back fires most weekends...reving it up in first and then and then just releasing the right foot and Bang....down Church st in Parramatta

Relable...I never fixed anything just upgraded..the only car I have done this with

I'm not disclsing what I have planed

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

i'm not afraid of rotary's, i have been consistantly faster than all contenders through the twistys, even beaten a few at the lights.

mmm boat anchor putt putt runs on coal A series..

seriously though, i have heard so many times about people attempting this conversion, but i have never seen one that has been completed.

Paul Gulson did one way back in the sixties

It was crap fast ,,,,But!!!

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

dont know if you guys have seen this but a 300fwkw mini would be awesome !
http://www.rotorworx.com.au/engine_packages.html

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Hmmmmm..... Jennifer Garner

"seriously though, i have heard so many times about people attempting this conversion, but i have never seen one that has been completed."

The pieces have been set.

The Game Will Commence.

Watch This Space.

*ROTA*MOKE*



J

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hehe i wanna see this , ive always wanted to put a 13b in a mini but havent got the time or money to do so . good luck with it

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i like chicken

going past 7k rpm is really pushing it, i've heald my car to 8000, takes it fine, but if you do some reaseach on what reving past 6500rpm is doing to your rotor you would stop doing it.

As for 14k rpm, the exageration gets bigger and bigger the further you get away from the actually rotary engine forums.

The realworld limit is about 9k, even for bridgeported engines.

For your mini, a stock port, 12a, with a nice exhaust would probably already be enough to start twisting the chassi. You are talking about an engine capable of making ~75rwkw(130hp at the fly) and sticking it into a small shopping crate.

The reliabilty with my daily driven rx-7 is 2nd to none, yet to fail on me. And the fuel usage isn't as bad as people make it out to be, uses about 12.5L/100kms in a 1100kg car, driven fairly spirited.

I personally love the idea of a rear driven 12a mini

ohh and the torque talk.

OK, do some reading on that too, torque means crap fiddle sticks all at the engine, it gets converted at the gearbox, and then again at the differential, and then again with the rolling diameter or the tyres.

Acceleration is proportional to hp. The only reason people talk about torque is because usually the engine with the good low end torque will also be good at making hp in the lower end of the revrange, but just remember the car can always be geared lower to make up for those sort of problems.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA
HE SAID MINI WITH A CHASSIE
THEN SEZ SHOPPING CART BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ok jobro mini's donot have a chassie they are monoquorc construcktion
two subframes one each end
next obviously you have never tried to put a weeks grocerys in a mini just dont happen
makka

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Anonymous moderation means the agro that is built up towards the mods isn't aimed at an individual (fewer "Makk" attacks). Less stress for mods means less moderator "retirements".

When u put the rotary in u have to do a custom subframe , so while ure down there u strengthen it so it aint a "shopping cart"

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74 clubman hopefully rego'd soon....
and 76 clubbie van!! - Ratschite after what i found what it was covered in when i found her...
http://photobucket.com/albums/b44/minimechanic/?sc=1

Meh... there are already a number of people on this forum with minis that make more horsies than that.

Oh and makka, the monster truck holds the shopping nicely. But yeah in a normal mini would be an effort.

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