Yeah i heard the one that has been made in Australia was made in QLD.. but is running around in sydney somewhere..

But have not really tried chasing it up really..

Well i have found out that the guy that does the rotory into mini conversions is still around. His name is doug and hes number is 0438 759 674.

He uses a 13b single rotor mated to a mitsubishi cordia gearbox. I have been given this info from a friend of his off the ausrotory forums. He states the reason why single rotors are used is cause you get ample reliability and power and revs... who needs torque when you have 15.000 revs to play with..

and also, cause the standard endplates are used, then you have a water pump and oil pump that are meant for two rotors, so ample cooling and lubrication aswell, reliability comes form the fact that a shorter "crankshaft" is used, so less flex and more revs!!

So if anyone is seriously looking at doing a rotor conversion then give give him a call and he will be more than happy to answer all questions about all aspects...
and get as much info as possible.

Guys I have a magazine feature on this car. It is powered by a 12a turbo rotary mated to a toyota corona ST190 (late fwd-model I suppose) 5 speed box. It runs macpherson struts all round and as you have said has been stretched a bit, apparently it is about 100mm wider and 100mm longer.

The chassis is a complete spaceframe deal, with fibreglass panels. According to the article, on 18psi boost it put out 310 hp at the front wheels, but it usually runs at the track with 25psi. 15inch TSW wheels, dunlop slicks. S4 RX7 front brakes, Suzuki GSX 1100 rears. Thats about it really.

The article is in the current issue of 'Performance Buldups' if anyone is interested. There is a red holden ute doing a burnout on the cover but there is actually some good content in this mag. It has gone down hill of late though. They featured the whole build of the 'redback spyder' which was at the motor show. Awesome car, if a bit on the ugly side.

Anyway, hope this helps.

madmorrie.

don't you find it funny that the only pictures of a rotary mini are sponsored by kelford cams. last time I looked rotary's didn't need cams

anyhtings possible in the land of the long white cloud