Z33dori

zomg... yea aww good times good times.

it's funny b/c at the track he came out flooring it and blew some belt off and had to get off the track to fix it.. lol

__________________

gunluvS14

man, I think that's cool as hell

__________________

racepar1

Sounds moderately retarded to me. Even the rx-7 guys are ditching the rotary for the ls-1. I guess it's kind of cool, but I just don't think it makes sense.

Om1kron

Yeah because a rotary has neeeeeeever been swapped into a civic chassis before.

__________________
Wayne

simmode1

Wow. And I thought that s2000 powered s13 was weird.
I think that car made more torque, too. Innovative, but

Bubbles

Rotary guys?

Every fucking person that owns a car seems to be swapping an LS1.

slayeroftheunholy

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=739837

You should see his buddy's NA 3-rotor. it is pretty bad ass

gregfarz78

cool swap but not for me you'd probably spend less swapping in a LSX and make more torque stock

HyperTek

Theres 2 kinds of people.
People who love the rotary,
and people who dislike the rotary from what they hear.

So its expected.
Pretty cool, but i dont think a rotary fits well into a s14 its not that exotic. Rotary in a porsche 911 I do want to do, cheaper then building up a porsche engine and enough power to stay up with higher end porsches.

But you got to understand, the guy who built it owns a shop, so this was probably also a test of their skills and to flex their shop muscle.

At least the car isnt overkill /built for bragging rights like that S2k with a 2JZ

__________________
Keep it Classy

!Zar!

13bt in an ae86.

Done.

__________________

aznpoopy

lol... true. they are eerily fun to drive.

but you missed the third segment
people who are sick of dealing with them

!Zar!

Yay for the rotary super friends.

Luckly I haven't blown an apex seal yet.

__________________

racepar1

The ls-1 is hands-down the best motor available at this particular time when you look at the whole package (weight, power/torque, cost , and swap complication). Makes sense that the swap is so popular. I myself am a big ls-1 fan.

Rotaries are a blast. I actually wanna build a N/A rotary swapped first gen miata. They are really not as un-reliable as most people think, but they require a LOT of attention to keep them going.

240=180

some of my friends are putting rotary's in old vw beettles

floodo1

wow everyone acts like rotary's have no advantages over piston engines

__________________
Buy the best, none other compares!

JohnJohn86

I would do it the other way arround. SR20 in a FD

aznpoopy

yep. gf has an 87 n/a with about 170k on it now. original motor! just about everything except the engine is bad. but it still runs like a champ.

S14.3BRE

Hey guys thanks for all of the comments. This thread was already started so I figured I'll just introduce myself here. My name is Peter. I've owned this car since 2001 when I was 17 years old. In 2002 was when I installed a S14 SR. Later I upgraded to a Microtech, bigger turbo, suspension, etc.. Finaly late season in 2005 the motor finally let go. Here is a link of the car then. http://drift411.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2288
I've always been a rotary guy at heart but loved the S chassis. So I figured it was time to do the swap. It has taken us a long time because my friend Logan and I started up a shop here in Pataskala, Ohio called Defined Autoworks.

The horsepower and torque was at 13lbs w/93 octane, roughly tuned on our dyna packs. The engine at the time only had 60 miles on it. The more I drove it the stronger it felt. We've been working on a few 3rotor conversions on FD/FCs so I have not yet re-dyno'd the car. I built this not to break records but to be a purpose built track car. I'll be posting more pictures when the car is finally done. Thanks again for the your comments.

afro88

Nice job man.

As far as the weight, a major factor in a stock 13bt is all the emissions equipment and accesories as well as the iron portions of the engine. The rotory engine can get extremely light with enough work and elimination of creature comforts.

I used to have a TII FC and the car was fun as hell, my first taste of boost. Reliability wasnt that big of an issue to me, but the cost of parts was out of this world. An Sr is more expensive than a 13b, but thats negligable when putting it into anything other than an rx chassis. I love rotory I just dont have the money or patience for one right now.

I like this though just because he isnt being a typical s-chassis owner.

__________________
Buy my wheels. Nismo LM-gt1's.

trsilvias13

Welcome and congrats on finishing the swap. There are pictures of a s13 a while back with a rotary swap. I think it is very interested, and I would have done it to my s14, but I cannot weld and such.

I own a fd3s and a s14 and the fd does sound way BA and is faster (for now)

Brian W.

Hi Peter!

your car is kick ass!



byahhhhhh

__________________
www.ma-motorsports.com
-Fab work, builds, swaps, dyno tuning

dynamicck

nice setup

rotary + drifting =your car must run HOT.

is that the C&R dual pass radiator? any overheating issues?

racepar1

The rotary engine's advantages are:

1- Weight (theoretically)
The rotary engine itself is much lighter than conventional piston engines. Unfortuanetly though you need to bolt a TON of shit onto it in order to make it pass smog. So if you want the car to be theoretically able to pass smog the weight savinge would be negligeable.

2- RPM range
Rotaries rev GREAT because thay have VERY few internal moving parts. \

3- Packaging
Since the rotary engine is so small it can be mounted much further back and much lower than a piston engine.

The problem is that the dis-advantages outweigh the advantages for most people.

dookiedang

..i think 400whp is pretty good for a car that isnt running that high on boost and the fact that they are just being careful and trying to break in the engine with only 60 miles.

S14DB

Didn't Garage Bosso do this in a S13 last year?

__________________
Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

Antihero983

um what?

I own a 1972 Baja Beetle and would like to see pics of these swaps.

__________________
"So here I am, right back at it again, just like I've always been"

Works Concepts

If you do a search "rotary beetle" you will find a few vids. That S14 must have had a lot of fab work and labor to make that work. I have seen pics of more SR's in RX-7's, this is a first for the other way around.

__________________
Works Concepts
310-273-3005
Site: www.worksconcepts.com
Email: [email protected]

Cooling Sale Radiators Hoses Fans Mishimoto/Koyo!!! Click Here

S14.3BRE

I do have a twin pass C&R radiator. Also have twin Setrab oil coolers 25row all running on -12an. Car never exceeds over 80c. Honestly the harder I run it seems to me the cooler it gets.

SlideWell

those F1 owners are crazy; er uh...i mean, FD drivers

97KATURBOSILVIA

something different i like it, should of been a 20b for all the hassel you inccured. 20b's sound amazing at 9-10k rpm, hope you dont rear end somebody because that intercooler radiator setup thats so beautiful will be toast. Im selling my kouki built ka-t if any one interested not to thread jack but im going back to a FD3S for sexy style