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toyzforme · 01-16-2014, 09:11 AM

Hey everybody. I own a 74 Triumph Spitfire racecar that had a Alfa Romeo engine in it until the bottom end let go. Well a good friend let me drive his Jensen Healey with a 13B rotary in it. Wow was I impressed so the hunt began for a donor car.

I picked up a 86 RX7 GXL with only about 57K miles on it. After fixing several issues to get it to run right (PO had no idea what he was doing) I proceeded to do a transplant rotary into my 74 Spitfire. After 5 months of cutting and grinding and welding, I managed to stuff it into the racecar. Plans are to take it to the track this weekend and see how she will run.

I have learned a lot about the rotary in this journey and will continue to learn more as I go along. Well talk at y'all later.

01-16-2014, 09:11 AM	#1
toyzforme The Newbie Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	New Guy Hey everybody. I own a 74 Triumph Spitfire racecar that had a Alfa Romeo engine in it until the bottom end let go. Well a good friend let me drive his Jensen Healey with a 13B rotary in it. Wow was I impressed so the hunt began for a donor car. I picked up a 86 RX7 GXL with only about 57K miles on it. After fixing several issues to get it to run right (PO had no idea what he was doing) I proceeded to do a transplant rotary into my 74 Spitfire. After 5 months of cutting and grinding and welding, I managed to stuff it into the racecar. Plans are to take it to the track this weekend and see how she will run. I have learned a lot about the rotary in this journey and will continue to learn more as I go along. Well talk at y'all later.

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