Legalized eunos cosmo for sale? - Page 2

classicauto · 08-26-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Herblenny

Canada will allow 15 or older Japanese cars to be street legal... Which means more and more Cosmo could be legalized thru Canada (and newer cosmos) to USA

I knew there was a reason for everyone buddying up with us Canucks. I feel used!!!

***Herblenny*** · 08-26-2008, 05:30 PM

I'm sorry.. But I have to laugh about the sleeper comment... Reason is, 1. Cosmo is only known by rotorheads..... Most other people who sees that wouldn't know what the hell it is. Not only that, I think most rotorheads hype up that car just because it has 20B in it. But in the stock form, it not much.. And to make it into something to be "sleeper" you would need to do some major work! If I did to buy one of those and mod to make 600+ HP (which I don't think auto tranny will handle nor would I want to drive it with leather seats or stock brakes) I would have to spend probably more then if I were to drop 20B into a 3rd gen or any other RX body...

Second, in order to be a true sleeper... You need to NOT have that possibility of being fast.. which 20B cosmos already have this view by many.. even though it might not.. just because of the 3 rotor engine.

Bottomline, I think of sleeper to be a civic that looks like stock and make 400+HP or RX2 or RX3 that looks stock and makes 300+HP. But each to our own opinions what sleeper is....

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Originally Posted by classicauto

I knew there was a reason for everyone buddying up with us Canucks. I feel used!!!

LOL! That's why I invited you all Canucks!! J/k! Hope to see you all next year!

warwickben · 08-27-2008, 02:38 PM

you want to know what a real sleeper is a mark 8 with a built motor. shit a brick when i saw one beat a supra on the highway lol.

SHPmainMAN · 08-31-2008, 08:03 PM

my dreams have been shot down.... herblenny schooled me on this one..... i guess ill build my PP N/A 20b ive been contemplating

Miata_mx5 · 08-31-2008, 11:35 PM

There is no such thing as a shot down dream, unless you yourself shoot it down. You have the right, and power to do whatever you want to do in life. You can build a 10A Rotary N/A FD if you want to, and that is your dream. Just don't many people to approve of it.

Herblenny has a lot of valid points, however, life is not always dictated by logic or the "correct answer".

If you want a 20B N/A Cosmo, then do it! It has been done before, and there are plenty of pretty fast cosmos on this earth.

Do what makes you happy!

SHPmainMAN · 09-01-2008, 05:23 PM

we will see.. i might start out our first project car with the FD we have now. I think we may do a GT40 with the tial v-band housing on it. now where to go from there.

Juice · 09-03-2008, 09:43 PM

I saw one a few years ago on the highway here. I was driving home late at night and I saw it up ahead of me just cruising. I sped up to see what it was since my exit was coming up soon. As I caught up to it I could clearly see the cosmo logo on the left hand side and the big rotor emblem in the center of the trunk lid on the rear of the car as we passed the light posts. I got to about a fender past his rear 1/4 and had to get off at my exit. It was deffinatley a 20b powered cosmo, the cruising exhaust note was so nice. Never saw the car again though.

The crazy thing is that this was around the time I was in the process of getting my FC and getting into rotarys. I had wondered what make that car was and found out shortly afterwards what I had seen when I hit the internet when I got home. That hooked me on rotarys.

Man, now I really wanna get my 20b project going.

I'd love to own a single turbo 20b powered JC Cosmo.

StarSpeedRacing · 12-20-2008, 05:55 AM

I can help you get a cosmo here from japan.
PM me for details

RotorDad · 05-01-2009, 07:45 PM

a sleeper is anything that would be viewed as not a worry in the car scene, but in fact is actually fast. cosmo's are not known to all & can be made fast thus making it a sleeper. hondas while make decent built cars have lost sleeper status in my eyes because they are everywhere & it's known there are quite a few that are contenders. now a real sleeper would be a old school 323 with a rotary or a beetle with a porsche turbo flat 6

TehMonkay · 05-01-2009, 09:53 PM

This makes me wonder, can you swap a 13b or 20b into a mazda 929? I mean, i'm sure with fabrication you can, but i wonder if some stock mount will work?

RotorDad · 05-02-2009, 05:41 PM

i had talked to my wife about doing a millennia with a 20B, but we bought a 2006 Speed6 back in jan of 06 instead.

EJayCe996 · 05-02-2009, 07:12 PM

Curtis from Revinsevens had a 20b Cosmo that was TEXAS legal. Brought over a complete rolling chassis, sourced an engine/drivetrain. Put it all together, filed a LOT of paperwork and prayed that it didn't get sent back with a revoke. They accepted his papers and thus there is a Texas legal Cosmo floating around out there somewhere (Curtis sold it to someone basically as soon as the car was ready to go). He cranked it for me a few times before it was sold and let me explore in the car.

On the 850 note, to this very day I am still sickened just imagining what condition one probably is in by now because back in High School (which did have a lot of spoiled rich kids in the demographic) some 18y/o girl was given a baby blue-ish one by her parents. By the time we graduated, the car had all sorts of High School parking lot battle damage and was clearly starting to burn a little oil due to neglect and off she was always driving oblivious and not caring. Its a shame cars like those end up in the wrong hands more times than not.

Bryan@BNR · 05-11-2009, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RotorDad

a sleeper is anything that would be viewed as not a worry in the car scene, but in fact is actually fast. cosmo's are not known to all & can be made fast thus making it a sleeper. hondas while make decent built cars have lost sleeper status in my eyes because they are everywhere & it's known there are quite a few that are contenders. now a real sleeper would be a old school 323 with a rotary or a beetle with a porsche turbo flat 6

now I have a sleeper!!! the 323 GTX that is all modded out! It has different color fender, messed up door but by god it runs great. Just ask Kevin Henderson!

sk8world · 05-11-2009, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Herblenny

But personally, I don't care much about 20B cosmos.

LOL...hahahhah

djmtsu · 05-12-2009, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan@BNR

now I have a sleeper!!! the 323 GTX that is all modded out! It has different color fender, messed up door but by god it runs great. Just ask Kevin Henderson!

I hate you.

08-27-2008, 02:38 PM	#18
warwickben sa rat rod Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tewksbury ma Posts: 408 Rep Power: 18	you want to know what a real sleeper is a mark 8 with a built motor. shit a brick when i saw one beat a supra on the highway lol. __________________

08-31-2008, 08:03 PM	#19
SHPmainMAN SHP Motorsports Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 256 Rep Power: 17	my dreams have been shot down.... herblenny schooled me on this one..... i guess ill build my PP N/A 20b ive been contemplating __________________ SEIBON Summer Special For FD and RX8 1990 Canadian GXL-TII Raffle. Vote NOW!!

09-01-2008, 05:23 PM	#21
SHPmainMAN SHP Motorsports Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 256 Rep Power: 17	we will see.. i might start out our first project car with the FD we have now. I think we may do a GT40 with the tial v-band housing on it. now where to go from there. __________________ SEIBON Summer Special For FD and RX8 1990 Canadian GXL-TII Raffle. Vote NOW!!

12-20-2008, 05:55 AM	#23
StarSpeedRacing StarSpeedRacing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	I can help you get a cosmo here from japan. PM me for details __________________ StarSpeedRacing Parts Development & Discount Parts! GB:FD Intercooler Kit GB:Stainless Non Turbo Headers Contact: StarSpeedRacing@gmail.com

05-01-2009, 07:45 PM	#24
RotorDad Big Ugly Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fredericksburg, Va Posts: 591 Rep Power: 17	a sleeper is anything that would be viewed as not a worry in the car scene, but in fact is actually fast. cosmo's are not known to all & can be made fast thus making it a sleeper. hondas while make decent built cars have lost sleeper status in my eyes because they are everywhere & it's known there are quite a few that are contenders. now a real sleeper would be a old school 323 with a rotary or a beetle with a porsche turbo flat 6 __________________ *Boosted Big Body On 335's* PS3 ID: Rotordad 1986 Mazda RX7 GXL - Street ported 13BT, Haltech, 62mm, ect. 2006 MazdaSpeed 6 - Eagle, Wiseco, Cobb, ect.

08-31-2008, 11:35 PM	#20
Miata_mx5 Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Irvine, Southern California Posts: 99 Rep Power: 18	There is no such thing as a shot down dream, unless you yourself shoot it down. You have the right, and power to do whatever you want to do in life. You can build a 10A Rotary N/A FD if you want to, and that is your dream. Just don't many people to approve of it. Herblenny has a lot of valid points, however, life is not always dictated by logic or the "correct answer". If you want a 20B N/A Cosmo, then do it! It has been done before, and there are plenty of pretty fast cosmos on this earth. Do what makes you happy!

05-01-2009, 09:53 PM	#25
TehMonkay Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 302 Rep Power: 18	This makes me wonder, can you swap a 13b or 20b into a mazda 929? I mean, i'm sure with fabrication you can, but i wonder if some stock mount will work? __________________ My car blows up everytime I start it, it's rotary

05-02-2009, 05:41 PM	#26
RotorDad Big Ugly Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fredericksburg, Va Posts: 591 Rep Power: 17	i had talked to my wife about doing a millennia with a 20B, but we bought a 2006 Speed6 back in jan of 06 instead. __________________ *Boosted Big Body On 335's* PS3 ID: Rotordad 1986 Mazda RX7 GXL - Street ported 13BT, Haltech, 62mm, ect. 2006 MazdaSpeed 6 - Eagle, Wiseco, Cobb, ect.

05-02-2009, 07:12 PM	#27
EJayCe996 PPP-P-P-P-POWER! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North GP, TX Posts: 283 Rep Power: 18	Curtis from Revinsevens had a 20b Cosmo that was TEXAS legal. Brought over a complete rolling chassis, sourced an engine/drivetrain. Put it all together, filed a LOT of paperwork and prayed that it didn't get sent back with a revoke. They accepted his papers and thus there is a Texas legal Cosmo floating around out there somewhere (Curtis sold it to someone basically as soon as the car was ready to go). He cranked it for me a few times before it was sold and let me explore in the car. On the 850 note, to this very day I am still sickened just imagining what condition one probably is in by now because back in High School (which did have a lot of spoiled rich kids in the demographic) some 18y/o girl was given a baby blue-ish one by her parents. By the time we graduated, the car had all sorts of High School parking lot battle damage and was clearly starting to burn a little oil due to neglect and off she was always driving oblivious and not caring. Its a shame cars like those end up in the wrong hands more times than not. __________________ 1. Walk through a row of 22", or larger, rims 2. Say you love dubstep 3. ????? 4. PROFIT! Axiomatic: Total cacology.