Using a Renesis motor for a rotospit
09-08-2014, 08:26 PM
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Using a Renesis motor for a rotospit
I have an 8 and I'm starting to think about putting together a Triumph Spitfire with a rotary engine. I'm going to swap in a Miata rear subframe and diff. I'm trying to decide between using a NA 13B engine vs a 13B-MSP. I would love to go turbo but don't know about space. I'm going rotary period. What are the advantages of the 6 port or the REW?
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PapBear (10-11-2021)
10-11-2021, 04:23 PM
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Other Chassis for a Rotary
I have been enamored with rotary engines since 1970. Wrote my first mechanical engineering term paper about rotary engines.
Earlier this year I acquired a 6 port RX8 engine and six speed manual transmission.
I also bought a 1974 Jensen Healey as a recipient, but that has a Stroker 2.2 Lotus engine, too sweet to pull out..
So another possible destination is a local Opel Manta sport coupe.
Much more press about taking the Renesis OUT of the RX8 vs putting it Into something else. I see a Spitfire and Lotus 7.
how challenging would the Opel be?
Even a bone stock Renesis would be a tremendous power increase!
Earlier this year I acquired a 6 port RX8 engine and six speed manual transmission.
I also bought a 1974 Jensen Healey as a recipient, but that has a Stroker 2.2 Lotus engine, too sweet to pull out..
So another possible destination is a local Opel Manta sport coupe.
Much more press about taking the Renesis OUT of the RX8 vs putting it Into something else. I see a Spitfire and Lotus 7.
how challenging would the Opel be?
Even a bone stock Renesis would be a tremendous power increase!
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