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From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Keeping the Mazda  RX7 alive
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Posted for "Stone Tool" <owly@ttc-cmc.net>:
Beat you to it by a few years......   20+ years ago I purchased a Mazda 12A 
powered pickup which gave up the ghost a year or so later....  A cute pickup, 
and fun to drive, I installed a Buick 225 (odd fire) V6 which I coupled to a 5 
speed Toyota transmission  (Toyota because of the removable bell housing... 
unusual in light 5 speeds).  With glass pack mufflers and 2" chrome stacks I 
rattled the windows and walls around town for years.  The conversion included 
installing a 3.9:1 ratio rear axle from a Chevy pickup... just a bit wider 
than the front, but that didn't bother me any.   My love affair with this 
little hot rod pickup lasted a number of years until I sold it and replaced it 
with an extended cab Datsun.  The V6 made a great conversion, though it was a 
bit of a challenge.  
	If I had an RX7 with a bum engine I wouldn't hesitate a minute to do the same 
but I would probably use the 4.0 Ford V6 due to it's narrower build (60 
degree)....though it is significantly longer than the 4.3.

				H.W.


[Hey guys, this is a "rotary engines in airplanes" list...  think we could get 
back on track, please?

                  <Marv>            ]