1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
Mazda 6 and Ford Mondeo ST220 are the places that one was found here, the O/P stays New Zealand....
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
I have a 3.0 Duatec V6 (I think from a 2001 Mondeo) in the garage. It is waiting the enthusiasm to fit it to a focus. In the Mondeo it REALLY shifted so in a Viva that weighs about the same as the Mondeo's back seat it should move like it's rocket propelled!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
are you going down the piston route?
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
So it must be the Duratec V6 out of the Mazda 6 and the Mondeo then? Or is the gearbox clue a red herring? Hmm, the thread title isyoeddynz wrote:......Clue- its bolted to my original Rx7 gearbox.
Which implies that it's no longer an engine of the Wankel variety.1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
i was thinking jet power 
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
Surely not the K series V6? Interesting choice if so.J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
I have driven 2 different Minors with a kv6 squeezed in. They are REALLY rapid!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
Really? The only RWD application of a FWD V6 I can think of is the one from the Rover 75 in Ken Wood's rally Dolomite, complete with GRP body parts.TerryG wrote:I have driven 2 different Minors with a kv6 squeezed in. They are REALLY rapid!
I guess the Mazda one would go just as well though.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
Both done by the same bloke with parts from JLH restoration I believe although on their site it doesn't say they can be used with the v6. I will give him a poke and get some snaps 
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: 1968 Viva HB was Rotary powered..now...
I suppose it's a logical choice as it's actually not much different in weight from the IL4 out of the MX5, but a Mazda engine in a Minor seems wrong somehow. Don't know why, but it just does. 
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..