Hi guys! So new here but not new to Miata's. I've been around for a number of years but have not been all that active.
Anyway, I've Been wanting to build a Rotary miata for as long as I've had one. I remember seeing threads about people saying that's the engine that should have come in Miata's. So once I heard one. I knew In my mind I would build one.
So after getting a free shell, and finally being at a point in my life that I'm not living check to check. This is the time. As my favorite speaker says. "There is never the perfect time to do a great thing" So lets make it Happen.
Said Shell.
It was a Ex Spec Miata that was left for dead. Asked the owner how much he wanted for it and he said "Free and I can deliver anywhere to get my wife off my back" haha so we loaded it up!
So next on the List was of course a engine. I used Tiger JDM out of Canada and yea BIG regret. Long story short. Horrible seller. Gave me Wrong parts, tried to Lie and say they didnt. Charged me for parts that were wrong and incomplete. Zabi is the worst human I've ever dealt with. So NEVER BUY FROM TIGER JDM EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Said engine.
After that, reading a lot of 13B swap threads everyone said the part that they would have done different on almost all of them was getting a V8roadsters Tube Subframe. So i obliged. Fantastic Build quality, only 25lbs, and great customer service. They will have my business again.
Then I had to look at the transmission side of things. I could have gone full FC drivetrain but given that I have a 1.8 diff and 05 axles and the fact that I wont be going over 250hp Stock miata stuff is fine. But in order to do that you need a FC bell housing and Shortening the output shaft. So found a guy local with one and snagged it for dirt cheap.
Ill be giving a machinist this for the measurements.
So the shell literally had nothing in it. Not a Nut or Bolt on it. So I snagged some parts from my old car to get it rolling. And bought another miata for parts from a buddy for next to nothing.
This thing is a heap. But still has great parts. Well Important parts haha
Lastly I need to wire it all up and Need a ECU and ignition. Found another guy that did the swap before and is parting it out. So I snagged a Apexi Power FC Ecu, and meshed miata to Rx7 Harness, and Ignition coils and associated stuff. Paypaling him as I type this and it should be shipped out tomorrow morning!
So this is where I am right now.
Next on the List is
Clutch
Flywheel
Need a 54mm socket.
Radiator + Fans
Intercooler setup.
Fuel
Thanks For looking guys.