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Sept 17, 2007 21:16:27 GMT
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Just done over 1000 miles in my little brown car and so far its averaging 22 +MPG which is good givin it gets revved about alot. still gotta sort out wheels- bring on polish. And bought these a weekend ago.   One has only done 15,000 miles since rebuild and the other is a rare Elford Turbo converted 12A with 160BHP. £300 for both with lots of other bits and pieces including a good rad and oil cooler, two full Stainless exhaust systems and a gearbox plus some spare rx7 wheels with good tyres! Jump on the bus fellas - Rotarys are a very cheap source of free revving power !!! |
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Last Edit: Sept 17, 2007 21:19:10 GMT by yoeddynz
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Sept 17, 2007 21:33:56 GMT
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RX3? You lucky f*ck ant lol, I envy you! Good going with the projects though dude, I love the Chevette!
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Sept 17, 2007 23:43:04 GMT
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nice. have you ever tried to pass it off as a rare option? recon a good few people would fall for it its such a clean conversion and good fit!
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Sept 18, 2007 12:00:55 GMT
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Would you by any chance know what a 12A or a 13B weighs? Hoping to find a sneaky way around the laws on front axle weight on Kadett B`s over here.. If they are light enough, it would save me about J1000 because then i would not need a Kadett 1700, 1900 rallye or GT crossmember and axle  |
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Sept 18, 2007 14:23:12 GMT
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I want to keep it looking standard but have bought some 13" slot mags a while back- not sure if I should fit them though- it'll look cool but lose that OLDMAN CAR look.... ???hmmmmmm- what to do? Keep the steels! They look the biz and wolfies will ruin the overall sleeper image. You need a tartan rug on the parcel shelf too!   My first car was a Shove it - great little beast. Baz |
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Sept 20, 2007 7:34:05 GMT
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Hi there madmaxx,
A 12A weighs in at about 130kgs. I added overall about 10-20 kgs to the front of the chevette. I think the bare rotary engine block is not a lot heavier than a standard chevette 1256. I think you'll be fine! are old mazdas coomon over there...and as cheap as they are here?
alex
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Sept 20, 2007 7:38:49 GMT
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Love that Elford turbo motor, that'd be sweet in a Toledo or Dolly! Period punch! Any plans for what you're going to do with it? Rotary turbo Chevette? ;D Might see a hike in fuel economy as well if it's well setup |
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Last Edit: Sept 20, 2007 7:42:19 GMT by Lewis
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Sept 20, 2007 13:10:29 GMT
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Not sure yet- I've got an old series 3 rx7 which i'm taking a working 12A out of so i think i'll plonk the elford into that and see if its a goer. If noi i'll sit on it and ponder.....
I've always fancied a 2 door dolly sprint. My girlfriend owned a 175bhp sprint for some time and it was lovely- but always thought about taking a toledo and trying to fit the sprint sub frame etc.
i'm sure someones done it!
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Sept 20, 2007 13:15:29 GMT
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Yea, been done lots of times now - it's just a bolt up job Finding a two door Toledo is getting quite a trick now though - about 30 of them left registered to the DVLA, if that! |
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Last Edit: Sept 20, 2007 13:15:52 GMT by Lewis
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Sept 20, 2007 13:28:21 GMT
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Sept 20, 2007 14:56:52 GMT
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wangle power! thats proper cool, now i've seen 2 uber chevettes in one day! I'm loving this forum already |
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Sept 20, 2007 15:03:13 GMT
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This is one AWESOME Chevette! What a great plan. Take some bread-and-butter small car, lob a powerful, revvy wangle at it and scare the wotsits out of unsuspecting members of the public with it! The conversion looks incredibly neatly done. I once saw a Shove It with a 3-litre V6 from an Omega between the frame rails. Now THAT went nicely in the hillclimb! In fact, it was at the last ever Crystal Palace sprint! What a great event and venue. Shame it's gone for good.   "I'm"  |
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Sept 20, 2007 16:39:10 GMT
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i remember a blue chevette doing the rounds a while back with 24 v vaux v6- could be same one- was nicely done!
I'm constantly scrolling through ebay looking at possible projects- as I'm sure we all do....
if only more money, more space, more time.....
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Sept 20, 2007 19:39:30 GMT
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Hiya ,
Just joined,
Saw you have these for sale in a recent post .
I'll buy THE WHOLE LOT if still for sale.
Money is ready
rare Elford Turbo converted 12A with 160BHP. £300 for both with lots of other bits and pieces including a good rad and oil cooler, two full Stainless exhaust systems and a gearbox plus some spare rx7 wheels with good tyres!
Please let me know. My email is below.
Cheers
el ford 0
Email home.everyone@ntlworld.com
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Sept 21, 2007 13:19:47 GMT
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sorry el ford 0- you miss read the thread- I'd just bought the whole lot for £300!
But if you keep looking out there you'll find lots of cheap mazda goodies!
good luck!
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Sept 21, 2007 13:22:30 GMT
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Hi there madmaxx, A 12A weighs in at about 130kgs. I added overall about 10-20 kgs to the front of the chevette. I think the bare rotary engine block is not a lot heavier than a standard chevette 1256. I think you'll be fine! are old mazdas coomon over there...and as cheap as they are here? alex No, not common at all, but rotary engines can be had pretty cheap I think it`ll work out, a 1.2 engine is 70-80 kgs, so if i move my battery back, and get glass front fenders, i`ll be high and dry |
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Sept 21, 2007 17:21:26 GMT
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curse word- the 1.2 is light! I weighed the 12A with the manifolds, carb, alternator, starter etc to get that weight - 130kg. Then weighed all the chevette engine and bits and they were about 115kg.
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Sept 22, 2007 12:32:41 GMT
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Yeah, its light allright. But i`ll have to weigh it when i take it out of my kadett b  Thanks for getting the weights by the way! |
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Sept 23, 2007 9:47:58 GMT
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well then Madmaxx- you'd better start getting some bits together and then soon there will be a 2nd 12A powered 'T' car in Europe!
Just think- with nothing more then a bit of die grinding you could have a cheap little 200BHP revvy rocket!!!! ;D
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Sept 23, 2007 10:57:38 GMT
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There's a ported rotary & all the bits (box, ancilleries, ECU IIRC) and stuff on eBay at the moment for 300 quid, no reserve |
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Thanks for getting the weights by the way!