As some of you know, I´ve been trying to get my seven on the road for 3 years now.



Down here in my country getting parts is almost imposible, BUT... the other day a guy told me "hey I lend my FD to my brother and he tottaled it. I can sell you the engine"



So far great



Down here, I gotta have the engine number of the original engine registrated with the car, and that number, is on the front iron



So, is it posible to use the front iron of my 12a IF I machine down the oring groove on it?



I don´t have a 13b-rew iron to compare, but here is a pic of mine



oh, and would the 12a tranny bolt to the 13b-rew rear iron with no problems? I heard many times that any rotary tranny will bolt to any rotary engine.... but I never tried







Not sure what happens with the OMP, etc....

A few questions:



a- its the fitting for the ECU controlled OMP of the FD the same as the 12a? Meaning: could I use the ECU controlled one on the 12a iron?



b- to keep the rotating FD assembly balanced I would have to use the FD flywheel right? So........ the 12a tranny starter wont fit anymore. How can I work this out without changing the tranny? (no FD or FC trannys down here). I know my clutch is 215 and the FD is 225mm.



c- is the FD front iron also about 40mm wide? I´m gonna have to measure end play very very well.



any info will be appreciated



Thanks in advance!

 

You might be better off re-stamping the engine number in the FD iron.



The oil metering pump attaches to the front cover, however you need the 12A front cover to mount it in your chassis.



The trans will bolt up, but you are correct in that you will need a different flywheel. This is a simple matter of obtaining an automatic counterweight for the engine, and a lightweight flywheel for the transmission. I hope you don't have to have to keep the original transmission as well, since you may go through a few.



I am curious. If an engine fails in your area, does that mean the car needs to be destroyed?

 

You cant re stamp the numbers, its not allowed, its ilegal

In a piston engine car, you have to buy a new engine block from the factory through a dealership, take all the purchase papers to the national registry and they will enter the new engine block number on the cars paperwork



Otherwise if you get stopped by the police, the car will be impounded and you prosecuted

 

what planet do ya live on by the way?

 

Argentina



SUCKS BIG TIME

 

hmm interesting. if you buy a new front housing from mazda, its not stamped at all, i wonder what they'd do then?



as you may have noticed they dont really have theft problems in japan, japanese dont even really seem to grasp the concept.

 

vos sos un boludo che !!!!!!

can u just buythem off you know under the table style ......................... u know what i mean

 

not really, not to get them to accept the new paperwork

 

so people cant buy used engines in argentina ?? i mean in el salvador u can buy a used one and just bring the recip and teyll take it ........