alright heres the deal.. my friend wants to do something that is has never been done or very rare... he wants to through a s2k motor in his 99 miata... im askin everyone with info about if this **** can even work.... please help me out

 

Anything can be done given enough money, time, money, resources, money and some money.

 

For the amount of hassle that it would take to get the F20C into the Miata you could do this with a much lower level of fuss:

http://www.flyinmiata.com/store/prod...loc=5&updept=1

 

or a mustang 5.0 monster miata for that matter...

 

i like the rotary miatas


gotta keep it mazda!

 

I imagine the rotary conversion would be harder than a S2K engine conversion, due to the placement of the eccentric shaft

Assuming the engine clears, you'd need custom mounts, possibly clearancing the tunnel for the transmisison, and a shortened driveshaft. At the minimum.

 

There was a Road & Track article a little while back that looked at some experiments Mazda played with. One was a rotary engine in a Miata, another was a Ford V-6! For the second one the car needed a new (and extremely unattrative) hood for clearance.

 

Speaking as a ex-Miata owner, turbo is the way to go if you want to modify this car. Those little 1.6/1.8L Mazda motors can take a lot of boost.

Three links to this discussion on miata.net

http://www.miataforum.com/ubb/ultima...;f=34;t=000017
http://www.miataforum.com/ubb/ultima...;f=34;t=000378
http://www.miataforum.com/ubb/ultima...;f=34;t=000548


[Modified by fangtl, 12:03 AM 3/10/2003]