So I'm a bit puzzled.
#1
On the prowl for an FB
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Surrounded by Sebey parts, Rhode Island
Posts: 2,932
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
4 Posts
So I'm a bit puzzled.
I was planning on swapping the 13B out of my FC into my FB. I figured I would go with a carb so I could ditch the ECU, wiring harness, etc.
Then it hit me: What would I do about a distributor? I can't use the second gen coils without the ECU, right? Or am I way off base?
Then it hit me: What would I do about a distributor? I can't use the second gen coils without the ECU, right? Or am I way off base?
#4
On the prowl for an FB
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Surrounded by Sebey parts, Rhode Island
Posts: 2,932
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
4 Posts
Originally Posted by FB II
yep, 12a dizzy drops right in and works perfectly. DO IT..... DOOO IT
My main debate is whether I rebuild the engine myself, or just pay the extra money and have Kevin Landers do it so I know it's done right and I don't **** it up. I really want a SP, and I don't know if I want to take the chance on mine.
I'm debating whether I want to sell the 12A to somebody who needs one, or if I want to take the two rotor housings, bolt them together, plexiglass the front and back, and make an aquarium out of them.
#5
Suicidal Death Missile
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Posts: 1,782
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You don't need to move the crossmember IIRC. I think the oil pan and front cover allow you to just drop the motor in. I don't know if the -SE motor mount is gonna work. You may have to get the RB 12A to 13B bracket.
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=11832
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=11832
#6
On the prowl for an FB
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Surrounded by Sebey parts, Rhode Island
Posts: 2,932
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
4 Posts
Originally Posted by lovintha7
You don't need to move the crossmember IIRC. I think the oil pan and front cover allow you to just drop the motor in. I don't know if the -SE motor mount is gonna work. You may have to get the RB 12A to 13B bracket.
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=11832
http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=11832
#7
On the prowl for an FB
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Surrounded by Sebey parts, Rhode Island
Posts: 2,932
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
4 Posts
Now, should I keep the tranny that came with my 12A, or should I go with the tranny out of my GTUs? I'm going LS1/T56 in the GTUs, so I don't need it there.
Trending Topics
#8
Old Fart Young at Heart
iTrader: (6)
If your 12a tranny is in good shape and you don't get carried away with clutch dumps off the line and high rpm flat shiting, it should hold up. If you install the 2nd gen tranny, you will need to modify the shifter housing to keep the shifter located in the oem position.
#9
On the prowl for an FB
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Surrounded by Sebey parts, Rhode Island
Posts: 2,932
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
4 Posts
Originally Posted by trochoid
If your 12a tranny is in good shape and you don't get carried away with clutch dumps off the line and high rpm flat shiting, it should hold up. If you install the 2nd gen tranny, you will need to modify the shifter housing to keep the shifter located in the oem position.
#10
love the braaaap
I have read that the 12A tranny is good to about 250hp, as long as you don't turbo the car. The limited amount of torque that the rotary makes is simply not enough to wreck the tranny. With a turbo, its a whole other story. Turbo rotaries make much more torque than NA and will wreck a 12A tranny very quickly.
#12
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: wishing i was back in FL
Posts: 4,192
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by 85rotarypower
I have read that the 12A tranny is good to about 250hp, as long as you don't turbo the car. The limited amount of torque that the rotary makes is simply not enough to wreck the tranny. With a turbo, its a whole other story. Turbo rotaries make much more torque than NA and will wreck a 12A tranny very quickly.
so far so good here
but yea, a TII tranny would be better. $100T2 will be straight with 12a trans for sure tho.
#13
Rotary Enthusiast
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Bryan, TX
Posts: 766
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I am putting a 2nd gen tranny on my 12a just because it was free. Converting over the housing was easy if you ask me. Just take the 1st gen tailshaft and swap it over. The control rod needs its hole moved 3cm down the shafft, and the end of it cleaved off. From there, its a bolt up.
#14
Rotary Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: LOS ANGELES
Posts: 1,228
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
As for the front cover, it doesn't have to be GSL-SE - any first gen ones will work. As long as you have the GSL-SE motor mount and oil pan - you're good. Like datheman said, you do need to mod the 2nd gen tranny a bit to make it fit right otherwise the shifter will sit back a little.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Jeff20B
1st Generation Specific (1979-1985)
73
09-16-18 07:16 PM