In that pic of the spindles, have they been welded or are they a completly new forging? If they are welded, good luck getting that past a vehicle inspection, outside of the factory, no steering component(in canada) is allowed to be welded, and then driven on the street, our rules are more or less a carbon copy of the US rules, so I would check that before buying them...Max

 

That's a good point, however, with the vast majority of the state inspections out there no mechanic would EVER check for that, a ran into a few who didn't even know what EGR was - that's kind of a problem if you're doing saftey / emmissions inspections...

How's the install going Felix?

 

yeah in california they only smog the car, theres no inspection at all

 

Its something that always gets checked for here, I put a set of dana 44 axles in a jeep once that were meant for a IH scout, my friend then had to have it safety inspected for insurance, it failed because we welded the drag link, there was no aftermarket draglink available for that swap(there is now), so we got a blacksmith to weld it, it was seamless there was no visible sign of welding, it was taken to a different shop for the inspection, amazingly, it still failed, the mechanic realized the axles were not oem, they popped the steering links off and had them x-rayed which showed the weld.....we were busted again...If they pass something that is against the law, their licences are on the line, I am not sure about US since the trades were deregulated there, but that would never pass any kind of inspection here...Max

 

missing a few harness-plugs ,but i am getting around that ,i also decided to do a throttle-body "mod" ,just realized that i was also missing my map sensor (for some odd reason it wasnt in the microtech bag ) so that will be here on friday i think,after that its "plug and start" ,meanwhile i am polishing and painting everything i can

 

Awesome! I definetly know what you mean by using the time you have to wait for parts as a chance to paint and polish parts.

About how much time do you think you've spent on it thus far?

 

I know this is the 20B forum, but does anyone know if the Australian 26B four-rotor will fit in the FD engine bay? Please forgive me, this is probably a really stupid question.

 

I always say "Anything fits with enough modification." But where would you get one? Anything past 3-rotor is completley custom made.

 

The 26B was originally engineered for use in some sort of Mazda GT car, as seen in Gran Turismo 3. I found a great site which shows it in use in a Mercedes. Apparently, it also finds use in many aircraft applications.





Apparently, there was also one shown at Sevenstock.

 

seems like forever and everytime you look at it there still seems to need more stuff done to it ,its the little things that get you ,for instance i had to drill and weld a bigger vac. port in the manifold for the brake booster ,that sort of crap takes time as in you have to go to the weld guy , then re-polish the damn thing ,but its all good ,looking forward for it to start soon ,darn thing should sound like a beast , T76 baby bring it on ...ggrrrrrrr

 

cool pics. mercedes made their own engines, its way bigger displacement than the mazda

 

I meant they were never mass produced, so how could you get your hands one one?

 

really difficult ,..best option is to make one

 

I figured the Australian market would be a good place to start, but it probably will never come to fruition, since the engine would take so much effort and fabrication to fit. Maybe in a different chassis.

 

Hi, Jim. I assumed "pompiss" was a Freudian slip.