Weight of 20B's special 80mm side housing (etc)?
09-07-02, 10:43 AM
#26
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,835
Received 2,604 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
Originally posted by Jeff20B
I've taken some pics of an '86 B2000 with a 13B in it. They'll be on my webpage soon. The way the engine was put in there, it left tons of room between the pullies and rad. I think it's around 160mm or so. My friend held a dollar bill between one of the pullies and the rad to let you all get an idea of how much room there is. Hmm, a dollar is about 156mm and there was still space on either side of it. If the front cover style mount can be converted to side mounts and the oil pick-up tube's mini sump won't interfere with the centerlink and/or swaybar, then a 20B can fit in my friend's B2000!
Heh, a B2000 with a 20B in it... that has a nice ring to it. 
I've taken some pics of an '86 B2000 with a 13B in it. They'll be on my webpage soon. The way the engine was put in there, it left tons of room between the pullies and rad. I think it's around 160mm or so. My friend held a dollar bill between one of the pullies and the rad to let you all get an idea of how much room there is. Hmm, a dollar is about 156mm and there was still space on either side of it. If the front cover style mount can be converted to side mounts and the oil pick-up tube's mini sump won't interfere with the centerlink and/or swaybar, then a 20B can fit in my friend's B2000!
Heh, a B2000 with a 20B in it... that has a nice ring to it.
mike
09-07-02, 11:10 AM
#27
I didn't do the work, nor did my friend. He just bought it like that from a local Mazda mechanic. I'd really like to get those pics developed soon so I too can sit and stare at them. It uses front mounts like '85 and older engines.
09-07-02, 12:41 PM
#28
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,835
Received 2,604 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
Originally posted by Jeff20B
I didn't do the work, nor did my friend. He just bought it like that from a local Mazda mechanic. I'd really like to get those pics developed soon so I too can sit and stare at them. It uses front mounts like '85 and older engines.
I didn't do the work, nor did my friend. He just bought it like that from a local Mazda mechanic. I'd really like to get those pics developed soon so I too can sit and stare at them. It uses front mounts like '85 and older engines.
mike
09-18-02, 02:07 PM
#31
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,835
Received 2,604 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
its funny how small the roatry is, the 20b looks huge, but its the same size as the engine in my triumph, they are both 2l too....
mike
mike
09-18-02, 04:15 PM
#32
Does your Triumph engine have DOHC? I'm sure that would make the head totaly huge.
That pic came from a roll of film that also has a couple shots of a 20B with a 10A sitting near it. I've got to mess with the pics so they'll work on my webpage first (going from tif to jpeg and resizing etc). Then upload 'em. I scanned the negatives because it gives way better quality. Infact, I can zoom in on the dollar bill without too much quality loss because the pics are originally 3711x2457 or so.
I'd like to get another look under the B2000's hood now that I am more familier with the oil pan of a 20B. I hope the front mini sump will clear the crossmember and centerlink. Hopefully the swaybar too.
That pic came from a roll of film that also has a couple shots of a 20B with a 10A sitting near it. I've got to mess with the pics so they'll work on my webpage first (going from tif to jpeg and resizing etc). Then upload 'em. I scanned the negatives because it gives way better quality. Infact, I can zoom in on the dollar bill without too much quality loss because the pics are originally 3711x2457 or so.
I'd like to get another look under the B2000's hood now that I am more familier with the oil pan of a 20B. I hope the front mini sump will clear the crossmember and centerlink. Hopefully the swaybar too.
Last edited by Jeff20B; 09-18-02 at 04:20 PM.
09-18-02, 04:16 PM
#33
Oops, double post. Might as well not waste it by mentioning that I also took a few shots of my MG with a 13B in it. It's just a bunch of housings that I threw together, but it lets you see how large the engine is in the bay.
Last edited by Jeff20B; 09-18-02 at 04:22 PM.
09-18-02, 04:39 PM
#34
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,835
Received 2,604 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
Originally posted by Jeff20B
Does your Triumph engine have DOHC? I'm sure that would make the head totaly huge.
Does your Triumph engine have DOHC? I'm sure that would make the head totaly huge.
the 20b is 2" longer maybe 4" wider and about the same height. here's the url for the a tr3 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1859263302
mike
09-19-02, 01:03 PM
#36
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,835
Received 2,604 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
the rear rotor housing is 86+ while the rest of the motor is 80 or older?
mike
mike
09-19-02, 01:39 PM
#37
You are correct! The cast irons are from an '85 12A, and the front rotor housing is probably from '76-78 or something. I just slapped 'em together with a couple tension bolts and an REPU oil pan on the bottom and lowered it into the engine bay. It went in way easier than when I installed my REPU's engine in it. Heh, no pressure plate or intake manifold to get in the way.
09-19-02, 02:37 PM
#38
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,835
Received 2,604 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
Originally posted by Jeff20B
I just slapped 'em together with a couple tension bolts and an REPU oil pan on the bottom and lowered it into the engine bay. It went in way easier than when I installed my REPU's engine in it. Heh, no pressure plate or intake manifold to get in the way.
I just slapped 'em together with a couple tension bolts and an REPU oil pan on the bottom and lowered it into the engine bay. It went in way easier than when I installed my REPU's engine in it. Heh, no pressure plate or intake manifold to get in the way.
mike
09-19-02, 11:37 PM
#40
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,835
Received 2,604 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
its kind of a joke, everytime i give someone a motor to build/ port it takes 5 years. so i get the 12a back in about 2 years, thats 2005, then i actually have to work on it. i predict it has a chance of running before the end of the decade, either that or i'll trade it back fo my nsu spyider....
mike
mike
09-20-02, 01:30 AM
#41
That's ok. I got my MG Midget in '96 and got it running with my REPU's engine in '00. I think I'll rebuild the old RX-2 12A for it because it's already been streetported. I'll be trying my luck with '85 rotors so we'll see. I predict this will be my winter project. I guess it's going to take me six or seven years to finally get its original rotary conversion engine running again. Hurray for the long term projects!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
