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Old Apr 12, 2003 | 10:45 PM
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Killed my FC... what to do with the motor?

I managed to put the FC into a tree. The car's gonna be totaled this week, I'm hoping to buy it back as scrap and scour the parts. The motor is good (less than 50,000 miles, it's naturally aspirated, and a Series 4) and I'm looking for an application for it.

I love RX-2s, RX-3s, and RX-4s (especially RX-3 coupes) but these are so hard to find here in Pennsylvania. Depending how the insurance comes out I might be interested in one of these that's missing a motor and tranny and use that from my FC GTU... kind of a way for it to live on... if I can't find one in the northeast, I'm considering putting the motor (and maybe the tranny, dunno what will fit what) into my 1988 Mazda B2200 pickup.

Thoughts? Ideas? Comments? Helpful swap info? I know it won't be a speed demon with an N/A S4 13B but it'll be a big improvement over the wheezy F2 2.2 and a good use for a quality engine.
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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Put it in an airplane! (seriously. Those engines are even more suitable in aircraft than they are in cars).
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 10:46 AM
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Sell me the motor so I can get my '74 RX4 going again!
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:28 PM
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No, sell ME the motor so I can get my '75 RX-4 going again!!
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:33 PM
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I called it first!
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 11:31 PM
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I'm closer to Pennsylvania, wanna race??

Seriously, Mr. SmokingClutch, if you can't find an old rotary, I'd get an old RWD 323 to put it in. I believe their floorpan is based on the Rx-3/808 so it's easy to convert them if you get the right crossmember.
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 07:25 AM
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find a nice GLC.
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Old Apr 20, 2003 | 05:56 PM
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My parents used to have a RWD GLC but I haven't seen one in years. I wouldn't even know where to look, unlike an RX-3 where I at least have some leads.

I've pretty well decided I'd like to put the motor in the B2200, I've heard Judge Ito's shop has done a swap like this, where is he located? Does he frequent these boards anymore? I'd like to get in contact with someone who has done something similar to get an idea of cost to see if I can pull it off. I've got a complete FC to raid for parts...
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