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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 04:10 PM
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Kyle L's mini fd project

Hi everyone over the past 2 years I've been wrenching on my 90 Miata. Recently I bought a 87 rx7 n/a for it's motor. Now I'm working on building up this engine to swap into the Miata. Figured I would need a build thread over here and lurk the site for some information.

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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 04:11 PM
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Oh and a pic of the motor so far
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 10:07 AM
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What's the link with a FD?
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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What's the link with a FD?
Miata=Mini FD

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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 12:18 AM
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Lol and then you put a FC block in it. Never mind good luck with the project.
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 07:04 AM
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scrape/ sell the miata and restore the rx7
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 73rx313b
scrape/ sell the miata and restore the rx7
Miata >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FC
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 08:37 PM
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Miata====== sissy car... lol
great for chicks but guys should just say no
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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That Miata looks clean! goodluck!
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 10:04 PM
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What kinda headlights are those?
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 73rx313b
scrape/ sell the miata and restore the rx7
Originally Posted by 73rx313b
Miata====== sissy car... lol
great for chicks but guys should just say no
Lol haters gunna hate I guess

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That Miata looks clean! goodluck!
Thanks, I've put a lot of effort into this thing to make it look so clean I'll post some before Pics soon

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What kinda headlights are those?
They are Rs active type 2 low Profile lights, very rare I searched for them for nearly 3 years to give my car the "rx7" look
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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Damn need a headlight upgrade on the fb. Very clean miata though. I always wanted to a 13bt or a rew in one.
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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Rotary Miata = WIN. Going to use the 7's tranny with the tail assembly from the Miata or use the bellhousing from the 7 on the Miata tranny?

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I'm in the middle of my 13BREW swap into my miata as well.

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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 05:34 PM
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I thought the miata tranny was a little bit stronger then the fc n/a one, or you must go for the T2 tranny.
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by damic
I thought the miata tranny was a little bit stronger then the fc n/a one, or you must go for the T2 tranny.
Actually the n/a FC and Miata tranny are about the same. Big differences is when you get into the T2 and FD trannies.
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 11:50 PM
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Rotary miata FTW...good luck with your project...subscribed!!!!!
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 12:20 AM
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Ow ok, thanks for the clearout.
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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Thanks everyone, I'll be putting the fc bell housing on the Miata tranny and I'm also going to swap in the rx7s 5th gear
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Old May 11, 2012 | 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Kyle L
Thanks everyone, I'll be putting the fc bell housing on the Miata tranny and I'm also going to swap in the rx7s 5th gear
the N/A trans has an integrated bell housing(one piece casing).It doesn't come separately off the trans,like the TII bell housing does.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:11 AM
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Oh really? Here's the n/a bell housing
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Old May 20, 2012 | 01:35 AM
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Thats a pretty nice looking MX5, do you have any other plans to make it more FD like? Maybe a coupe kit?
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Old May 20, 2012 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Yunosurodosuta
Thats a pretty nice looking MX5, do you have any other plans to make it more FD like? Maybe a coupe kit?
Thanks as much as I would love a fastback top I probably won't get one. But I have a few more things up my sleeve
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