Ok; Todays dumb question> What would be the best car to transplant a 1973 12A engine into? always wanted a sleeper, my 1973 RX 3 wagon is badly salted. I can have a 280Zx for 150 or what else? Bob

 

Starlet
510
Chevette
914
Opel GT
Mini-Truck
Another rx3

 

its practically a bolt on into an mgb....

 

I'm waiting to do a VW Super Beetle. At ~1800 lbs its a no brainer and theres less drivetrain loss so more HP to the ground. You can get an adapter to bolt it to the VW tranny and it can handle what a NA 12A can dish out. Hardest part is locating the radiator up front but its not really that hard.

Check these links out:

http://www.geocities.com/zenjoe/vw.html

http://frost.bbboy.net/vwengineconversions

 

toyota starlet and porsche 914 would be nice

 

The 280ZX is a pretty heavy car, a 240 would be a better choice. But then, they already come with a pretty kickass engine so it would be kinda pointless in my opinion.

Maybe keep an eye out for a SA with a blown motor?

 

A GEO METRO no one in there rite mind would ever see it coming or going, But then you mite find your self rapt around a teleaphone pole

 

I always wondered about a rotary engine in a 240z. Has anyone seen this combo??

 

I don't know guys. Seems to me - for the same reason most of us dislike putting a piston motor in a rx7 - a rotary in a Z car is sacrilegious.

Now, good old 80's turd boxes were made for rotary swaps.

 

Is your '73 engine twin dizzy?