I have a 92 turbo miata that got rammed into from behind, but the front end is fine. My question is if i bought a cheap fc shell would i be able to put my engine in the rx7 without spending to much money? Dont 13b's go into a miata without to much hassle? so wouldn't the other way also be true?

 

I think this forum is for you

 

 

no, no, aaanndd....no

 

Read comment above.
Mind you, someone is doing it/has done it on here. Though is seems pretty silly to put an already small capacity motor into a bigger heavier car...

 

throw some carbs on there while you're at it. might as well go for some sort of record, in this case the fail record

 

92 miata drivetrain is not worth ****
not a single drivetrain component in that car is valuable

my advice? part it out and sell it.
$100 for the diff, $100 for the tranny, $500 for the motor

/done

 

aint nobody payin that much for those pieces of turd

more like 20, 50, and 200

 

1.6 VLSD diffs - spec miata guys buy them because they are a consumable item. autox guys who blew up their diff buy them

5spd tranny is a 5spd tranny.... I sold like 4 for $100 each

92 motor is long nose so that poor bastard who sheared his crank will pay a bit for it. Ok maybe $400

 

Arent there at least 2 FC's with 1.6's floating around? The dude with the full AN coolant reroute and the crazy guy with the monster EFR making a crazy track car?

 

yeah, two sad 1.6L FC builds here...

 

The internals in the FC 5 speed and the Miata 5 speed are almost identical. The cases are different externally.

Popular or not, it can be done.

 

1 of those, at least the full race car is a FB rx7.

OP: this is an EXCELLENT idea. Motor bolts right in with literally no modifications and even bolts up to the stock transmission! Get a MSPNP for a 1.6 car and it will plug right in! Even a turbo kit for the 1.6 will work with the FC chassis and bolt right up to the stock exhaust. Mazda basically made these 2 cars 100% interchangeable.

 

I couldn't even give away the running 1.6 out of my 91. Took me two years to get it out of my garage!!! 1.6 parts arn't worth much at all.

 

yeah, i did the swap, its in my thread here. It's been expensive for me but someone found a stock swap already done in a junkyard so it can't be that hard.


(plus I know a guy who sells adapter plates so you can use the stock FC TII driveline)

 

Oops! I meant the FB trans had the same internals.