My first few cars were mightyboys, including an f6a swapped one i sadly pranged (2007).
Ive owned a good few cars since, mostly nissans and toyotas (have been heavily involved in drifting), but always had ideas for one in the back of my mind.
Mid 2017 a tidyish complete but disassembled car popped up cheap, I couldnt help myself.
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Not much happened, between starting uni and working away between semesters, free time is limited. A couple of weeks ago an engine came up for a good price so i jumped.
It's a Rotax 1503, supercharged 1.5L 3 cylinder from a seadoo jetski, although i bought it sans charger to turbo charge it. Aim is 200whp low boost, e85 fuel.
I immediately got carried away trying to attach it to the car
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at this point i was kicking myself for using this engine over the comparable na 900cc rotax, which would fit significantly more easily.
but no replacement for displacement or something *grunt*
cue firewall cut
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Plan is mightyboy or ke70 corolla steering rack, s13 silvia knuckles and brakes, fabricated lower control arms and tension arms to suit.
Given its a ski engine, a traditional flywheel clutch combo won't go on the back, i also cant imagine fitting a trans tunnel and 2 adults with legs. To overcome this i'm going to build a transaxle using a compact longitudinal gearbox (havent yet settled on anything) and something similar to an r160 assembly from 90's era subarus mixed with s13 rear hubs to retain 4x114.
This rear setup idea is the main reason I gave myself a pass for cutting firewall as I doubt any engineer will touch it. none the less i'm trying to retain as much factory metal and as many original mounting points as possible.
I dont really intend it as a regular street car, but it definitely will be registered to some degree (lol) and street driven.
This build is intended to be the first version, on a low budget. kind of a proof of concept. (basically im expecting to do a bunch of stuff wrong)
I've just started studying engineering and i'm hoping i can revisit parts in future as part of my degree for version 2