"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
07/12/2015 at 03:01 • Filed to: None
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"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
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How difficult it may be to swap a manual transmission into a 20B Eunos Cosmos.
Scary__goongala!
> CAR_IS_MI
07/12/2015 at 03:07 |
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I’d say rather difficult, I mean what trans can you even use?
Variance
> CAR_IS_MI
07/12/2015 at 03:15 |
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It has been done multiple times before. IIRC, it’s recommended to used the transmission from the 2nd-gen (FC) RX-7 turbo, as it’s Mazda’s strongest compatible one (the FD box has synchro issues). For the pedal box and slave cylinder, I think that 626 parts are compatible? IIRC, you can use FC parts as well, but FD parts require more modification. Reinforcement of the sheet metal above the pedal box is also recommended, as it was never designed to take the forces of clutch actuation.
More details should just be a google search away.
AM3R shamefully returns
> CAR_IS_MI
07/12/2015 at 03:30 |
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It’s not super easy... But it's been done multiple times before so it's not like it'll be super expensive or difficult. It'll be more work than a normal manual swap though.
GhostZ
> CAR_IS_MI
07/12/2015 at 04:21 |
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Getting ahold of a Cosmo is probably significantly harder.
Flavien Vidal
> GhostZ
07/12/2015 at 05:44 |
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Nah, free countries can import them :D
There is quite a few for sale at anytime here...
http://www.goo-net.com/cgi-bin/fsearc…
Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> CAR_IS_MI
07/12/2015 at 05:45 |
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It’s certainly do-able, as others have said, but you’d need to be sure you wanted to. I’ve got a friend who owned and loved an auto one, then stupidly got a bee in his bonnet about fuel costs and sold it. A few years later he had sellers regret and bought another one, this one with a manual conversion. He only kept it about 3 months - he hated the MT, said it totally ruined the character of the car and the engine. These things are Mazda’s equivalent of an S Class Coupe or an 8 Series: they’re big GTs not sports cars. MT isn’t necessarily the right answer.
YMMV, of course ;-)
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CAR_IS_MI
> Scary__goongala!
07/12/2015 at 10:30 |
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To mount to a rotary engine. FC. FD. RX8.
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CAR_IS_MI
> GhostZ
07/12/2015 at 10:34 |
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I believe production started in April of 1990 so you can find a few that can be imported under the 25 year law already.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
07/12/2015 at 10:37 |
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My concern is the outdated 4-speed
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GhostZ
> CAR_IS_MI
07/12/2015 at 19:27 |
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Production Numbers
1990 - 4,325
1991 - 1,700
1992 - 1,373
1993 - 711
1994 - 435
1995 - 331
Grand total of 8,875 produced. Numbers based on Engine Option by Vin
13B - JC3SE-100016 - to - JC3SE-120150 24-Feb-90 - 26-Jan-94. Total = 4,536
20B - JCESE-100034 - to - JCESE-120084 23-Feb-90 - 07-Feb-94. Total = 3,568
13B - JC3S - 100001 - to - JC3S - 100520 16-Mar-94 - 22-Aug-95. Total = 380
20B - JCES - 100001 - to - JCES - 100633 23-Feb-94 - 06-Sep-95. Total = 369
Total 13B = 4325 Total 20B = 3937
Source: http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/s…
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GhostZ
> Flavien Vidal
07/12/2015 at 19:29 |
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The problem is that they only made, as far as I can tell, a few thousand 20B models. Which make me wonder if the ones for sale here have been sitting and piling up because no one in Japan wants one, or are exorbitantly overpriced over there.
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Flavien Vidal
> GhostZ
07/12/2015 at 19:31 |
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Yeah, no one wants them here and they are way too expensive in North America :)