Project Car Suggestions

[THE_Liam]

Renesis engines in an MX5 are widely done too, and they sound awesome.

Whether it's worthwhile doing that vs. Turbo-charging an N/A 1.8/1.6 is another question though...

Think I'd just go for an NA 13b, far stronger and simpler. Good gains with a good carb and port tuning, 140-150bhp easy. Not as much as turboing but every bugger does that.

Oh yea fo'sho, a fully-fledged twin-turbo 13BREW isn't a popular swap, the 12A is the NASP version which requires a fair bit of fabrication to fit. What I was getting at was whether it was worthwhile doing that fabrication work vs. the potential gains of just slapping a turbo / supercharger on the standard engine, for which there are many options and far less outlay!

It would be hard to justify, but the NA rotory does sound awesome.

Yeah that's the thing, doesn't make sense in terms of pounds per horsepower but in terms of doing something more interesting. Quite tempted t do it myself, very tempted by an MX5...