rxsumo Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 should install renesis 6 port for max enjoyment I dont reckon you would fit it in the engine bay without serious modifications....the engine bay is tiny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalrx Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Any up dates or work been done to the cosmo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Darryl, Long time no see. How's the Cosmo coming along? Regards 7VEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 The Cosmo hasnt moved much. I've managed to score a few NOS bits and pieces, engine bits and trim, over the last 12 months. We are in the process of buying a new house, and a few other priorities have delayed the project a little longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 WOW is all I can say. I didnt even know there were any of these in the country. I want one. and an R130. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Suspect there are 5 or 6 in the country at least. There was an Auckland dealer that sold two of them trough TradeMe, as well as somebody in Dunedin doing the same. Suspect none of them are actually on the road however. Engines are the biggest issue, mine has done a geniune 80K, and the motor is shot. Major cracks around the sparkplug holes due to bad water channel design causing hotspots in the housings. Rust would be another factor. You would have to be brave to own a R130, and drive it. The motor only shares Apex seals with the 10A, and virtually everything else is unique, at least with the Cosmo, you can transplant a later 10A, and actually drive the car without having to worry about motor failures. Our intention is to go do this path, fit a RX3 10A engine, and ultimately have the original L10B motor "rebuilt" and kept for originality purposes only. This way the car can actually be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Calico Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 /\ perfect idea. So im guessing most examples will not have a hell of alot of mileage on them then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 yea having two engines is a good idea. how can an R130 share the apex seals of a 10a when the engines in an R130 are a 13A? wouldnt the apex seals be too short. think youd have to be brave to drive a FWD rotary in general, there was one on ebay in aus recently for 12k AUD in need of full restoration iirc. have you managed to find some NOS pieces for your cosmo? cant imagine finding wrecked ones would be easy seeing as they only made like 1500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 yea having two engines is a good idea. how can an R130 share the apex seals of a 10a when the engines in an R130 are a 13A? wouldnt the apex seals be too short. 13A rotors are the same width as 10A, but have a bigger diameter, think there the only Mazda rotor with a different diameter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 ahhh i see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Mazda also made a 15A and 21A. Was based on the 13A but only a few engines where made. 70s oil crisis ruined that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 How did you find the housings!? not even guna ask what you paid for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo5365 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 awesome car!! thats the second one I know that exist in NZ. I know someone who lives out west auckland has one hiding in the shed with his s30z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 How did you find the housings!? not even guna ask what you paid for them They popped up on Ausrotor, and fortunately I managed to get to them before anybody else did. Hmmm, the price....would buy a nice daily driver, or around half what the original owner of the Cosmo landed it for. Glenn Munro had a full set of end plates (3) for one of these engines that he offered to me, I turned down in preference to spending the money on rotor housings, and they sold back to Japan for $11K, around 12 months ago. End Housings generally can be restored either by skimming or by a crowd in Canada that ceramic coat them, rotor housings cant, which makes the rotor housings pretty critical to rebuilding an original motor that will run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 yea ill probably end up finding some 12a NOS housings for my rx7 eventually. are you actually going to put the original cosmo engine back together or just hoard all the parts? if you put it together whos going to build it? Glenn Munro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Try Wim - multirotor on Ausrotor, he may be able to help. Glenn died earlier this year, and Rotarypower has closed up shop. I have another couple of mates that can build my engines, so one of them will probably do the job, eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 ahhh not Glenn i ment Grant, his son. he is still running it except I believe its in Warkworth now or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 i.ve sold a few bits to wim while i was in the uk. Wim has loads of stuff stashed away but can be hard to get stuff off. He keeps changing his mind.. I wonder if the new 16x motor (whenever it comes out..) is the same diameter as the 13a or bigger still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 wow bro, you are one lucky bugger.. only ever seen one in the flesh and that was in south melbourne parked outside a pub.. This and the 2000gt have to be the two most desirable cars to come out of Japan.. good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 When are you making a full start on the resto? Or is that the big unknown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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