kamikaze E30

[Brianmoooore]

Went on a little drive last Monday to pick up some non car related stuff won on ebay. Collection address was a unit on a small industrial estate in the middle of nowhere, about 45 miles away. Stuff I'd bought was outside, so loaded up, handed over the cash, and about ready to go.
Went to say thanks and goodbye but the seller had gone into the unit, so I stuck my head inside the door, and spotted this, sitting on a ramp:

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As you can see, the shell has a few mods, especially the transmission tunnel:

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Sitting in the engine bay, or more exactly where the front of the gearbox should be, was this - not much bigger than the 12 HP Briggs and Stratton engine in my lawnmower. (Sorry about the out of focus pic!) Apparently it's a Mazda rotary lump, and combined with the bits sitting on the bench in my last pic, produces (I think they said) about 600 BHP!!!

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Some way to go before it's finished, but it's going to be one hell of a machine when it is.
I've told the owners all about the zone, so hopefully they'll start a thread on here, and keep us up to date on progress

[ah]

Welcome back Brian nice to hear from you,nice find ,I'd like to see the finished article ,I hope you told him about the zone.

[steve_k]

a rotary engined e30, nice,

looks like it coud be one hell of an e30,
any idea ho many rotors it's running?

the only other "complete" rotary engined e30 i've seen was in new zealand, it was using a 13B triple rotor twin turbo, can't remember the power output but it was well over 500bhp.

let hope he follows up your lead & signs up here, would be a really good read & make a change from M5X swap threads.

[Gert_8]

Great find!

[ah]

Welcome back Brian nice to hear from you,nice find ,I'd like to see the finished article ,I hope you told him about the zone.

That will teach me to read all the post,you did tell him about the zone

[DRAGONPERFORMANCE]

Hi guys, useful to see Brian he gave us good tips, has not exactly sure how the back end is going to be done yet.
It's a 2 rotor engine behind the front suspension turrets ans will be around 600hp.
Please look on our insta for more pics it's dragonperformnace
Or perhaps anyone more tech than me can copy the pics and put them on this thread.
Good do see such a in depth forum exists, will have lots of questions as the build goes on.

[aimlessrock]

that's a seriously awesome project you have there mate- welcome to the zone.

[Steve]

Welcome to the Zone, what a great project ! also great find and thread Brian.

[martauto]

Hi guys, useful to see Brian he gave us good tips, has not exactly sure how the back end is going to be done yet.
It's a 2 rotor engine behind the front suspension turrets ans will be around 600hp.
Please look on our insta for more pics it's dragonperformnace
Or perhaps anyone more tech than me can copy the pics and put them on this thread.
Good do see such a in depth forum exists, will have lots of questions as the build goes on.

Welcome to the zone mate and what a different project this is, please keep us posted

Mart.

[TurtleDesignTech]

Epic. Can't wait to see how this unfolds.

[DRAGONPERFORMANCE]

Need to lose the servo, can you guys recommend this product
https://quickstylemotorsports.com/produ ... 9333564452

Also need a pedal.bix if you have any recomendations

[DRAGONPERFORMANCE]

Always would be people but heavy engines I. E30, there balsnce and weight distribution is so important

[Brianmoooore]

Need to lose the servo, can you guys recommend this product
https://quickstylemotorsports.com/produ ... 9333564452

How much is the standard one in the way? That can be replaced by the much smaller diameter servo from a plastic winged Clio without loss of performance, and the mounting point can be moved outwards towards the inner wing by using a longer (E34) transverse pull rod.

For the rear suspension camber/toe adjustment plates I mentioned last week, DanThe on here is the man to contact.

[DRAGONPERFORMANCE]

Cut the front off

[rix313]

Good god that is insane haha.

[Speedtouch]

Why the need for such a large transmission tunnel?

[DanThe]

Good luck getting the power down

[Brianmoooore]

Why the need for such a large transmission tunnel?

It has the engine in it! See my first post.

[DRAGONPERFORMANCE]

Can see the boxy arches now the primer is on

[Foe]

[TurtleDesignTech]

Going to be crazy. Turbo is the same size as the rotary engine

[Foe]

Hopefully we're going to be furnished with more pictures on the progress

[magpie]

a massive snail bolted to an alternator



great build , i like different and it's definitely that

[Steve]

Where did you get the M3 kit from?

[JackCornick]

There’s a YouTube video on this build....



In amongst a few tasty others

[steve_k]

Where did you get the M3 kit from?

king elements do a kit for 1200 euro.

http://kingelements.com/en/bmw-e30/38-b ... 3-dr-.html

[Steve]

Where did you get the M3 kit from?

king elements do a kit for 1200 euro.

http://kingelements.com/en/bmw-e30/38-b ... 3-dr-.html

Hummm maybe time for that 4 door M3 build

[steve_k]

Where did you get the M3 kit from?

king elements do a kit for 1200 euro.

http://kingelements.com/en/bmw-e30/38-b ... 3-dr-.html

Hummm maybe time for that 4 door M3 build

DO IT!!!!! i'll even put a fiver towards the build

[Steve]

DO IT!!!!! i'll even put a fiver towards the build

I do have a few M3 bits tucked away as you can see I’ve had some of them a while. ( sorry for hijacking the thread )

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[steve_k]

DO IT!!!!! i'll even put a fiver towards the build

I do have a few M3 bits tucked away as you can see I’ve had some of them a while. ( sorry for hijacking the thread )


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you kept that hush hush

hmm, an m3 rep with a screaming wankel?? whats not to like??