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12a manifold
I have a 12a manifold that I believe is not stock, but I do not know what it is. Please look in my garage for the pics so I can ID it....THanks in advance
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Are there any particular links that you have that I could read about a nikki? I just have a feeling that I am missing some of the emissions junk or whatever. I am very foreign to rotary motors in general, and am trying to gain all of the knowledge I can.
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My next question is, are there any sure fire ways to ID what motor I have. I got it out of a '83, it has a '81-'82 flywheel, and it has an intake from a '79-'80 model. The only thing I do know at this point is that is a 12a...haha
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hard to tell exactly. but by looking at your pictures the motor is setup for the front mount oil cooler which hints at a pre-'83 engine, and if i remember correctly the really early 12A's had "R5" cast onto the iron side/intermediate plates while the later 12A's had a "Y". but all the external parts can be swapped around, and it could have been rebuilt using a bunch of different year parts, so its almost impossable to tell
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Are there any advantages to having a older motor? Do you guys have any great links for vacuum diagrams or anything. I really wanna get rid of that manifold, and get a DCOE manifold for it. Is the vac system complicated when you switch a carb to something like that?
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Thanks for all of your help guys. I really wanna get this project up and running. Any Idea what I could get out of that stock manifold? Hopefull with all of my knowledge of weber setups on VW aircooleds, I can get one and set it up right for this car
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Before you go spending money on a new manifold as well as the carb, take a look at the Sterling Nikki. Awesome carb and you get to keep your manifold. Check www.sterlingmetalworks.com for the details. Click the link in my sig and go to the last page for some pictures and a short review. What are your goals for power output? The manifold can be ported out but unless your working on a drag car the stock mani is good enough for a street car. Still some power to be had there but you don't need to be in too much of a rush to dump it.
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I have thought about a sterling nikki, but I have to read through the vac diagrams and stuff to make sure that I understand how to hook things up right. I am only looking to get as much power as I can on a stock port block. From what I have heard a nikki is capable of that.
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I have thought about a sterling nikki, but I have to read through the vac diagrams and stuff to make sure that I understand how to hook things up right. I am only looking to get as much power as I can on a stock port block. From what I have heard a nikki is capable of that.
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You should have been at the race this past weekend so you could see some of our setups. We had 7 or 8 RX7s there.
I'm running a Sterling carb and couldn't be happier. Check out my vids in my signature line if you like. I would take that weird manifold of yours, and strap on a Sterling, then go terrorize some Hondas.![Smilie](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
You ever get up to Grand Rapids area?
I'm running a Sterling carb and couldn't be happier. Check out my vids in my signature line if you like. I would take that weird manifold of yours, and strap on a Sterling, then go terrorize some Hondas.
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You ever get up to Grand Rapids area?
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You should have been at the race this past weekend so you could see some of our setups. We had 7 or 8 RX7s there.
I'm running a Sterling carb and couldn't be happier. Check out my vids in my signature line if you like. I would take that weird manifold of yours, and strap on a Sterling, then go terrorize some Hondas.![Smilie](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
You ever get up to Grand Rapids area?
I'm running a Sterling carb and couldn't be happier. Check out my vids in my signature line if you like. I would take that weird manifold of yours, and strap on a Sterling, then go terrorize some Hondas.
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You ever get up to Grand Rapids area?
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No such thing as a barebones Sterling. I believe they have been working on a higher flowing design but I don't think it's available yet. A Sterling is a Sterling. 465CFM, mechanical secondarys, custom linkage, and more. You'll have to go to the website to see pricing. Sterling isn't a vendor here and we just don't want to get him into any hot water with the admins. Price is comparable to a Holley, and I'm sure most of his other customers would agree with me on this, but his customer service is awesome. Prompt with responses to emails and he is very very knowledgable about his product. I summed it up pretty well in another thread so I'll try to repeat it. A Nikki is a carb that was orignially designed by Mazda (the rotary pioneers) to work well with a rotary engine, then taken by a rotary enthusiast, and heavily modified to work even better on a rotary. Any other carb out there can be made to work with a rotary engine, but that was not their purpose from the start. Now ask yourself, do you want a carb that was modified to be good enough on a rotary or a carb that was made for a rotary from the factory, then massaged to be what it should have been from the factory.
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You can't go wrong with a Sterling. And actually, the cost is less than half that of a Racing Beat Holley carb setup. The Sterling carbs are stripped of all the BS that you don't need. Go to www.sterlingmetalworks.com and take a look at one. It is a great way to simplify your engine bay too (I only have two vacuum lines, including the one to the brake booster). If you want an idea of how they perform, just check out my videos. I've never lost a race due to lack of horsepower.
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