1985 13b in 1979 Sa.
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As some as you guys may know my 12a crapped out on me a few months back and now the rebuild begins. I just landed a 1985 4 port 13b with a fresh rebuild with 3mm seals and such. It is street ported. I will be running a Racing Beat intake and Racing Beat header along with a Holley 650 carb. I have a few questions, will i have to change flywheel and clutch? I will be using my 79 5 speed tranny. Can i use my old starter? Most of all what kind of performance gain would i see from my stock 12a with a Holley 465 and Racing Beat intake with header?What carb jets should i use and what are you guys using that has a similar set up?
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The 85 13b is 6-port, without seeing pics, I would guess you have -se rotating assy. and housings between 12a or old school 13b irons. Up to 1985 all rotor weights used the same flywheel weights, so you will need an -se flywheel/PP. It will bolt up to your 12a trans no problem, but will require slotting the motor mount ears.
You will like this motor, I guarantee it.
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You will like this motor, I guarantee it.
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(running a 4-port 13b, huge SP, modded nikki, race header)
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The 85 13b is 6-port, without seeing pics, I would guess you have -se rotating assy. and housings between 12a or old school 13b irons. Up to 1985 all rotor weights used the same flywheel weights, so you will need an -se flywheel/PP. It will bolt up to your 12a trans no problem, but will require slotting the motor mount ears.
You will like this motor, I guarantee it.
Isaac
(running a 4-port 13b, huge SP, modded nikki, race header)
You will like this motor, I guarantee it.
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(running a 4-port 13b, huge SP, modded nikki, race header)
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If the archives and the search options would pull up what i am looking for i would not post. I did search. I typed in 13b in 1st Gen Rx7, 13b in 1979 rx7 and so on. You type in what i did and see what you come up with.
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The doctor is right that if you look harder, the info is there, it is a bit scattered and most of the threads I find are not complete instructions like a step-by-step book. It will take time, when I had something I needed to find, I took notes and compiled my own handwritten list of parts, steps, further research, etc. I found it to be tedious, frustrating at times, and not always 100% correct info...So be careful what you believe, back up your notes with multiple sources. Do you think it is wise to begin an entire motor swap based on info from an online forum?
I want to do exactly what you are planning to do, but I am years away. I rebuilt a 12A to start, and I learned so very much by doing that, I am much more comfortable with modifying my car through my hands on experience.
Good luck!
I want to do exactly what you are planning to do, but I am years away. I rebuilt a 12A to start, and I learned so very much by doing that, I am much more comfortable with modifying my car through my hands on experience.
Good luck!
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The doctor is right that if you look harder, the info is there, it is a bit scattered and most of the threads I find are not complete instructions like a step-by-step book. It will take time, when I had something I needed to find, I took notes and compiled my own handwritten list of parts, steps, further research, etc. I found it to be tedious, frustrating at times, and not always 100% correct info...So be careful what you believe, back up your notes with multiple sources. Do you think it is wise to begin an entire motor swap based on info from an online forum?
I want to do exactly what you are planning to do, but I am years away. I rebuilt a 12A to start, and I learned so very much by doing that, I am much more comfortable with modifying my car through my hands on experience.
Good luck!
I want to do exactly what you are planning to do, but I am years away. I rebuilt a 12A to start, and I learned so very much by doing that, I am much more comfortable with modifying my car through my hands on experience.
Good luck!
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Great! I am jealous, I can't wait to do a 13b swap, but I am getting married and I would probably ruin that if I blew more money on my car right now...Women ![Wink](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)
I think you will not only be very happy with the engine, tracking down parts will be easier, given that rebuildable 12A housings are like precious gems now.
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I think you will not only be very happy with the engine, tracking down parts will be easier, given that rebuildable 12A housings are like precious gems now.
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I had my 1982 12A engine swapped out for a 13B 6 Street Ported engine. I had someone else out west do the work so I'm not too up on the technical side but I do know that they shortened the drive shaft, adjusted the engine mounts, mated the engine to a 1984 transmission since the 12A original transmission would not fit directly. I had all this done about 20+years ago. Still running like a charm. I absolutely will never get rid of my RX7. The shop that did the work also experimented with (at the time) a setup involving 2 MSD 6AL Digital boxes with a 3 wire on the distributor. It's like having one digital box dedicated tothe primary and one box dedicated to the secondary. It's supposed to be more effecient in terms of burning - about 95+ % burn. I've got 4-11 rear pinion gears, 44mmPHH Mikuni Carb side draft and overall, the car sems quite impressive. The car was driven on the Calgary race track (oval track) and did 160MPH. It would have done more but because of the oval track it would run out of banking. The driver figured it would do about 10MPH or so more.
So overall, real happy with the 13B swap. Oh, a larger fuel pump (Carter) was also put in to accomodate the fuel requirement under race conditions.
I had my 1982 12A engine swapped out for a 13B 6 Street Ported engine. I had someone else out west do the work so I'm not too up on the technical side but I do know that they shortened the drive shaft, adjusted the engine mounts, mated the engine to a 1984 transmission since the 12A original transmission would not fit directly. I had all this done about 20+years ago. Still running like a charm. I absolutely will never get rid of my RX7. The shop that did the work also experimented with (at the time) a setup involving 2 MSD 6AL Digital boxes with a 3 wire on the distributor. It's like having one digital box dedicated tothe primary and one box dedicated to the secondary. It's supposed to be more effecient in terms of burning - about 95+ % burn. I've got 4-11 rear pinion gears, 44mmPHH Mikuni Carb side draft and overall, the car sems quite impressive. The car was driven on the Calgary race track (oval track) and did 160MPH. It would have done more but because of the oval track it would run out of banking. The driver figured it would do about 10MPH or so more.
So overall, real happy with the 13B swap. Oh, a larger fuel pump (Carter) was also put in to accomodate the fuel requirement under race conditions.
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Sorry but I believe your shop didn't have a clue as to what they were doing.
#1- Their is no need to shorten the drive shaft.
#2- The transmissions bolt up with no modification.
160 MPH?![scratch](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/scratchhead.gif)
I don't think so.![Lol](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/lol.gif)
#1- Their is no need to shorten the drive shaft.
#2- The transmissions bolt up with no modification.
160 MPH?
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I don't think so.
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Hi,
I had my 1982 12A engine swapped out for a 13B 6 Street Ported engine. I had someone else out west do the work so I'm not too up on the technical side but I do know that they shortened the drive shaft, adjusted the engine mounts, mated the engine to a 1984 transmission since the 12A original transmission would not fit directly. I had all this done about 20+years ago. Still running like a charm. I absolutely will never get rid of my RX7. The shop that did the work also experimented with (at the time) a setup involving 2 MSD 6AL Digital boxes with a 3 wire on the distributor. It's like having one digital box dedicated tothe primary and one box dedicated to the secondary. It's supposed to be more effecient in terms of burning - about 95+ % burn. I've got 4-11 rear pinion gears, 44mmPHH Mikuni Carb side draft and overall, the car sems quite impressive. The car was driven on the Calgary race track (oval track) and did 160MPH. It would have done more but because of the oval track it would run out of banking. The driver figured it would do about 10MPH or so more.
So overall, real happy with the 13B swap. Oh, a larger fuel pump (Carter) was also put in to accomodate the fuel requirement under race conditions.
I had my 1982 12A engine swapped out for a 13B 6 Street Ported engine. I had someone else out west do the work so I'm not too up on the technical side but I do know that they shortened the drive shaft, adjusted the engine mounts, mated the engine to a 1984 transmission since the 12A original transmission would not fit directly. I had all this done about 20+years ago. Still running like a charm. I absolutely will never get rid of my RX7. The shop that did the work also experimented with (at the time) a setup involving 2 MSD 6AL Digital boxes with a 3 wire on the distributor. It's like having one digital box dedicated tothe primary and one box dedicated to the secondary. It's supposed to be more effecient in terms of burning - about 95+ % burn. I've got 4-11 rear pinion gears, 44mmPHH Mikuni Carb side draft and overall, the car sems quite impressive. The car was driven on the Calgary race track (oval track) and did 160MPH. It would have done more but because of the oval track it would run out of banking. The driver figured it would do about 10MPH or so more.
So overall, real happy with the 13B swap. Oh, a larger fuel pump (Carter) was also put in to accomodate the fuel requirement under race conditions.
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Great! I am jealous, I can't wait to do a 13b swap, but I am getting married and I would probably ruin that if I blew more money on my car right now...Women ![Wink](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)
I think you will not only be very happy with the engine, tracking down parts will be easier, given that rebuildable 12A housings are like precious gems now.
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I think you will not only be very happy with the engine, tracking down parts will be easier, given that rebuildable 12A housings are like precious gems now.
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You would need 250hp and it geared right to make it plausible to hit 160mph... Power is related to velocity cubed when you only look at drag power. It takes about 150 hp just to overcome drag at that speed, assuming .3-.35 Cd that Mazda advertised that the car had. That doesn't count rolling resistance and internal resistances in the engine/drivetrain. I don't even know if you could get that out of an N/A 13b, but I don't see 100hp gain over stock with an exhaust and intake, or even a streetport, I think you'd need forced induction to help. Also, when you switch out a differential, won't that effect your speedo? He did have a 4.11 in there, so maybe the dial said 160....but reality told another story.
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