84mag

Greetings. I've been the proud owner of a rotary powered Ferrari Dino replica since 1985. For the last 12 years I have been laboring on a complete rebuild, chassis on up. When I fired up my engine after sitting for that long I was surprised by how well it ran, just sitting in the garage, until it made a horrible noise and I shut it off. I pulled the engine back out and disasembled it to find one of the apex seals blown out in the middle. I have been looking at a lot of the posts in this forum for information and have found a lot of helpful stuff. I believe my rotary is a first gen 13B. I have a Kennedy adapter to a VW transaxle and wondering if that will mate to any of the newer gen rotaries.

WJM ROTARIES

Welcome to forum. Yes the bolt pattern is the same only 1 extra bolt hole but you dont have to use it

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

Welcome to the forum. Very sorry to hear about the engine failure. How bad did the housing get damaged after the apex seal dislodged and seized the engine?

84mag

The edges of the seal slot are a little rough, and there are some gouges in the surface of the housing. I don't know of a shop near me who could determine if the housing could be resurfaced.

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

Sounds like the housing is done for unfortunately. Shame because you said it was an early 4 port 13B. Or if by 1st gen 13B, you meant a GSL-SE engine. Either way, it sucks to hear.