I have to admit,i'm a bit partial to the odd rotor or two(i've owned several)I also have to say i believe Mazda was the only company willing to rock the establishment,as the big three and others knew the potential of these things (hence why they collectevly took up so many patents)to potentially bring the old guard to it's knees.....they are just so bloody simple!Yes they had early issues,but what newish invention does'nt.
I once pulled a 13B down,replaced everything with new bits,and back together in under 4 hours without formal training just a very good workshop manual.Now imagine the ramifications of that in the motor industry.

Thats going to be one hell beast when finished

I remember reading about Dr Felix Wankel, the guy who invented the rotary, and how while he was first working on the project almost to the point of completion, he was abducted by Hitlers army and forced to work for Ze Germans to design wepons of war and if it hadn't been for world war 2 then the 10A might have been in production in the early 1950's. Just in case anyone was wondering why on the casting of a mazda rotary housing you will find 'wankel' in the casting.

Let's see. It has a stock 20b 2 piece E-shaft. Yes, it will be driven on the street/ registered, but I live in Okinawa Japan, so it really isn't a big deal. ####, you walk out the front door of the shop and cross the street and you are in the city police station. I actually just got a bit of sad news. It looks like the guy I was getting the cruiser axle from has now decided to go ahead with his own project. Oh well, guess I will be giving Strange a call. I can't wait for the funds to go that route, so I guess I will be running the stock rearend to get it rolling around and do some tuning.

Go for a winters quickchange all alloy then you have two ratios, one for the aircraft strip and the other for the road at the turn of a lever.

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Those are cool. I was thinking of going with the Strange PRF305. The bonus is they are made 30mins away from my Dad's house in the US, so I can have him pick it up and break it down to ship to me in Japan.

You will probably need the diff that wide so you can fill the rest of the wheel tubs with fat rubber!

I think you'll need it!

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I hope I need it, but it will probably be overkill. I figure I will be able to afford everything I need to do to get ready for that rearend in about 3 months. Whenever I do do it, is probably the same time I ad the turbo.

nice one igy, i envy you greatly for you have the worlds greatest supply of datsun parts at your will. Japan! Love the ute, going to be a monster for sure.

The quickchange is around 2500k plus brakes whats this thing cost as I dont think youll get much quickchange from it ;) ?

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3k US, including brakes. I know there are cheaper alternatives, but I want this.