Ionbeam - I already have a spare motor but thanks for the offer. That request of mine for an engine was from way back - I shouldn't have ressurected such an old posting.
I bought a 2nd motor a while back after having a freak attack! I had been building the car for over a year when I took off the engine sump plug. A ton of water came gushing out, convincing me that for sure I had bought a dud motor. It turned out that during the motorcycle impact, the front tire had crushed the rad and ruptured the oil cooler, mixing the oil and water. At the same time a cheap motor came up on ebay and I bought it, but it doesn't look like the water did any harm.
So I have the spare motor, a Mitsubishi TD04 turbocharger and intercooler from a WRX and the plan is to work on a turbo setup once I have the time. Any advice you guys have on how well the FJR would hold up under boost, what mods to do etc would be great.
I was also thinking that the FJR engine would make an awesome AWD package for a car. Remove the middle drive gear assembly, and replace with a custom drive shaft which runs right through the length of the engine and out through custom machined side covers with bearings and oil seals to a pair of flanges. The engine would be mounted longtitudinally in the car instead of transverse as it is in the bike (and my car). There might even be enough room where the bevel gears were to put a small center differential assembly.....
ThrottlejockeyTJ - it is a 3.42:1 rear end from a Celica. You are corect about the miata except the whole sub-frame assembly is quite heavy for my application and the gear ratio is quite short. Many people are using the miata components in these cars though, they are good and cheap. I might upgrade to a small IRS diff and fabricte the rear a-arms similar to the front in the future, but the live rear end will do for now.
HYCLE, thanks for the links and the pictures. That's one nice setup there with the busa motor. Have you seen this video of the turbo busa car:
