anyone know much about them?
got a friend who is looking for one, has some hairbrain idea for it. Won't say what though. :o

[Edited on 17-1-2005 by pete wood]

Ummm, maybe in a museum ? They werent produced for very long, and wouldnt be very many in OZ, due to the fact that they were superseded by the 12A in the first RX7 (1978) which is when the rotary revolution happened.

Good luck.

QUT (where I went to Uni) has one in pieces mounted on a wall in the mechanical building labs. That's the only one I have seen in real life.

First 10A in Australia

The Mazda R100 was released in June 1969 and was one of the first Mazda vehicles equipped with the rotary engine. It was available as a coupe only, and was based on the 1200 coupe which had been on sale for over a year

i would'nt use it,how cheap are 13b turbos from the importers these days.faster option..............
so fill as in on the project...
cheers

He's being real cagey about what he's doing with it. Spose I'll have to wait and see. He's really set on a 10a though.

so.....what is he going to supercharge with it????:duh:thumb

dunno, he won't say, he's real cagey. personally, I think he's a bit of a nutter. you know what I mean, everyone has a mate like it, too many 'broolliunt' schemes. :o

anyway, a 10a is what he really wants.

maybe hes building a super rotary powered lawn mower. or a 10A powered golf cart!

dunno, but whatever he does, it always seems to be a bit out of the ordinary.

The 10a is a top little motor revs to 10000prm easily.
Only down side is finding parts , but if hes's serious give me a u2u and i know a mate who has a couple , its whether he'll sell them is the thing. If not I've still got a twin dizzy 12a mild port sitting in the shed,needs a water pump though.

Hey klaus, you have U2U.

Pete, probably totally off subject - i owned a 10a powered Mazda R100 a few years ago - have attached a pic - totally stock standard , wish i never sold it ...oh well..

nice, got any spare motors?

Sorry mate, sold all my rotary stuff with the car.

Good luck with it anyway.

yo pete! i do mazda parts for a living....

a lot of 10A parts are hard to come by..mostly no longer available

they still do some of the internal stuff still though (apex seals etc..)

good luck!

know of a 10a in Adelaide.
u2u vwrx if interested.

can i ask... waht are 12a rotaries like? and how reliable and serviceable are rotaries? there is a 12a in a project i am looking at.

seems to be a little rough to start and needs choke bad?

a 10A can be turbocharged and put into a bug, legaly, pop, there goes the secret buble.

You would want to rebuild the whole thing with new seals from todays spare parts manufacturers, Original mazda seals were only getting about 20 000 klms from new, thats why they got such a bad name, but todays seal materials are great, after all its been nearly 40 years since mazda released its first rotary engine, a lot has been devoped since then.
And NSU made the ro80 even before that.

I did toy with the idea of turbochargeing a 10A for Herbie, as it has a small enough displacement to be legal, yet still create some good horsepower if you know what you're doing.
I decided it was going to be too expensive to worry about, but it is an option I guess.

well the last rumour I heard is the new rules are coming june/july. And there was talk that the engine multipliers would change, making a 12A turbo or possibly even a 13B turbo legal.

We'll wait and see I guess

A legal 13B would be heaps of fun !!! Umm now where did i put that video i got of one !!!