Thanks for your questions. The wood you see was the original fitment adapter model I made. I made the bottom of it flat to keep the engine and transmission square, using the Mazda crossmember as a guide. I made it out of three pieces of 3/4 plywood. One piece bolted to the transmission and two pieces bolted to the engine. So 2.2" total. ( 3/4 plywood is not quite 3/4). I had to use a larger spacer than I wanted to keep from cutting itno my firewall. I found the center of the crankshaft and the center of the transmission (using the back plate of the rotary engine case) then bolted the two together. Sorry about the bad pictures. Eventually I made the engine to tranny adapter out of billet aluminum I bought as drop on Ebay. 2.2 inches think. I was very careful to get the exact centers correct. They are within .002. The Mazda clutch is 240 mm which is 9.45". I cut down a 12" cast flywheel to make it have the same dimensions as the Mazda rotary flywheel. The ring gear, pilot bushing and clutch dowels and bolts are Mazda. The starter on the Mazda is mounted in the transmission so I had to fit the Mazda ring gear to the back of the Chrysler (now Mazda) flywheel. So the car thinks everything is Mazda. Clutch release and everything is Mazda. Everything from the face of the flywheel back is all stock Mazda. With the Haltech ECU it all plugs and plays. I cut the second v belt groove in the harmonic balancer so that both grooves were the same. For whatever reason they were two different sizes. I can now use a two groove Delco alternator and two groove PS pump and a two groove small block Chevy water pump pulley (modified). The PS pump is from a Miata. Two belts for the alternator, water pump, and PS pump. The AC compressor will be a Sanden run by one belt.
You may ask "Why would anyone do this?". I like to tinker and make things that are unusual. I wanted a modern car with electric windows and airbags. The slant fits right under the hood. It has about the same horsepower as the Mazda. The weight is near the same (late model slant is pretty light) so I won't need to change any suspension or driveline. I did change the transmission from a 6 speed to a 5 speed to get a better overdrive. I may have to change the rear end gears eventually. I calculated that I will be running 2704 RPM at 75 mph. I want to take it to the car show and people not know that it isn't factory. Thre are plenty of people making drifters from the RX8's. I don't care anything about that.
I'll keep you guys posted as I move along.
Kenny
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