{"id":60152,"date":"2020-08-21T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60152"},"modified":"2020-08-21T00:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T05:40:24","slug":"mazda-rx-3-with-a-600-whp-turbo-13b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60152","title":{"rendered":"Mazda RX-3 with a 600+ whp Turbo 13B"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PAC Performance<\/a> built this Mazda RX-3 for owner Fadi Helou at their company in Revesby, NSW, Australia. The project starts with a turbocharged 13B bridgeport two-rotor making 600+ horsepower to the wheels on E85 fuel. The motor features an Elite Rotary Shop intake, Garrett GTX42 Turbocharger, Turbosmart Pro Gate 50 mm wastegate, and MicroTech LT-16c ECU. A Ford C4 three-speed automatic transmission sends power through a 3-inch driveshaft to a Ford 9-inch rear end. The car rides on a RC Components Exile-S wheels (15×4.5,15×8) covering Wilwood four-piston disc brakes in front and two-piston disc brakes in back. The car’s best quarter-mile is a 8.84 sec at 151 mph.<\/p>\n

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Source: PAC Performance<\/a> (project page)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAC Performance built this Mazda RX-3 for owner Fadi Helou at their company in Revesby, NSW, Australia. The project starts with a turbocharged 13B bridgeport two-rotor making 600+ horsepower to the wheels on E85 fuel. The motor features an Elite Rotary Shop intake, Garrett GTX42 Turbocharger, Turbosmart Pro Gate 50 mm wastegate, and MicroTech LT-16c… Read More »Mazda RX-3 with a 600+ whp Turbo 13B<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[361],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rx-3"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114925,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=114925","url_meta":{"origin":60152,"position":0},"title":"Mazda RX-3 with a Turbo 13B Two-Rotor","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"PAC Performance received this Mazda RX-3 with a turbocharged MX-5 inline-four. 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