{"id":6903,"date":"2015-06-29T13:41:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T17:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2021-10-15T13:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T18:42:10","slug":"for-sale-1979-triumph-spitfire-with-a-12a-rotary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6903","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: 1979 Triumph Spitfire with a 12A Two-Rotor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This very nice 1979 Triumph Spitfire is for sale on eBay with no reserve. The factory powertrain was swapped using Mazda parts. The engine is a 1.2 L 12A two-rotor from a 1978 Mazda RX-7 which produces 190 hp thanks to some port work. The transmission is a RX-7 five-speed manual with a heavy duty clutch that sends power to a Mazda limited-slip differential. The seller claims the car reaches 150 mph and gets 20 mpg. The previous owner built this car in the 90’s during the time the Grassroots Motorsports Ro-spit<\/a> was built. The difference being this was built for the road while the Ro-spit was built for the track.<\/p>\n

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Source: eBay via Daily Turismo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This very nice 1979 Triumph Spitfire is for sale on eBay with no reserve. The factory powertrain was swapped using Mazda parts. The engine is a 1.2 L 12A two-rotor from a 1978 Mazda RX-7 which produces 190 hp thanks to some port work. The transmission is a RX-7 five-speed manual with a heavy duty… Read More »For Sale: 1979 Triumph Spitfire with a 12A Two-Rotor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spitfire"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1979-Triumph-Spitfire-With-A-12A-Rotary-04.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76738,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76738","url_meta":{"origin":6903,"position":0},"title":"Mazda RX-3 with a 1000+ hp 20B Three-Rotor","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Eric Wolf's Mazda RX-3 was built by PAC Performance in Revesby, NSW, Australia. 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