Aussie B2200 with some Spicy Meatballs...

AussieB2200

G'day fellow Uterus Lovers.

I purchased my factory yellow '88 B2200 DLX from eBay in around 2012 for $300. It was factory fitted with the hi-powered 2.2L non turbo diesel. I purchased it primarily because I needed a cylinder head and it had a new one recently fitted. The rest was going to be scrapped. After returning from the long interstate trip needed to pick it up my mate and I decided that it was indeed too cool to send to China so out came the now headless diesel and in went a
4 port Rx8 13B running a Injection Perfection T/B and Haltech ECU. This was cool for a while and tooted some wicked massive long burning flames on decel but we felt it needed more...

Enter the next reincarnation. Built extend port 12A turbo with a rather rare HKS top hat designed to fit the factory 12AT throttle body. Also to match, a HKS GT2510 ball bearing turbo. Much better!!
She's currently off the road for some further upgrades including a Link G4 ECU package and a stainless exhaust.
Also planning to do a full respray in the future and make some changes to the custom steel tray.

Love watching Mazda Mitch although I think maybe it's time put the old carby FE to rest and jam in a boosted FE3 or maybe a 20B... As long as it's made by Mazda and not some LS pile of s**t!!

Look forward to checking out some more sick B trucks!

Ad's Man Out.

AussieB2200

kz6fittycent

I'd love to learn more about your rotary swap. I've owned RX-7's and miss having the brap. I'm confident enough to do it but I'm looking for any lessons learned or "gotchas". Which transmission are you using? I am assuming you welded up some mounts or made a plate to make this all fit well. BTW - looking at your photos, you did a great job here!

AussieB2200

kz6fittycent Thanks bud, it was pretty straight forward as far as conversions go. Biggest challenge is probably the lack of room on the Aussie model being RHD. Turbo and extractors are a tight fit if you want to use off the shelf or OEM parts. Probably not such a drama for the guys with LHD vehicles. The Rx8 engine swap was done with the factory diesel 5 speed gearbox. Just fitted an Rx7 bell housing and shortened the splines on the input shaft to match rotary gearbox. When it came to mounts, I actually ended up cutting off the diesel mounts, flipped them and re-positioned them further forward and welded them back onto the rails. Front engine mount is similar to what you would find on early Rx7's but cut and shut a little to optimise positioning. Once the 12A turbo went in, I fitted a Series 5 Rx7 5 speed for the extra strength. Mods to this are minimal - custom mount and cut down shifter housing as you would do in the early Mazda Rotary models. Fitted a short throw shifter also. Fitting a radiator with an oil cooler attached is again a little tight. Not a lot of height available. Could of gone a few different ways there including mounting the engine oil cooler somewhere else but I had a rare HB Cosmo radiator in my spares and it fit just nice.
Hanging to get her back on the road for some summertime cruising!

Red91EFI

Great to hear from you in Australia . Do you still see B2200's on the road ? Also, did they sell a 4 Door version of the B2200 in Australia

AussieB2200

Red91EFI Hey mate, I see a few around from time to time. Got a mate who's into them as well and he has air bagged one of his and fitted a F2 turbo motor. We got the 4 door model here for sure. And the extended single cab version too. I owned a nice 4 door DLX diesel at one point. We took out the R2 and fitted the RF turbo 2L diesel from a Jap Bongo van. Vast improvement in performance!