We are a crazy Mazda family from Bartlett, Tennessee. 16 year old drives a 2001 626, wife drives a 2010 cx-7, and I am building a 1966 karmann ghia with mazda rotary power. I was happy to find this site and hope to learn alot from other mazda folks.
Any advice on the ghia build is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

 

karman ghia with mazda power...that should be interesting!!

 

I know it has been done, one of the std swaps as is a Chevy V8. But I have only seen those in Type II (Buses.) I can only imagine what the extra weight/power must do to the balance of the vehicle.
'Guess if you don't mind being nose-up all the time, its OK?

In fact now that I think about it, I seem to remember seeing a Beetle drag car that was Mazda Rotary powered. It lost, IIRC.