13b + CRX = Reasonable?

As you’ve all probably figured out by now, Ending ProjectCRX was just April Foolery. My CRX is sitting happily outside my house, waiting for a charged battery and a registration. To update you on current news:
I’ve taken some measurements and crunched some numbers, and I really believe that the n/a 13b will fit cleanly into the ED engine bay. The f20c is almost twice as long, and approximately 6″ taller. I may need to mount the 13b lower than I’d like to clear the sloped hood on the CRX, and even then I may need a cowled hood, but it should fit.

My current plan for CRX1.3 is to install the full FC (RX7) wiring harness, keeping the CRX light mounting clips. It’ll take some time to fab up a hybrid wiring harness, but that will be the simpler way to go about it. I’ve always had a soft spot for the cockpit-like FC RX7 guage cluster (shown below), and I’m exploring the possibility of using that in the CRX.

In the end, CRX1.3 won’t be as fast as CRX2.0, but it’ll stay within my budget, look more OEM, and be just as impressive from an engineering standpoint. Plus, rotary engines are just cool. Since I’m on the bus headed into work, I’m going to keep this post short and theoretical, with no hard numbers. I’ll dump measurements and estimates on you after the jump.