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Member ID: rxmidget

Location: Westminster, Maryland

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1976 MG Midget

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  • engine swap
  • port and polish

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Last updated: Feb 26, 2008

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Brian’s MG Midget:
“RX-Midget”

  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 27expand
rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 32expand

K2 Motorsports is the creation of myself and my good friend to build parts for others to build there own RX-Midget. We have motor and transmission mounts as well as most other parts needed for the Rotary conversion of a Spridget. Send inquiries to K2Motorsports@msn.com

I am officially withdrawing from the GRM UTCC. My racing budget can not fund the required NASA membership, qualification for NASA TT liscense and transponder. Thanks for your intrest and for everyone that voted. Best wishes to all competitors and have fun at VIR!

Here are the event details:
http://www.cardomain.com/features/grm

This page is for my Mazda 13B powered RX-Midget. The car started life as a fully restored 1976 MG Midget that had been totaled when a driver rear-ended me while out for a drive on a summer afternoon. The accident pushed the bumper up to the middle of the trunk and destroyed everything behind the rear wheels.

The idea you see here was spawned by the Ro-Spit project that GRM built a few years ago as well as rumors of other rotary powered Spridgets. Since I was unable to find much info on other rotary Spridgets back in 1999, I designed and built the car myself using the Ro-Spit as a guide. The rear suspension uses a custom 4 link with coil over shocks to locate the narrowed Mazda RX-7 axle. The front suspension is somewhat stock appearing right now with small tweaks for negative camber and relocated sway bar. The car also runs very large vented Wilwood front brakes and large (for this car) vented rear disk brakes from the RX-7 to balance the power equation (power in must = power out).

rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 30expand
rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 31expand

The car was put together and run in auto-x events for about 2 years while in primer to make sure everything was working, and then it went back in the garage for another year. While in the garage I shaved door handles, bonded the fender flares on, built a carbon fiber dash, and added other little touches that I had gleaned from the Street Rod scene. Everything was built in my garage by me and some friends with only the paint and final body work done by a local paint shop.

The RX-Midget was featured in the December 2005, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine and also in the November 2004, RX-Tuner Magazine (no longer in print).

The car currently rides on 15x8” Superlite wheels with Hankook Ventus F200 slicks or 15x7 Superlites with Hankook rain tires.

The car has run in several Time Trials with SCCA, EMRA and one NASA event (the first HyperFest!). This past year was the first year to run Hill Climbs with the PHA/SCCA/NEPA region. I finished my rookie year by winning the PHA Specials-2 class championship and setting a class record at Summit Point, WV.
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rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 28expand
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rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 29expand

Duryea Hill Climb Map
rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 24expand

Duryea Hill Climb Video
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VIR South Course
VIR Spin on wet track
Rose Valley Hill Climb

rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 23expand
rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 22expand

rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 13expand
rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 15expand

rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 25expand

Insert 12/05 GRM Feature here....

rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 16expand
rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 18expand

rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 19expand
rxmidget's 1976 MG Midget Westminster, MD Customized with Custom Strut Bars, Custom Engine Comps., Custom Header, MSD Ignition, Dynomax Exhaust, Racing Beat Intake, Auto Meter Gauges, MOMO Steering Wheel, Hankook Tires, Wilwood Brakes, Doetsch Tech Shocks - 20expand

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Location: Westminster, Maryland