I have seen threads about what we can and can not put in the RX-8. Anyone ever think of taking the engine out of the 8 and into a nother car?
K Lets here it.

lotus elise
miata
first gen rx-7
triump spitfire
kabura

I have seen threads about what we can and can not put in the RX-8. Anyone ever think of taking the engine out of the 8 and into a nother car?
K Lets here it.

I've begun the process of putting one into an 06 MX5. We're still in the measuring stages presently.

Paul.

I've begun the process of putting one into an 06 MX5. We're still in the measuring stages presently.

Paul.
thats a really cool proyect Paul, please keep us updated

lotus elise
miata
first gen rx-7
triump spitfire
kabura

Ah the Kabura! Since this almost definitely won't come from the factory with the rotary, depending on my success with the MX5, the Kabura (Or whatever they end up calling it) will be a breeze.

Paul.

thats a really cool proyect Paul, please keep us updated

Absolutely, I will probably start a thread about it at the appropriate time. I'm working with a wrecked 06 Miata right now but should have the real deal by early next year.

Paul.

A few years back some guy in hawaii put it in an old toyota? wagon of some sort, ran 13's on the 1/4 mile stock.

Miata then rename it RX-5

lotus elise? where did you see that?

Ah the Kabura! Since this almost definitely won't come from the factory with the rotary, depending on my success with the MX5, the Kabura (Or whatever they end up calling it) will be a breeze.

Paul.
You ever think of taking the 8 cutting the back doors off and moving it together? I wonder how much work would be involved? Man that would look so cool.

You ever think of taking the 8 cutting the back doors off and moving it together? I wonder how much work would be involved? Man that would look so cool.

thats got to be pretty hard to do

Paul is my hero.

That Miata is going to be stupid fast

I've wanted to get a FC and drop a ported Renesis in it.

I've wanted to get a FC and drop a ported Renesis in it.

that would be nice, i also like that idea and would like to get first gen miata and drop a 8 engine it. thre is a group of ppl in okinawa that are running 13brew in 1st gen miata.

My first new car out of university, an '89 Suzuki Swift GTi, only 100hp and sub 1800 pound weight. It was what the mini should have been. A renesis in that would be too much fun, but worth more than the car. Better even...fabricate the rear axle in, talk about a sleeper.

Paul is my hero.

That Miata is going to be stupid fast

The initial work is going very well. You should see how pretty that 13B looks sitting in there. :naughty:

Paul.

you should def. make a thread on your project and have lots and lots of pictures

The Renesis will fit in just about anything.
However, it really isn't the right choice unless you are just going for the "cool" factor.

Rotary Miatas have been done to death. The Monster Miata will still run circles around it as will just about any FM Miata.

I'd like to drop one in the Smartcar coupe. That would be really cool and pretty fast to boot.
Now, it would be a trick to import one...

an s2000 with the renesis would be pretty hot. You'd have to bring over the transmission too, cause the one that comes with it tends to suck.

The Renesis will fit in just about anything.
However, it really isn't the right choice unless you are just going for the "cool" factor.

Rotary Miatas have been done to death. The Monster Miata will still run circles around it as will just about any FM Miata.

I'd like to drop one in the Smartcar coupe. That would be really cool and pretty fast to boot.
Now, it would be a trick to import one...
I think Monster Miatas have been done to death personally but I agree that there are other ways of accomplishing a lot of power and speed in that chassis. The 06 NC is just begging for what I will give it though. People always speak about how balanced a package they've always been, we're about to bring the balance. Normally aspirated S2000s had better beware at the racetrack (Autocross and circuits) :nono:

Paul.

I think I'm going to throw a 20B in a BelAir. Then I'll start a website claiming how great it is and how much it pisses of the Hot Rod crowd. Then I'll post it up on a Hot Rod forum and watch the thread go on and on and never end...

Red Devil --
I got the BelAir, if you got the 20b

Is it OK if it is a Station Wagon?

A Renesis-powered Elise would be one of the greatest driver's cars ever. Not that the Toyota engine is bad, but imagine a free-revving rotary in a ~2000lb car. Plus the RX-8 is rather quiet. Imagine hearing the Renesis sing right behind your ears!

A Renesis-powered Elise would be one of the greatest driver's cars ever. Not that the Toyota engine is bad, but imagine a free-revving rotary in a ~2000lb car. Plus the RX-8 is rather quiet. Imagine hearing the Renesis sing right behind your ears!
Man I like the sound of that! :rock:

an s2000 with the renesis would be pretty hot. You'd have to bring over the transmission too, cause the one that comes with it tends to suck.

Yeah, then you'd have a slower S2000 with virtually the same damn tranny... Brilliant!

Yeah, then you'd have a slower S2000 with virtually the same damn tranny... Brilliant!

hahahaha

lotus elise
miata
first gen rx-7
triump spitfire
kabura

The Lotus Elise or Exige was my first thought.

A Renesis-powered Elise would be one of the greatest driver's cars ever. Not that the Toyota engine is bad, but imagine a free-revving rotary in a ~2000lb car. Plus the RX-8 is rather quiet. Imagine hearing the Renesis sing right behind your ears!

doesnt the renesis weigh more? i also dont think there are any tranies that can mount a rotary transversly. also the position of the motor would kill the "lower center of gravity" benefit of owning a rotary (thats the biggest reason i wanted a rotary to beggin with).

id stick to a built NA K20 elise or just an FI elise.

now if someone would make an all aluminum renesis (minus the e shaft)... my wishlist would look a lil different.

Yeah, then you'd have a slower S2000 with virtually the same damn tranny... Brilliant!

HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE!!!

Haha, your too much IKE, your hating posts have made my day over and over again since you've been on this forum.

Yeah, then you'd have a slower S2000 with virtually the same damn tranny... Brilliant!

Ah, perhaps, but it will be a Wankel s2000 instead of the humdrum 4-banger it has in it. Anyway, I thought our car was faster. I've spanked two of them off the line (when I was stock) cause THEY wanted to race.

Ah, perhaps, but it will be a Wankel s2000 instead of the humdrum 4-banger it has in it. Anyway, I thought our car was faster. I've spanked two of them off the line (when I was stock) cause THEY wanted to race.
Oh no, here we go AGAIN...

Ah, perhaps, but it will be a Wankel s2000 instead of the humdrum 4-banger it has in it. Anyway, I thought our car was faster. I've spanked two of them off the line (when I was stock) cause THEY wanted to race.

In what RX-8 fanboi fantasy land did these races happen in?

In what RX-8 fanboi fantasy land did these races happen in?

Bwaaaaaahhh your f*#cking killing me over here!

i'd like to cram one into my old bug.. :)

how bout into a harley fatboy.

LOL! Viper did that with there V10. They put it on a bike.

yea but it still weighed as much as a small car and had 4wheels/tires. put it in a only slightly oversided bike and make the total package ~1000lbs sans rider.

http://www.rotaryrecycle.net/intro.asp

For an exercise in silliness, how about a 2000+ Saturn SC?

For an exercise in silliness, how about a 2000+ Saturn SC?


the only problem with that is getting a FWD transaxle to mate or makig the car handle a RWD setup. But its no more fanciful than my harley idea.



as long as ike is in this thead, how bout an evo? :angel:

nice link btw, ike.

I have seen threads about what we can and can not put in the RX-8. Anyone ever think of taking the engine out of the 8 and into a nother car?
K Lets here it.

Many years back in Raleigh NC there was a Lotus Europa running around with a 13B in it. In the first week of driving it the exhaust burned a serious hole into part of the underside that took the owner about a year to fix. The repairs were done an he had been driving it as a daily driver for 3-4 years when I first saw it. If I recall the motor came out of a second gen low mileage wreck and had headers, custom pipe, and a 48 IDA Weber carb.

It also had a working air conditioner.

Car was black with gold accents.

the only problem with that is getting a FWD transaxle to mate or makig the car handle a RWD setup. But its no more fanciful than my harley idea.



as long as ike is in this thead, how bout an evo? :angel:

nice link btw, ike.
LOL!

In what RX-8 fanboi fantasy land did these races happen in?
It's very close to the imaginary world where attractive women will date a guy who drives a ricey-looking econobox with a shopping cart handle wing on the back.

theres a 13b mr-2 runing around here, ill try and get some shots

It's very close to the imaginary world where attractive women will date a guy who drives a ricey-looking econobox with a shopping cart handle wing on the back.


LOL You wanna dish it out, you gotta take it. Nice one. :)

Red Devil --
I got the BelAir, if you got the 20b

Is it OK if it is a Station Wagon?

I get it in the Summer, you get in in the warm Alabama winter, fair?

theres a 13b mr-2 runing around here, ill try and get some shots

what tranny did he use?

I want to put a supercharged renesis in an Ariel Atom. That'd be fast as hell.

lotus elise
miata
first gen rx-7
triump spitfire
kabura
People rather swap the 13b or 13bt in the SA/FB (gen1 rx7).... and people would rather keep the inline 4 in the miata.

what tranny did he use?

They made a custom adaptor for the stock mr-2 trans

People rather swap the 13b or 13bt in the SA/FB (gen1 rx7).... and people would rather keep the inline 4 in the miata.

this is my personal list, not what I think people want.

I also like to put a renesis in a b1800 truck

It's very close to the imaginary world where attractive women will date a guy who drives a ricey-looking econobox with a shopping cart handle wing on the back.
BWAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ohhh man Ike, you had that one coming. Best Evo burn I've heard ever...
:pokeowned