Kickers V6 swap thread
#1005
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Clearly you've never prototyped anything. Why risk damage to the nice shiny billet aftermarket parts when a temporary solution is more then adequate for testing purpose? Once all the solutions are decided, the new parts go in.
Please go build something so you understand. I don't mean "assemble". I mean BUILD something. Design it. Manufacture it. Test it.
Please go build something so you understand. I don't mean "assemble". I mean BUILD something. Design it. Manufacture it. Test it.
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You gonna eat that?
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Clearly you've never prototyped anything. Why risk damage to the nice shiny billet aftermarket parts when a temporary solution is more then adequate for testing purpose? Once all the solutions are decided, the new parts go in.
Please go build something so you understand. I don't mean "assemble". I mean BUILD something. Design it. Manufacture it. Test it.
Please go build something so you understand. I don't mean "assemble". I mean BUILD something. Design it. Manufacture it. Test it.
"...build something so you understand."
You haven't built squat yet, so try not to be so smug and condescending.
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I designed computers that Dell and FNW sell. I designed analog electronics and build amplifiers from scratch just for the fun of it. I've converted vehicles to electric. Design motion/motor control systems. The list goes on. This build is definitly one of the simpler things I've done. Just not high priority. The updates I post are for those who enjoy watching something coming together without being from the now generation. So settle down slick. She'll be done some day.
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You gonna eat that?
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I designed computers that Dell and FNW sell. I designed analog electronics and build amplifiers from scratch just for the fun of it. I've converted vehicles to electric. Design motion/motor control systems. The list goes on. This build is definitly one of the simpler things I've done. Just not high priority. The updates I post are for those who enjoy watching something coming together without being from the now generation. So settle down slick. She'll be done some day.
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Plenty of people have build plenty here, you are just being illogically argumentive again.
Even if you are successful, and I'm routing for you to be despite your own misunderstanding of my earlier post about chilling out, an Isuzu engine in an Rx8 is and always will be a bastard child for the next owner to try and figure out when problems arise.
Even if you are successful, and I'm routing for you to be despite your own misunderstanding of my earlier post about chilling out, an Isuzu engine in an Rx8 is and always will be a bastard child for the next owner to try and figure out when problems arise.
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This:
A lot of mock ups and prototyping go into the process because you learn something with each step. Why have a custom aluminum intake fabricated 5 times until it's perfect when you can make one out of PVC and rubber connectors then play with it until it's perfect. Fabrication of the actual part you will use long term is last, not first.
I'm on somewhere around 5th generation of custom parts/electronics for my current build and only now are things looking permanent. A couple more generations and I'll be done.
Clearly you've never prototyped anything. Why risk damage to the nice shiny billet aftermarket parts when a temporary solution is more then adequate for testing purpose? Once all the solutions are decided, the new parts go in.
Please go build something so you understand. I don't mean "assemble". I mean BUILD something. Design it. Manufacture it. Test it.
Please go build something so you understand. I don't mean "assemble". I mean BUILD something. Design it. Manufacture it. Test it.
I'm on somewhere around 5th generation of custom parts/electronics for my current build and only now are things looking permanent. A couple more generations and I'll be done.
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This:
A lot of mock ups and prototyping go into the process because you learn something with each step. Why have a custom aluminum intake fabricated 5 times until it's perfect when you can make one out of PVC and rubber connectors then play with it until it's perfect. Fabrication of the actual part you will use long term is last, not first.
I'm on somewhere around 5th generation of custom parts/electronics for my current build and only now are things looking permanent. A couple more generations and I'll be done.
A lot of mock ups and prototyping go into the process because you learn something with each step. Why have a custom aluminum intake fabricated 5 times until it's perfect when you can make one out of PVC and rubber connectors then play with it until it's perfect. Fabrication of the actual part you will use long term is last, not first.
I'm on somewhere around 5th generation of custom parts/electronics for my current build and only now are things looking permanent. A couple more generations and I'll be done.
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It was passive-agressive sarcasm and doesn't contribute in any way. If you have questions or comments specific to the build, by all means ask them.
#1020
I just stumbled across this thread, don't even know exactly how, while searching for RWD power train for a chump car.
Could you sum-up the transmission choices that will simply bolt up to this motor? I tried to read through the entire thread but i just don't have the strength. The motor interests me though, Cheap, light, small, powerful (relatively) and the ability connect a RWD manual tran with out custom adapters.
Could you sum-up the transmission choices that will simply bolt up to this motor? I tried to read through the entire thread but i just don't have the strength. The motor interests me though, Cheap, light, small, powerful (relatively) and the ability connect a RWD manual tran with out custom adapters.
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I just stumbled across this thread, don't even know exactly how, while searching for RWD power train for a chump car.
Could you sum-up the transmission choices that will simply bolt up to this motor? I tried to read through the entire thread but i just don't have the strength. The motor interests me though, Cheap, light, small, powerful (relatively) and the ability connect a RWD manual tran with out custom adapters.
Could you sum-up the transmission choices that will simply bolt up to this motor? I tried to read through the entire thread but i just don't have the strength. The motor interests me though, Cheap, light, small, powerful (relatively) and the ability connect a RWD manual tran with out custom adapters.
#1024
This is hilarious because his goals are to take a great chassis and provide it with a lightweight, powerful, reliable, efficient engine that will outperform the original in just about every measurable category. The worst thing some of you people can come up with to mock this guy is that researching the swap, mocking up and fabricating a bunch of custom components, and sharing the whole process here is taking a while. Seriously, that's the best you can do.
Let's ignore the technical prowess, the great fabrication skills, the creative solutions, the ability to look beyond brand snobbery and let's mock the amount of free time that a busy guy has.
I'm glad I didn't go with an RX-8 for my engine swap project, it wouldn't be worth sharing with this community. I'm glad kicker is sticking it out, and I look forward to updates, understanding that they'll come as he has time.
Let's ignore the technical prowess, the great fabrication skills, the creative solutions, the ability to look beyond brand snobbery and let's mock the amount of free time that a busy guy has.
I'm glad I didn't go with an RX-8 for my engine swap project, it wouldn't be worth sharing with this community. I'm glad kicker is sticking it out, and I look forward to updates, understanding that they'll come as he has time.
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I just stumbled across this thread, don't even know exactly how, while searching for RWD power train for a chump car.
Could you sum-up the transmission choices that will simply bolt up to this motor? I tried to read through the entire thread but i just don't have the strength. The motor interests me though, Cheap, light, small, powerful (relatively) and the ability connect a RWD manual tran with out custom adapters.
Could you sum-up the transmission choices that will simply bolt up to this motor? I tried to read through the entire thread but i just don't have the strength. The motor interests me though, Cheap, light, small, powerful (relatively) and the ability connect a RWD manual tran with out custom adapters.
Anything with the large Aisin bolt pattern (R154/supra, MA5/solstice/Colorado/hummer, NV3550/jeep, ect) will bolt to the Isuzu bellhousing. The Isuzu engine also has a GM60 pattern on it which opens even more options.