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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 07:10 AM
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K-Series powered RX-7

Found this while surfing...



Would love to do a K-Series Swap if and when my 13B dies..

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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 07:15 AM
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interesting surprised they just didn't go with an SR20DET

I would like to see 3S-GTE, or a 4G63.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 07:15 AM
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Moaaar!!
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 07:16 AM
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Poor car.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 07:20 AM
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^LOL it deserves better right!
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 07:53 AM
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damn clean though
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 09:02 AM
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Only morons who cant do rotary right will do such swap
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 09:50 AM
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Can't be making much more power than the 13b. Maybe a bit more torque, but pointless.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 09:52 AM
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I can dig it.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 10:02 AM
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They def did a good job though. I think if your going to rip the soul of the car out and give it some other car's heart, it should be an ungodly v8.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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But a big V-8 kills the weight distribution. Love to see a STi 2.8 stroker swap though with a 9,000 RPM redline.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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But why......why would someone want to do that other than to say they did it. Honzda RX-civic Booooo. But i will admit very clean
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 10:43 AM
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Why? Reliability.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by benben01
But a big V-8 kills the weight distribution. Love to see a STi 2.8 stroker swap though with a 9,000 RPM redline.
Umm, the LSx swap is usually not much heavier being that it is an all aluminum block.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 12:30 PM
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the torque would make up for any weight distribution compromises.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 12:58 PM
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the torque would make up for any weight distribution compromises.
Not at the track... and swapping a sportscar for anything other than lap times is a waste of money as it drives fast enough already for street use
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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Actually saw this car in person at Import alliance, very well done and clean.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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To each his own, drifting types may disagree.
That said, I wouldn't be doing any of this to my car.
It's staying a rotary, may not always be a renesis, but a rotary none the less.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 01:48 PM
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Meh, it probably won't matter to them... looks like a hard parker: ROTM July 2012 Winner: Ben@K-Tuned.com

450hp as the current goal, 700hp in the future. I'd like to slam a 320hp race prepped rx7 up their *****. With the whole problematic rotary "motor" inside to properly spin their intestines.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 01:53 PM
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Definitely looks like a dyno queen.
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