LS1 yet?
 

Im thinking when this motie bites the dust, I'm gonna put in a LSx motor. I have a few firends with LS1 RX7's, but I havent heard of an RX8's.

Anyone here lead the way yet?

Hinson Supercars would be your best bet for help but to do such a swap will require a "front-half" job and that takes MAJOR "commitment" on your part. My 2 cents; if you're gonna do an LS swap, don't bother with the LS1 and use the LS7 or LS9.

+1 ^^

sell your car and get an C5 z06. it would be cheaper and easier ;)

put an LS9 in a little civic. Put a 4 rotor in a RX

^agree with the 4 rotor or 20B

ls9 civic? wtf?

Nobody could make rice comments to it after that, I suppose...

the front bay of a civic isnt large enough for an ls?

it would be an extremely tight fight if it worked. better idea to mount it behind the front seats and convert it to rwd.

^yeah, but also the ls9 is a rear wheel drive engine...you CANT sidemount an ls9

you mount it inline to the drivetrain....?

edit: hmm, i wonder where the tranny would go. :lol:

i guess you would have to push the firewall/interior back a bit.

then that would require a RWD platform....you cant mount longways on a FWD

yup....seen that. Civette!

you will have trouble getting anything that runs on CAN to still work, like the stock gauges

i have a C5 vette with a LS3 bored and stroked to a 416 already as well:)

what is a front half job?

rework the entire front half?

ATM, the cheapest I've seen an LS7 crate engine go for is a little over 10k. You can get an LS1 for dirt cheap and an LS2 for not much more. For the money you save, you can spend in mods or actually installing.

Also, Hinson charges 10k for the swap, you supply engine and tranny. I've asked :(

All of the GM V8s are a tough squeeze to fit in the 3rd gen RX7 while much easier in the 2nd gen version. It would be a super hack job to put into an RX8, hence the reason we haven't seen that swap.

Paul.

Get a Vette. It's no longer an RX8 once you remove the rotary.

Rip out the soul, install a monster.

I tried to get poetic, but it sucks. :lol:

Didn't you pay attention? He already has a bad ass vette. He likes the car but wants more power!!!! Its gonna be one hell of a job to drop a LSx in there, tho.

get a 3 rotor :D

anyone know the wet weight of this rotary motor?