Hey everyone, I haven't updated the thread in a long time. I had quite a big problem since I kept the stock water radiator position. Fabricating the intercooler piping proved to be a huge pain in the ass, especially since the the outlets from the intercooler are on the lower side of the tanks. I also had to make my own oil filter relocation setup since the clutch pump is very close to the block. Oh and the hardest part for me(harder than actually installing the engine and basically everything else) was constructing the casing for the stock ecu, the haltech, and the other two boxes(power steering) to all fit in one, and in a much smaller casing. Just a tip, make your turbo kit so that it goes around this little detail. I'll post some pics of the finished pieces soon!

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Saucey, save yourself the trouble and do not use the RX-8 tranny for 600hp+.

When I do my 13B-rew swap I will probably leave the stock tranny in there, and see how it likes 450rwhp. If it breaks, I've got a couple of FD tranny's laying around.

Finally done, here are a couple of pics. The swap took a long time due to my working hours 10+hrs a day. If anyone has any questions just ask, I have plenty of pics.

Some more pics

And some more

looking very good!

any change we can get a vid of it running?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBbvyP6Qj9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZjrPMUd5oI

Haven't really driven it yet, it's a freshly rebuilt engine and I'm just finishing up with the minor details-fan wiring(working stock ecu controls right now which I don't like), hell I still have the stock exhaust on which is also coming off this week. That's why I haven't driven it outside yet.

^^ 13B-RE swapped rx8 with stock exhaust. Hilarious!

Funny isn't it? My car was totally stock before I did the transplant. Right now it has a stock cat and rear exhuast-I made the downpipe on the car using ss 3inch 90degree bends The only problem is that the nearest (good with a tig welder and that can make a 76mm/3inch)exhaust shop is about 80miles from where I live, so I'll probably use road service to transport it there. Like I said I just finished installing it.

No the RE is from the Japanese only Cosmo which came with the twin turbo two rotor motor or the bigger twin turbo 3 rotor or (20B). The secont gen Rx7 turbo motor is the 13bT and came single turbo. the Difference between the RE and REW of the 3rd Gen Rx7 is the intake ports are bigger on the RE than the REW and the exahust ports are bigger on the REW then the RE

Thanks Justin, but we know this.

Well some may know this but not all and i was atttempting to quote a specific post and the post didnt work as intended and didnt feel like fixing it

So... what's the word?

Well, I have to give many thanks to Brian at BDC for his help!!! I'm breaking in the engine right now, running great!!! I'll give you a call tomorrow.:aroused:

My new exhaust

need a video

^ +1

That motor looked pretty good running there. Looked kinda dangerous tho.

Dangerous though?

Damn I can't believe I haven't seen this until now... Everything looks great and the custom work is impressive. The exhaust looks either really bad ass or begging for leaks, I can't tell. But yeah, we really need a video. I was thinking about doing this swap since I am at 70+ miles now... this or 20b idk yet. But good luck with the finishing touches!

Bad ass, yup. Leaks, no everything is professionally TIG welded. I'll post a video of the car running when it's tuned.

awesome swap, its one my friend has been trying to convince me to do.

if i dont get my turbo from mm, i may small claims him and go this route

This is what i want to do to my 04 rx8 when i get back from afghanistan

Finally made a new oil pan, the stock 13bre sits way too low to the ground. I used a stock RX8(which is very shallow, but a very clever idea with the oil reservoir) and a 13BRE and mated them together. I braze welded it and it came out really good and no leaks!

Good job man. That looks awesome.

Clever solution.

Finally heat wrapped+silicon heat wrapped my manifold. Too much under the hood temperatures.

Pretty good answer to the problem. Looks good.
How about a status update on how the cars runnig and performing?

Sorry guys but I haven't driven the car in a long time, plus I severely dislocated might right shoulder so I'll be out until mid September :(

So you need a driver?

Yeah, be my guest come over to Greece! Just put gas in-which costs about $9 a gallon!!! :lol:

Wow that sucks all that work and you can go and enjoy your 8 :(

Ouch $9 a gallon Fail :icon_no2:

Car is running pretty good, funnily enough I'm getting the same gas mileage as I did with the bone stock RX8. I'm not a big fan of the stock 6speed tranny-1st,2nd,3rd are useless. I have to get my FD transmission in it and see how it does.

^ Looks awesome!

This is what i want to do to mine someday.

Great job!

It will do just fine...Speaking from experience ofcoarse :naughty:

You pulled some pretty nice Hp out of your set up and you have to love that your eatting up any more gas.

Glad to see everything looking good..

so can we get a final mod list or a final list of details on your setup? What turbo and manifold, what engine management, what injectors, etc

Well if you read all the pages of the thread you'll see that the manifold was custom made with 2inch ss bends, the turbo was a KKK K28/29. I'm using a older haltech e6k since I had it leftover from my previous FD. I'm using the classical setup of 550cc primaries and 1680cc secondaries. But read over the pages and look at the photos and you'll pretty much get the idea of what went on. :)

bump :wavey:

have you considered swapping in FD ring and pinion gears for lower ratios? Would improve gas mileage too....

just use the auto diff which is a 3.90

Lower Intake Manifold - Who made it?
 

I know this is a forever long ago thread but what LIM did you finally end up going with? What company makes it and where can it be purchased?

Thanks,
Jeremy

There's no reason you can't do the same thing as this: http://definedautoworks.com/prod17.html

To this: http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com...&step=4&pid=17

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Kind of looks like my engine threw up electrical spaghetti... :rollingla

looks like fun

holy crap Batman :uhh: