I opted out of the rew because I already had the motor so don't give me blah blah blah rew this and rew that you need rew -_- . motor came from my fc drift car, decent run down... S4 t2 with Cosmo RE housings, rotors, e shaft and weights... Largest street port my builder could do, built by Eccentric Motorsports in Indy. Rebuilt with goopy 2mm seals, hybrid s5 turbo with ported s5 wastegate, and Garrett .60 ar compressor side. 1000cc secondary and primary injectors.
This is my new drift build, I love my fc but needed a newer chassis and I didn't want to try and find a fd. found this ugly yellow Rx8 shell and started getting things together and ready will add more pics and info when I can. As of this point and time car just needs a tune but will fill in everything in between with free time. Car is running on a microsquirt ecu,








Donor engine and setup





When the car was picked up

 

You should put a 13B-REW in it, much better engine.

 

^^ ^^

 

More random pics out of order but whatever lol I still need a hood though if anybody has one






Too bad no rew... It's already in :p





Getting ready for paint





Before the motor went in... Yes out of order pics blah blah blah

 

Nice bro! Fast work.
Don't worry about it now being a REW.
You'll be fine use what you have.

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Thanks man, goal is 350-400whp I'm sure I'll be able to with my setup. Have custom tie rod ends and knuckles I need to install for more steering angle.

 

Stop worrying about what anyone else thinks blah-blah-blah ...

 

i have a bb hood in my garage

 

Color don't matter lol just need a hood lol. So basically just waiting to get tuned still. Waiting game sucks. Just want to start it and hear it run.... BAD! in the mean time heres a video from a event last year with the fc a little... That little flame thrower ) and yes I like marshmallows
https://youtu.be/JauPdWszoss

 

could you provide some details on your engine mounts?

 

We had this setup with a bridged engine and all the bells and whistles with a BW EFR9180 and it had no issues making 600HP....so I'm sure you will be OK trying to make 400

 

Made some progress adding pics now. Would have had it running but have a issue with microsqurt at the moment









Knuckles and tie rod ends for that angle

 

sooooo how'd you mount it?

 

Hey, an actual update if anyone is interested lol I suck at updates I'll fill people in as asked lol questions away!

https://youtu.be/N2_b7dm1SQU https://youtu.be/Lz-rY_SH4Z4
https://youtu.be/ujRcJYIVjro

And my personal favorite...
https://youtu.be/rrxrhkGADOs

 

Custom knuckles and tie rods for better angle. And looking like a ugly car<br/>





Added some cool wheels





Ugly before... Ewww





She got some fresh air! Put new front and rear doors that actually have Windows lol so i was happy. Starting to look like a car!





About that nasty interior... This will be a caged interior drift car! I think after is better





I mean come on! She kinda cute... Can't wait to get it on track.... Mmmmmm

 

Looks great, even if you did get rid of the original yellow, my favourite RX8 colour.

What arrangement for the coolers (rad, intercooler, oil) have you got; they look interesting from the pics, a nice change from the normal FMIC in front of the original rad?

 

Running a stock fc oil cooler. Right now has a stock rad but ordered a mishimoto 2 row to make sure I won't have any heating issues during hot laps I'm also using a Taurus sho fan wired on high. Never over heated when I used that same setup on my fc so I'll do the same since its the motor that was in my fc lol. Running a vmount type intercooler setup but keep the rad in stock location. It works so I'm happy

 

Track Video

 

nice build is this any harder or easier a swap then using a REW block ?

 

the 8 must feel at home between those two S4 FC's

 

^I think Mike's car was stolen a while back

 

I just picked up a t2 for myself and wondered if you ever got the stock gauges to work with the swap and if you did, could you tell me how?

 

just use an Adaptronic RX8 Modular ecu and you won’t have any issue. Otherwise you have to transmit the data via the CAN system.

 

how will that work with the wiring harness on the t2 engine or does that allow me to use the one on the 8 somehow

 

the S1 RX8 engine harness on a T2 engine in an S1 RX8 chassis. It’s plug-n-play

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