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Joes Rew swap
Hey guys, I’ve been a member for some years and never really seemed to make a build thread. I purchased the car back in 2012/2013 from a local used dealer. It’s a 2006 BB shinka and had 40k on it. I bought the car as a daily but that changed quickly. I ended up buying a set of Powertrix coils from a forum member (still have them on the car) and a set of enkei nto3. I ended up going to my first drift day shortly after and then the modifying itch got worse.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...84c3280af.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...b9ea6c3f0.jpeg Looking back I should’ve never painted these wheels blue 😔 https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...89305109e.jpeg After that drift day I ended up buying a Tomei 2 way, 3” exhaust, act clutch, an adaptronic ecu and a top mount turbo setup from a forum member. Bc of my crazy work schedule it was taking longer than expected but with a lot of help from friends we got it finished! https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...352f8b0f9.jpeg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...81f43271a.jpeg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...3e7f584ec.jpeg Also purchased a mazdaspeed kit, weds wheels and a bcl wing. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...1f65bd022.jpeg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...bb68fac55.jpeg Such a mess lol After we got it running I made a tune date with Aspec which was a mistake but they were the closest shop. My car sat there for some time and then they called me said the renesis lost compression on the dyno. 😔 Me and a buddy drove out to pick it up then. After researching for some time between different places where I could get the renesis rebuilt, I came across Turblown. I contacted Elliot and he explained to me everything he was going to do with the rebuild and what I needed to change/upgrade on the car to better it. After that I pulled the motor and shipped it to him. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...22eb364fc.jpeg Pulling the motor Shortly after he sent me pics of why the motor failed. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...889910db85.png He kept me updated on the build and got the motor back to me. He had a busy schedule so it took a little bit. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...500c0c437e.png Rebuild https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...a7d56a6f1.jpeg Pressure testing https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...9f65fc3c0.jpeg Shipping it back to me After getting the motor back in, Elliot set me up with a base map and I started to do some break in miles. At this time I also put in a return style fuel system with a surge tank also. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...5fcb9f8cc.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...7f741f7a9.jpeg Motor and turbo kit installed https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...138ef8fe1.jpeg Return fuel system goodies https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...a1dd7527b.jpeg Rails installed https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...b7e3e321b.jpeg Fpr and pressure sensor https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...620110d24.jpeg Surge tank installed and battery relocation |
After doing quite a bit of break in miles the motor started to act up and something wasn’t right. I drained the oil and there was metal shavings galore. After speaking with Elliot I decided to trailer the car up to him (7hr drive) and let him check it out. What happened to the motor was not his fault or mine, it was an accident that randomly happened. I left the car with Elliot at that point and he was going to check it out. After pulling the motor and talking about what I wanted out of the car we decided to go with the Rew and ditch the renesis. Elliot has helped with this build pretty much from the start and has continued to help to this day. I owe him and Shawn for their hard work.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...c792c477a.jpeg Loaded up for the trip to turblown https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...99b52b79f.jpeg Snapped a pic before a few buddy’s help load the car up https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...a875dc54a.jpeg Gas station stop on the way up there |
After deciding that I was going with the rew setup I ordered nicon rotary mounts and a nicon rotary oil pan. I sent these to turblown and they began the process. They nitrated and coated everything necessary. We went with a large streetport also. This was right around when they were first coming out with their investment cast rx7 manifolds. They checked fitment of the manifold on the car with their tdx57 and it was a good fit! Only problem was there was no room for a wastegate. That led them to mount it directly on the exhaust housing.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...5d2b12b6e.jpeg Assembly https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...3e57474d8.jpeg Xessive manifold, ID1300s and cj motorsports rail https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...1586e41a0.jpeg Initial cleaning https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...9d0272df7.jpeg Wastegate welded to the housing https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...c15eda88f.jpeg Large streetport |
Here’s more pics of the coated parts and build process thanks to turblown.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...d5e54c80d.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...4c3fce4f4.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...3962b57e4.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...45686a5c2.jpeg Dropping the motor in! https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...36bedf4d7.jpeg Sitting pretty Installed the uim and xessive lim. We kept the rx8 throttle body by using elite rotarys adapter also. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...ceffa9366.jpeg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...96651b4b1.jpeg During this time I was able to score a BN sports hood and body kit too. Pretty sure they’re the only ones in the states too! https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...49d8e0ea9.jpeg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...9478198ce.jpeg |
Some time has passed and the car was ready to get picked up! Me and my pregnant wife (she’s a trooper)took the 7hr drive up to Elliot to grab the car. We grabbed the car and stopped by a drift event on the way home at US Air in Wisconsin.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...5ed7d902e.jpeg Packed up for the trip home https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...22bfffe8c.jpeg The line up at the dday https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...05ae29154.jpeg One of my buddy’s and his 1j fc https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...76788c19b.jpeg Back at home finally!!! https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...c27ed280c.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...a03a9a3e9.jpeg Backyard photo shoot lol |
After I got the car back I realized quickly the system would only charge at 11.8 volts. I tried a new battery and new alternator with no luck. Then I stumbled appon something online that said if you don’t have you maf plugged in it won’t let the system charge. Well sure as shit mine wasn’t plumped in. Easy fix tho. Just welded a flange on the ic pipe and we were back in business! We didn’t think we needed it bc we were using the map sensor inside the adaptronic.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...74acc6979.jpeg Once that issue was figured out I started doing break in miles and sending logs to turblown and adjusting the tune as needed. |
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After quite a few break in miles I decided it was time to fit the BN kit and found out quickly that the front mount wasn’t going to work unless I chopped up the bumper. I didn’t want to do that so I decided to fab up a vmount set up. I wanted to go v mount eventually but this sped the idea up lol
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...ac7975398.jpeg How I previously mounted the intercooler https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...f0ed0da9f.jpeg How I previously mounted the intercooler https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...6605fa4e9.jpeg I removed everything so I could cut out that center support that usually holds the battery and air box. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...a315a798d.jpeg Propped up the radiator to figure out how I needed to fab up the brackets. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...6c9765aba.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...4b4868705.jpeg Fit the bumper to check for any clearance issues https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...f6bb796f3.jpeg Mocking up the radiator to see how I needed to modify the upper hose connection. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...41cbf9203.jpeg Setting the intercooler in place to figure out mounts and piping https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...ed00f93c1.jpeg I’ve also started fabbing up a bash bar/ bumper support out of 1.5 dom tubing. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...8e25d6253.jpeg Added the lower portion of the bar https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...707e9a114.jpeg The bumper fits like a glove and you can actually stand on it right now. I made this to be able to fit my mazdaspeed and Bn bumper. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...e4909ba8a.jpeg Fitting the kit before paint |
After getting the kit mounted I had my buddy Mikey paint it
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Well after I had everything how I pretty much wanted I wanted to hit the dyno. Like I said before Turblown has been helping me along the way with this whole process and I did want them to dyno it but I just didn’t have time to travel from Chicago to Minnesota with my work schedule. So a friend told me that Elite Rotary was flying in Nelson for a few dyno days. It made the most sense for me bc the shop is only 30 mins away. Well... the day was starting good until my car started acting up. During break in I never got into boost and I never went over 4K. With my previous luck I wanted to take it easy and so I did. Well the motor kept having bad break up at 5500rpm and for some reason Nelson’s laptop kept freezing. I messed with it and Nelson made some calls but we couldn’t figure it out. We were on the dyno all day trying to solve the issue but had no luck. Sal and Nelson both said the adaptronic was crap and tried to tell me I should go with a haltech. I wasn’t buying it, there was no way the adaptronic crapped out on me. Soo we ended up loading the car up and leaving the dyno disappointed again. The next day I was talking to Shawn from turblown and I sent him a map. He said here try this, so I loaded the new map and voila! The car ran all the way to limiter!!! The problem was the dwell time on the coils was wrong! Idk how that was overlooked on the dyno day but I was out quite a bit of cash now bc of it.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...e90f6853c.jpeg Right before I rolled onto the dyno https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...83c416563.jpeg On the dyno with Elite Rotary https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...ecb9deceb.jpeg Switching out plugs on dyno day |
After that experience I decided to say screw it and tell work I was taking a few days off to go dyno the car in Minnesota. Before I went to the dyno me and Shawn talked about upgrading my coils from the D585s to the sakebomb garage smart coil kit. It was a no brainer to go with those, so I ordered them up. I installed them ASAP and sent them a new log. I also decided to put a bigger intercooler on. The one that I first put on just seemed to small and out of place. It probably would’ve been fine but I replaced it anyway.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...e539825b5.jpeg Sakebomb smart coil kit https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...4f9fb73dd.jpeg Me and my pops decided to go to a lil car show after the new coils were installed. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...cbba905d7.jpeg Ended up taking home a trophy lol. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...78e21d580.jpeg Old ic on left(21.5x10x3.375) vs new ic on right(24x12x4) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...0a1c8bc0c.jpeg New intercooler on top vs old one on bottom |
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After installing the bigger intercooler I decided to cruise to a drift day at autobahn country club in joliet IL which is 15 mins from me. Perfect time to test everything out on the short trip there. It was a good time. The car performed as expected, got to watch friends drive and just hung out. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...25389b826.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...87588e867.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...eb120ffda.jpeg Also decided to low mount my wing https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...94728b9ec.jpeg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...9e5e6aa4c.jpeg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...3a5b8cb67.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...cc1d1ea25.jpeg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...d048af609.jpeg |
A week and a half later we loaded up and made the 7hr drive to go visit our pals at turblown for the dyno! I made the date for October 13th, not realizing it was Friday the 13th! Just my luck! Lol. We cruised up and got situated in the hotel. We all met at MAPerformance at 10am for the fun filled day haha. Unloaded the car and within literally a few pulls was making 426whp and 304tq!!! I was beyond excited! The car is a rocket ship right now.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...0d57e88da.jpeg All loaded up https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...e2ed97d61.jpeg Right after I put fresh plugs in https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...e0e0077f9.jpeg All strapped up! https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...4bc151625.jpeg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...0e34ca2c1.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...940ca848d.jpeg 426whp and 304tq! |
Great post, good work.... I like that hood and v-mount setup for keeping everything cool.
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Originally Posted by strokercharged95gt
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Great post, good work.... I like that hood and v-mount setup for keeping everything cool.
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Specs on the whole build are:
Engine: 13b rew large streetport xessive lim wpc coating adaptronic pnp ecu sakebomb garage coil kit ngk 7420r 9 leading 10 trailing FFE trigger kit rx8 dbw throttle body with Elite adapter nicon rotary mounts and oil pan Greddy pulley kit Act clutch Turbo Kit: Turblown investment cast rx7 manifold Tdx57 turbo with wastegate welded on housing 2.5 intercooler piping Cx racing 24x12x4 BMW intercooler used in v mount configuration tial 44mm wastegate (switching to a Turbosmart 60mm soon tho) 3” downpipe greddy bov Fueling: Return style fuel system cj motorsports rails Id1300 x 6 turbosmart fpr aftermarket industries surge tank with a walbro 460 aeromotive 340 in tank flex fuel sensor Gauges: All STACK gauges boost oil temp water temp oil pressure wideband volts factory cluster Cooling: modified mishimoto radiator mishimoto fans and shroud racingbeat hoses stock oil coolers AN oil lines Suspension: powertrix coilovers compete Megan racing rear adjustable arms minty fresh lock spacers and rods Exterior: BN sports body kit BN sports hood mazdaspeed body kit custom low mounted bcl wing Weds Lxz 18x9.5+7 18x10.5+7 6k hids Interior: Bride racing seats autopower roll bar team tech harnesses r magic shift knob |
I’ve never uploaded videos before sooo hopefully this works. Here two dyno pulls from when I took it to get tuned by Elliot.
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Bad Ass rx8 :icon_droo
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New ecu just arrived!!! |
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U da’ man ... :wiggle:
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
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U da’ man ... :wiggle:
Thanks Team! |
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So no real update on the car. It’s been too damn cold here. Mostly in the negatives the last couple weeks. I did manage to cheaply insulate my garages ceiling with extra tarps so all my heat would stop escaping. I also decided to fab up a 3’x 8’ steel welding table/work bench. With the ceiling tarped and the heater going I was in a t shirt yesterday lol. So hopefully more car progress!!!
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