Genesis 3.8 engine in RX8
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Genesis 3.8 engine in RX8
Maybe its been posted here before but i stumbled upon this video today. Crazy!
http://blog.naver.com/mageturbo?Redi...No=10085318966
http://blog.naver.com/mageturbo?Redi...No=10085318966
Although I can appreciate the hard work that probably went into the swap... that engine just looks bad in an RX8's engine bay. Something looks really wrong. It's not the fact it's a piston engine either. LS small blocks just look so much cleaner.
I have an old Porsche(1958) thats rear engine driver. The trans axle isn't as easy to dis/*** on and off the car. Pulling the axles can also be a headache but I love the way it drives. It's 4 on the floor. Rear engine cars are great fun to drive, and if you never have you need to drive one once before you die.
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I have an old Porsche(1958) thats rear engine driver. The trans axle isn't as easy to dis/*** on and off the car. Pulling the axles can also be a headache but I love the way it drives. It's 4 on the floor. Rear engine cars are great fun to drive, and if you never have you need to drive one once before you die.
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you guys have to put it in perspective. That car is in Korea. It would be very difficult and costly to get USDM parts over there. From what I know, Mazda's doesn't officially sell cas there either. For them, a genesis motor would be what is equivalent to our LS1 over here- probably much easier for them to get parts as well...
yiksing- You nailed it in the head!
you guys have to put it in perspective. That car is in Korea. It would be very difficult and costly to get USDM parts over there. From what I know, Mazda's doesn't officially sell cas there either. For them, a genesis motor would be what is equivalent to our LS1 over here- probably much easier for them to get parts as well...
you guys have to put it in perspective. That car is in Korea. It would be very difficult and costly to get USDM parts over there. From what I know, Mazda's doesn't officially sell cas there either. For them, a genesis motor would be what is equivalent to our LS1 over here- probably much easier for them to get parts as well...
I would like to see the 4.6L V8 from the Genesis Sedan... That will be so much sexier. .
+1 to what you said about Korea and the imports and exports of parts.
The BIG down fall is that P.O.S transmission on the Genesis. other then that, clean and simple.
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V6 sound like poop... Man talk about put put. Even tuned Z cars..., 2010 camaro etc. Fail. But then again most of the time they are in my rear view mirror not out front.
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Saying there aren't any good V6 racing engines and that they sound like crap is just like saying a 600cc bike engine is garbage compared to a 1000cc engine. Each has its own point and purpose. My dad had a friend he used to work with that raced an Inline 6 at the track here all the time and would stomp V8s left and right, and it sounded like an enraged beast when he started it up.
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I drove a 3.8 track and I actually think it is a great car...except for the tranny. It is crap and was an instant deal breaker in considering the Genesis Coupe any further. Shifting is really heavy and clunky. That transmission does not belong in a performance car. Theres nothing remotely sporty about it.
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I agree one thousand percent, 77mjd - that transmission is probably the worst part of the car.
My experience with driving it went something like:
Of course, the horrible clutch and acres of chintzy plastic also soured it for me, as did that silly chipmunk face on the front.
That said, the engine pulled well when you got the gear finally slotted in. Didn't make a great noise, but it had a fair bit of power. Might be the Korean LS1.
My experience with driving it went something like:
I put it in first.
CRUNCH.
Mortified, I looked at the salesman. My foot had been on the clutch the whole time – did I break something?
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Did I break it?”
“Uh…no. Why?”
Turns out that was the sound the gearbox makes. I put it in second – crunch! – and third – crunch – all with the clutch to the floor. It was ghastly. The stick felt loose and wobbly, like a butcher’s knife in a bucket of loose Erector set parts.
CRUNCH.
Mortified, I looked at the salesman. My foot had been on the clutch the whole time – did I break something?
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Did I break it?”
“Uh…no. Why?”
Turns out that was the sound the gearbox makes. I put it in second – crunch! – and third – crunch – all with the clutch to the floor. It was ghastly. The stick felt loose and wobbly, like a butcher’s knife in a bucket of loose Erector set parts.
That said, the engine pulled well when you got the gear finally slotted in. Didn't make a great noise, but it had a fair bit of power. Might be the Korean LS1.
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