the project has begun.
 

hello everyone , i will be converting my rx-8 into a 3-rotor occasional driver. When i heard the 20b run for the first time , i just had to have one. hopefully this project wont drag out for a long time. wish me good luck.


the first pic is the day after i got the engine and the second one is yesterday . its on the palet now ready to have it shipped out and have ir completely rebuilt.

oh damn. where you located? whats the ETA on actually getting it running?

it will b sick i know that what are the hp/tq numbers of those engines?

gonna be nuts. location?

What are you thinking in terms of turbos? Are you going single large or keeping the twins? HP/TQ goals?

this is gonna be badass when its done. very cool. good luck and keep us posted

Greg

i live in south jersey. the project will probably take couple of mont but im planing to get it done as ap, without cutting corners. i will be running a single turbo, dont know what is out there right now. i will be selling my stock engine it only has 36k miles. and if anyone is really interested i will give you most of the parts in the engine bay.

Who is doing the work?? South Jersey, JPR Imports??

your located in s. jersey? im located outside of philly.

dude this project is going to be sick man. make sure you post up pics of your progress and a video when your done:)

i dont have my mind set just yet but i looked around and and found this guy in Tennessee , he has a web site rotaryresurrections.com but i have a couple of days before i set my mind.

Rotary Resurrection is also a member of this board. He has a good rep here, Mazmart in Atlanta is another place to try. My question was more geared to who will install the 20B and get it to run. This is not a drop it in and turn the key job.

I am also having some unique body work done to it the only ting is left is to paint the front and rear bumper. (fenders are molded into the front bumper). a special thanks to Val Kobys , he is the one doing the paint job.

What are you doing with the ports?

The engine bill be installed by me. I have done alot of research before getting myself into this project. the tune up and piping i will need help with so once the engine is inn i will be looking for some one close by to give me a hand.


The engine will be getting new 3mm apex seals(my engine has 2mm right now) and i will have it street ported as well

I like the threads name. Very Original... Good luck and welcom to the 20B club

hey angeljoelv. you car was a big help when i started to think about getting myself into this. your thread was awesome. hows the car running?

Great man. Lots of power. I have only had some problems with the trannies. I have a big project comming on next with that ( im only waiting on my economy to get a little better) . But for now Im only enjoing the car a lot. lowered the boost to 9 pounds and its holding fine. But men you are in for a blast.... Enjoy it and if for any reason you need anything let me know. If I cant help you , I certainly know who can.

I have heard that the oem RX-8 trany is too week to hold up to the horse power and there are lots of other trany kits out there that i can use instead of mine the are pricy tho , so what i have heard is that the manual fd trany is going to be good for this project , i would like to hear what you have to say about it.

same crap. Couple of them gone too. The only one that has hold mine is the t56 But it makes the weirdiest noises so to be honest with you I cant wait to get rid of mine... HAHA. it holds tho.

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heres a lit;e spmething for you to enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXHhESP9Y0

wow that video was crazy, but i also have every one of your videos that i could find.
got a question for you, actually a couple, what series was your engine A<B<C<D, and what is the horse power that you are making. i followed your thread for the longest but never seen the #s,,,oh and one other thing i know hat you and your buddy were working on the car with your girlfriend on the side line cheering you on, how long did it ake you before you could really drive it( from start to finish)

dirty jerz what up. cant wait to see it

It looks like the intake pipe is installed backwards in the first pic.

:)

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the engine came in and i noticed that right a way, i looked closer and the throttle body wasnt there so i contacted the guy who sold it to me and they sad that it was shipped ....... he contacted ups and the sad that it was damaged during shipping.....right,,,,,, so i found one online and had those guys by me one while ups refunded some money to him, thankfully nothing extra came out of my pocket.