^^ Do it... Do it...

 

any updates??

 

Rotary > Piston.

Stay unique, 20b ftw.

 

This is dissappointing. And strange as the RX7 guys have these swaps down to a science, yet no dice on the RX8 STILL.

 

has anyone dropped a 2.3 mazdaspeed engine in an rx8 before

 

Considering its a FWD engine I highly doubt it.

 

Even though its a front wheel drive engine the 2.3 liter block is a great enging to work with and can be found in rwd set up on ford rangers. So doing a swap and build form a truck would prove to be cheaper and give you the option of doing what you want.

 

O and I still dont think they should be putting V8's in Rx7's even if its pretty damn cool

 

or 2jz....local dude just hooked it up.

 

Damn he managed to fit a 2jz in that SA/FB wow

 

it's real fast.

 

justin you and your hypothetical engine swaps

 

lol i actually like the idea seeing that the engine isnt THAT much heavier and it doesnt ruin the weight distribution by too much

 

What mike What, you make no sense

 

Hey guy´s, 11,53@126,76mph Got to love it........ LS1 power

 

Nice!

Did the handling suffer with the Camero rack?

HINSON...GIMME AN UPDATE!!!!

 

I would Give my left nut to see this LS1 Rx8 against Angels 20B monster on the race track!

 

That Camaro rack isn´t good for this swap so I´m kind of waiting to get the custom rack from Hinson guy´s to cover the steering handling But still, fun to drive

 

Thats a pretty impressive run I must say. Wasnt expecting such a good number.

 

Well, I hope someone comes up with something. As it is I will be visiting Mazda soon to see if the engine falls under warrantee. If it does then one of two things will happen...1) I keep the motor and super charge it...2) I sell motor and tranny and swap something else into it.

I can prob have the project done in a year as I get beefy tax returns but I need the parts. Everything necessary to make an LS powered Rx8 that can handle. Including all tips necessary to regain near 50/50 weight distribution. And yes I realize some work will need to be put into redistribution of weight but based on all info I have gathered not much work.

I hope someone finishes a kit soon. Who knows what I will do.

 

Congrats man

As soon as I geet my axles I will take the car to the track. WE can do a cyber race.. He shoots a vid, I shoot a vid and Alfy puts them together... hehe
I just broke two axles today on the street. They wont hold a track day. I'm waiting on a good axle setup from the driveshaft shop that should do the trick.

 

any updates?

 

^+1

 

Ofcourse not...WHY would there be any updates? It's not like there might be some potential customers or anything...Sheesh!

5 months and no updates...

 

That's because they're from Iceland - this is a very heavy internetz generalization, but people in Northern Atlantic/Nordic countries build SOME CRAZY F-KING CARS. And their build threads usually aren't nearly as long as a discussion thread on a US based forum.

Maybe they're just crafty, say **** it, and go do it? I'm just speculating here, but seems like a trend.