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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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3 Rotor Rx-8,Single Turbo-Alamo Rotary

3 Rotor Rx-8 professionally built to show standards by Alamo Rotary.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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how long did it take?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Very Nice.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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240 hrs total.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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Wow, nice!! That makes 6 of them I believe, with a few in progress. This one is very clean! Dyno numbers?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:34 PM
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A thing of beauty!!!
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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very nice!
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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wow! I think I just splooged.

yep. I did.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 11:38 PM
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 12:40 AM
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This one's been around for about 3 years now. It's a beautifull piece of work in person.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 09:07 AM
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I have not been able to dyno since my AEM boost controller is not working.I will limit the engine to 500 rwhp since i am using the stock Rx-8 Transmission.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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240 hrs total.
So roughly 1 1/2 months if one mechanic worked on it full time. How long in real world time did you have to wait for it to get done?
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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good job nicely done..
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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Could you tell us how much the entire conversion cost you? Or maybe Alamo could chime in on the cost of 20b conversion for an rx8. I'm sure a lot of us have been dreaming of something like this and I hope I dont have to be put back into reality
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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I thought Alamo Rotary went out of business last year.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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I believe this is the guy that owned Alamo Rotary.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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I first built the 3 Rotor NA and i spent about $18,000 in 2005.The car was down for about 3 months.Here recently added a turbo and it set me back another $10,700.Keep in mind this is parts only with no mark up and no labor cost since i did the work.Tag on the $25,000 i paid for the car for a total of $53,700.If i was to charge a customer for labor you will add another $15,600(240 hrs @ $65.00).This car was also built for car shows so the cost is also higher.Is it worth it?Down to the very last penny.It sounds and runs like no other car.I get Rx-8 owners follow me to my house wanting to know which muffler i have since the will like their car to sound like mine.
Alamo Rotary is not out of business,we just run a much smaller operation and are mostly building 3 Rotors.I just finished a 3 Rotor for a customer in Singapore.It will be the first 3 Rotor Rx-7 there and i am proud to be one who built it.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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JUST BEAUTIFUL!! And expensive
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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Very nice Got any videos I can drool over by any chance?
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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I posted a walk around with sound on you tube.Just search for 3 Rotor Rx-8.I tried to post a link but its not working.
Tito
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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Very nice.. I wish I had one of those
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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45k is a lot of money but a 3 rotor is so bad ***
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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Very nice.. I wish I had one of those
Very funny
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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Very nice.. I wish I had one of those
what a yellow and not blue?

beers
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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very nice. one of the best set-ups ever
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