kane and phil --pm's sent
sure be glad when i get 1K on this new engine.
got fuel system work/study to do!
OD

 

by the way Denny what was your mileage when your engine went, and how many of those were SC'd???

 

well im currently using 20w50 and it is knocking alittle at idle also so idk if it is that. i cant call Cam because it is Sunday. and the grind noise is 4 to 5 rpm now and only when i am in boost. still cant narrow it down at all so im blind at this point.

 

the noise at idle is normal--what else is happening---no clue. Does it happen on free reving?
Maybe the idler pulley?

rote i had about 12K on it but i would not count this as a blown engine because of how it happened. Dang 2 cent fuel line part.
I am thinking guys that we need fuel pump help also.Most fp are designed to produce approx 30% more than the engine requires----well i think we are past that. After break in i am going with the kenne bell.
OD

 

You are driving a Mustang, now?

 

lol----since mazda stores their parts at John Deere and some of fords assembly lines run mazda vehicles through them on some days --figured why the heck not.
besides it fits my requirements--cheap and easy------uhhh no honey i am NOT talking about you again---damn! i have to stop talking while i try to type.
OD

 

Well Denny, you DO have the inter cooler ice box from a Mustang, maybe you were planning on adding Mustang parts a little at a time.

PS: Rick DID build a new "Rotary" not a "Boss 302"?



Also, a question/idea.
Our air intake temperature sensor is installed in the Pettit UIM (or at least mine is), which is aluminum and mounted to the engine block; I am planning on moving my temp sensor to the super charger side of the hump hose to provide a more valid temperature reading on the air charge instead of the block and intake temperature.

 

I didn't ust spacers..just cut the brakets and fixe them in a better way...
just have a look...

My engine bay isn't really clean yet as I am doing some mod...

 

The Mazda Flat Rock (MI) assembly plant builds Mustangs and Mazda 6s on the same line, every day they operate.

 

hey 1st a tank then who knows --i likw the mustang gt old school looking wheels too--they fit on a 7----hmmmmm.
just finished one motor mount for myself and working on some others--ended up not being just rip out the guts and pour poly in kind of thing.Looking for a mustang bolt to fit it!
OD

 

whoops I just realised there is an rote8 and a rotr8 as well! my mistake!

 

Keep it up and you will wind up with a 429 RX8....

 

big block hemi (rotary)

 

no Allison--V12!!
OD

 

Or stay rotary....
Pratt & Whitney J58


The only problem would be getting disqualified for not remaining in contact with the ground on longer straights....

/And getting banned from the dyno.

 

Now here's a rotary you might get under the hood, and you'd have that "supercharger whine" to boot. Rent your RX-8 services to NASCAR for track drying excursions.

Allison T56

Hell, it might fit at that!

 

I think it would fit;
19.0 in wide and 22.5 in high; 40.8 in long....
I pity the clutch and you can forget the stock transmission.
You better get a very large resonated mid-pipe

I wonder if it can be tuned for Methanol; to run colder and be "green"? LOL

 

The A/T crowd would love it; zero to "HOLY ODIN!!" in three seconds, no clutch.

We could finally use those "gills" behind the front wheel arches for something useful; enlarge 'em about 25% and duct the exhaust through them.

 

yep and a "wing " would take on a different meanong and what would you do with all those birds you suck in?

 

Just make sure you thaw the chicken when testing.

 

Thanks for the pic, Rote. I can fab that up in my shop. BTW, is that paint or powdercoat on your sc?

 

Man the second person that thinks Im Rote8,,, Im Rotr8,,, its all good though
Flat Black high temp paint,,,, Good Luck Zen,,,

Another Shot,,,

 

Dare I say it, that engine bay is "elegant".

Zenrx8's question does raise a couple of my own, and those would be, "Can you powdercoat the Pettit without damaging the intercooler?", and "Can the weld lines be ground flush?".

 

This one, I can answer, NO.

Someone tried in the UK, Cam told me about it.

 

Let me guess, inadvertent "overpressure blowout panel"?

Well, you gotta ask to know, so thanks for saving me that bit of embarrassment.