Mazdaspeed RX8 ver2

I dont know why someone would put a piston in the rx8 but thats just me. If you do that, better take out the RX because it wont be a rotary xperiment anymore.

RWagz

didnt you know? It stands for Rotary Sports (now). Or at least that's what mazda is claiming...

Fanman

I understand the RX7 guys swapping to a V8, as they probably blew a motor already, probably a few. But this car has to age several years, and have to pop a few times before people would consider doing conversions like this. like people said if they could do LS2/LS7 swaps that would be nice !

Navy8

I'm sure you could but . . . WHY? As mentioned abouve, 8 or 7, the rotary powerplant is the whole point of the RX. Going from a tiny 13B to a huge V-8 is going to mess up the handling anyway, which IMO is the whole point of the 8. If you want straightline speed, get a Mustang.

ddub

That's not the only reason unfortunately. There are plenty of people on rx7club that never owned any rx7, decided to buy a 2nd gen, and toss a v8 in it. Was their plan the whole time.

So the other reason rx7'ers do this is out of pure ignorance. They don't understand the rotary, they don't want to understand the rotary, they believe all of the misconception/bs horror stories of rotaries, so they bastardize the car.

Fanman

Surprisingly, the LS1 is not much heavier than the 13B engine. It is aluminum, and about 60 lbs. heavier, and quite a bit less complex. Yeah 60 more lbs. in front would suck, but given the hp gain, and the reliability it does make sense from that point of view. But you are right, part of the reason you get an RX7/RX8 is because of the rotary engine.

ddub

Yah it's pretty much been proven time and time again that the weight difference between the 13B+setup and LS1+setup is almost negligible in keeping the 50/50 distribution. Plus it can easily be compensated for to regain the perfect balance.

Mazdaspeed RX8 ver2

Say what?! Rotary sport? thats kinda ugly, i like rotary experiment better. Haha, i'm going to e-mail mazda japan and see what they have to say about this.

RX-Aight

If you want V8 power, here you go... 502 ramjet

DOMINION

I did get a chance to seen and heard a JZA80 Lexus crazy