renesis out. conventional in?
09-10-2008, 12:22 PM
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renesis out. conventional in?
ive heard of people swapping out their rotary for a vett engine in RX7's. in fact at the shop i had my turbo kit installed they had a 3rd gen RX7 that they were doing that same swap...but apparently the owner ran out of money so it was kinda sitting there collecting dust. anyways i was wondering if there are any RX8's out there with pistons pounding under the hood.
09-10-2008, 12:37 PM
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I know one guy on here has done a sr20det swap I can't remember if it driving though, (correct me if I'm wrong) I lost track of the thread. Pretty freaking cool, but to each their own though, my opinion is why change what makes the car special in the first place, the amount of coin you would drop on the swap would make a great down payment on something already equipped with a piston engine.
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09-11-2008, 12:16 AM
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Aw ww.. yes the Aero Vette. Poor Car, worst timing ever.
Kinda like when I bought second property 3 weekend before the housing bubble burst!
One of these concept cars was the Aerovette. It began life as the XP-882, a mid-engined prototype using a 400 CID V8 mated to an Oldsmobile Toronado trans axle. For the 1973 Paris motor show, an XP-882 chassis was re powered with an experimental four rotor Wankel engine, which looked very promising until it was canceled due to concerns about the rotary engine's typically poor fuel economy with an impending oil crisis just on the horizon. The Bill Mitchell, the ardent Corvette styling department magnate, gave the car a new life by reinstalling a small-block Chevrolet V8 and christening it the Areovette. A stunningly dramatic looking car, it was promoted as the new sixth generation Corvette for 1980, but never saw series production.
Kinda like when I bought second property 3 weekend before the housing bubble burst!
One of these concept cars was the Aerovette. It began life as the XP-882, a mid-engined prototype using a 400 CID V8 mated to an Oldsmobile Toronado trans axle. For the 1973 Paris motor show, an XP-882 chassis was re powered with an experimental four rotor Wankel engine, which looked very promising until it was canceled due to concerns about the rotary engine's typically poor fuel economy with an impending oil crisis just on the horizon. The Bill Mitchell, the ardent Corvette styling department magnate, gave the car a new life by reinstalling a small-block Chevrolet V8 and christening it the Areovette. A stunningly dramatic looking car, it was promoted as the new sixth generation Corvette for 1980, but never saw series production.
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09-12-2008, 03:24 PM
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Aw ww.. yes the Aero Vette. Poor Car, worst timing ever.
Kinda like when I bought second property 3 weekend before the housing bubble burst!
One of these concept cars was the Aerovette. It began life as the XP-882, a mid-engined prototype using a 400 CID V8 mated to an Oldsmobile Toronado trans axle. For the 1973 Paris motor show, an XP-882 chassis was re powered with an experimental four rotor Wankel engine, which looked very promising until it was canceled due to concerns about the rotary engine's typically poor fuel economy with an impending oil crisis just on the horizon. The Bill Mitchell, the ardent Corvette styling department magnate, gave the car a new life by reinstalling a small-block Chevrolet V8 and christening it the Areovette. A stunningly dramatic looking car, it was promoted as the new sixth generation Corvette for 1980, but never saw series production.
Kinda like when I bought second property 3 weekend before the housing bubble burst!
One of these concept cars was the Aerovette. It began life as the XP-882, a mid-engined prototype using a 400 CID V8 mated to an Oldsmobile Toronado trans axle. For the 1973 Paris motor show, an XP-882 chassis was re powered with an experimental four rotor Wankel engine, which looked very promising until it was canceled due to concerns about the rotary engine's typically poor fuel economy with an impending oil crisis just on the horizon. The Bill Mitchell, the ardent Corvette styling department magnate, gave the car a new life by reinstalling a small-block Chevrolet V8 and christening it the Areovette. A stunningly dramatic looking car, it was promoted as the new sixth generation Corvette for 1980, but never saw series production.
Doesnt mazda owns the rotary motor rights?
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