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Old 12-25-2011, 10:23 AM
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oem steering rack--correct.
hows the corner weight and handling?
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oem steering rack--correct.
hows the corner weight and handling?
the handling suffers due to excess weight at the front ..... it is very tail happy .... very controllable though
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Originally Posted by doc.tarzan
thanks ..... its cheaper here to buy a rx8 without engine and to swap it than to buy a rotary rx8 in good condition ,... and rotarys dont last more than 50k in our dusty hot climate
For a car that's bought second hand without an engine, the one you have has a pretty clean interior, take note on the shift ****!
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Originally Posted by Grace_Excel
For a car that's bought second hand without an engine, the one you have has a pretty clean interior, take note on the shift ****!
rotaries seldom last 30k over here ..... mostly because people do not know how to take care of them ..... they put synthetic Mobil oil , run it on low grade petrol , do not warmup the engine properly before thrashing it etc etc
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This is awesome! Good job man.
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can you make a video where you start the engine with open hood? it would be nice to hear your Rx8 running with another engine
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Originally Posted by foo77
can you make a video where you start the engine with open hood? it would be nice to hear your Rx8 running with another engine
sure man wait a few days
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great! wish we had expertise man in swap engine that truly expert here
Old 12-27-2011, 07:55 PM
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Holy crap... this thread is awesome for so many reasons. For starters I had no idea there was even a car scene in Pakistan, the vision of dozens of 1JZ swapped RX-8s rolling around there is sweet. Also its a really good looking swap and I'm sure a lot of fun. More pics!!
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couple of pics of the workshop where i do my swaps .... you can see an sr20det inside the engine bay of rx8 in the first pic
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How expensive is finding an engine there?
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Originally Posted by bse50
How expensive is finding an engine there?
1jzgte costs around $1000
sr20det around $2000
workshop charges around $500
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Wow... are those prices for freshly built engines or are they used?
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Damn that's cheap. Can you take some detailed pics of the engine bay? A nice writeup would be helpful to the rest of the world
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Damn that's cheap. Can you take some detailed pics of the engine bay? A nice writeup would be helpful to the rest of the world
i will post pics after a few days as engine bay is under going cleaning .... it was very cluttered and disorganized in there
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Originally Posted by bse50
Wow... are those prices for freshly built engines or are they used?
used engines
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Originally Posted by doc.tarzan
i will post pics after a few days as engine bay is under going cleaning .... it was very cluttered and disorganized in there
Cool.
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question to op what did you have to do to fit that engine into the 8
and what parts are needed?

im interested in the swap and would like to know more
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Originally Posted by coolx7
question to op what did you have to do to fit that engine into the 8
and what parts are needed?

im interested in the swap and would like to know more
no cutting is required .... just new mounts have to be made ... if you don't have any experience with mounts then you would need a professional
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when you say no welding involve , you mean i can still use the powersteering rack from the rx8 / no modding in the engine bay at all and only need to make new engine mounts or brackets? and the 1jz gte would fit right in ?
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OP I think what most people want to see is the detail of the build here. This is obviously an interesting swap, and by your descriptions you make it sound fairly straight forward, which is what makes this sound so appealing. What we want to see is details on how you did it step by step.
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I have had my stock RX8 to 132mph (212kph). It got there pretty quick, honestly expected this thing to be quicker.
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yes more details would be great and pictures are definitely a plus , like a documentation of how you did it and what you needed step by step if possible :D
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This is such a nasty swap! :D

Props.
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Very cool, more details please!


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