no i love my rx8 but the car came with i lot of problems,so shops were making ilot of money on repairs so i had 2 find a way out.know i can drive the hell out of my car and not worry if its going 2 let me down.i wanted i 20b swap but i was told it was going 2 coast me about 32,000. dollars so i was looking for a less amount 2spend and thats why i did the 2jz.

 

I want more pictures of the swap

 

Where did you have your intercooler located? Do you have an upgraded radiator?

 

If you had a "built" 13B last only 5 days I would demand my money back from that engine builder. No way in hell was the engine built right and/or tuned properly. I;m sorry but there are a bunch of 3rd Gen FD owners generating 500-rwhp out of their cars and they last much longer than 5 days.

Like others have pointed out, you are going to destroy your rear end unless you've upgraded that, bend control arms, and snap axles. We know because others have swapped 20B's in the 8 pushing over 800-rwhp and this stuff has happened.

For the time, money, and frustrations, it would have been 10000000 times easier to simply buy a MkIV Supra and hot rod it.

 

yea, if you want to do this, contact charles hill, he has 800+ hp axles

 

In the front,I had the greddy turbo kit before so all we did was take the old one of.yes 2 the radiator upgrade and i was able 2 use the stock oil coolers 2.

 

I had axle and a drive shaft made for my car,google drive shaft shop and you will find them online.

 

You should have looked into a V-mount and any good 13-b RE or REW builder should have known to put one in. Blocking the radiator is a big no no. And you didn't upgrade the oil coolers either? If you were having troubles with keeping the engine cool why didn't you do any of these things to keep from running so hot?

 

i think he just wanted an excuse to tear out the renny

 

that car's going to handle like a grocery cart. The weight of that big six on the front axle, sticking out past the front wheels, will set the weight balance at like 70% 30% rather than the 51/49 balance of the RX-8 with the rotary. The rear will be too light and therefore will be a festival of wheelspin and axlehop and the front will plow like an state-highway Oshkosh truck in a blizzard.

So, hey, congrats on the swap. Oughta be great when you and your other over-compensating friends all flop your schwanzes out on a dyno day.

 

I noticed you're on here yet you never got anything positive to say and really nothing to add, so why not f-off off like a good little boy.

 

Too bad someone already has the exclusive rights to axles from Drive Shaft Shop, so if they sold you a pair that's copyright infringement

 

As far as the handling goes, I think we can assume since he's complaining about being beaten by SRT-4's that he's really not too concerned with anything else than going in a straight line?

As far as the wheel hop and spin go, oh god yes.

 

Nicely done. 70% 30%. It bet it'll hit 71% 29%. No doubt, its going to flip end over end. Death trap in the making.

 

Well, maybe. I'm not expert on those engines, just how much more could it weigh?

If it doesn't weigh that much more it's only change the center of gravity in the car, which will make it handle worse, but if the engine doesn't way much, the little bit more it sticks out probably won't account for a 20% change in the weight distribution.

 

i think the renny weighs 300-400 fully dressed. the 2jz with turbo and all those other goodies has to be quite a bit more than that.

 

HP Performance eh? Nice guys, but I hope you get all of your parts within a reasonable amount of time. Good luck with the project.

 

you guys are brutal. i sympathize, but hey, no need to undercut the guy. good luck man. while it's clear not many people on here would do it to their cars, i'd love to see how yours turns out.

 

[QUOTE=2jz- rx8;2151220]I own a Acura NSX, BMW 745 and Porsche Cayenne but my favorite is my RX-8 so I know where your coming from. I just couldn't deal with constant engine failures and various other problems associated with the turbo kit. Plus the dealer void my warranty so there was no turning back. This build is not to let people really know out on the street what I have in it, but its to go out there and take down everybody who thinks the RX-8 is a joke and leave them wondering "what happened"?

I'm sorry but i got tired of those SRT-4s taking me.[/QUOTE

Remove the rotary engine out, it is no longer an RX8.

 

^ +1

 

He's got a point, RX stands for Rotary Sport...

 

my thoughts exactly. OP - post up pics of your axles from DSS with a receipt.

 

I was being facetious. There is no way that 200lbs difference in engine weight will result in a weight distribution of 70% 30%

Even the most unevenly balanced cars aren't 70-30.

2JZ-GTE Alone 594 lbs
+ Getrag Six Speed 746lbs

 

awesome man, good luck

 

rx = rotary experiment......so i guess he is 2jzx-1? yep put that on the tag and cofuse people. im lookig forward to seeing this project done.