bwahahaha

 

be nice boys

 

I would think the ls1 would be similar in weight as the renesis with turbo.

 

Damn that's crazy! Be sure to weigh the whole car after and show us some vids of it!

 

thats awesome, cant wait to see this project completed

 

the aluminum LS1 weighs 430lbs. the iron block weighs 80lbs more.

the renesis weighs 344lbs. the difference is not that huge.

 

oh man VIDS! asap

 

We drove it for the first time yesterday.
It has plenty of power

The gearing is very low, we are using the stock 4,44 differential.
First gear is almost useless.

We are using a Camaro steering rack and oil pan.
And there are no gauges yet, the 8 uses CAN bus cluster so I think it is impossible to use it with this setup.

 

Ill buy a modified front subframe right now. Where do I send money.............

 

This is cool

 

Thats going to be a fun ride.

 

wow I love it and I'm subscribing to this thread.....put up a video or two of it running if you can

 

sweet ride more pics plizzzzzzzz

 

subscribing, After riding in a miata with an LS engine I've always wanted to see an RX-8 with one

 

What engine management are you using? Were you able to retain ABS?

 

was all for this until i read about the camaro steering rack...

 

Great project. Very impressive. Please post some videos!!! Are you running open manifolds right now?

Yah, the stock differential gearing is 3.46 in the GTO, and if they change it, nobody goes over 3.91 with the M6. 1st is useless the way that T56's ratios are set up with anything higher than 3.91.

 

Wow that thing is goin to be amazing!!!

 

Nice work atilla.

I'm starting to buy parts up for a custom turbo setup, but damn I'd much rather go the piston route... 115k on the clock I need to make up my mind soon.

Either way the placement looks great interms of weight balance. I would be interested in seeing how far back that LS can go without heavy fab to the firewall.
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If I'm not mistaken all the electronics (ABS, Drive by wire, TCS, DSC, A/C) are now garbage and you would be running a stand alone haltech or similar.

 

You are right, we had to move the ABS unit, it was not going to work with the GTO PCM so we removed it.
We are using the GTO PCM modified with EFI Live.

The exhaust is hooked to the stock rear silencer for now and it is too quiet for my taste.

About the steering rack, the 8 has an electronic power steering that would take a lot of work to be able to work with this setup.
It also had to be moved so we decided to go with the Camaro rack.

More pics later.

 

As much as I love my Rotary, this would be amazing!
Thanks for sharing this with us and hope you keep us all update with your progress (info, pics & vids!)

 

So it turns out rx8club is full of a bunch of wannabe rotorheads! hehehe



Nice job on the swap though, I can't imagine driving it after driving a stock rx8

 

holy crap!!! This is going to be one sick *** 8! We need more pictures and a video!!!

 

Yeah this is a really cool project. Looking forward to reading the updates.

 

Exciting!!!