I was reading threw the new modified ( I know not the most reliable source) but the had a pic of the jic drift RX8 and the caption said YES a real working turboed RX8. Anyone got any info o what kit they have.

 

hmmmmmm.......that wont last ............turboed rotary............

 

Why won't a turbo rotary last? My single turbo FC went ~150K before the engine needed to be replaced.

 

Um.... Ok, let's see. Twin-Turbo'd 93-95's were never produced.

 

Heh. I had no idea the JIC RX-8 even had a turbocharger. What type/size is it? That thing must fly. :D

 

man I wanna see some specs on these kind of things.

 

I think the show Redline TV showed this and it is an FD-powered RX-8. That's what they call it. It doesn't have the renesis in it.

 

Argh those cheats! I was considering swapping the RENESIS for the 13B-REW. If I were to do that, might as well have bought a 3rd gen.

 

I haven't checked today but yesterday on ebay there was a 20b for only 3500 that you could put in there instead!

 

Sounds good. Now someone give me an internship so I can get $3,500.

 

Add another $30,000 for labor and customization for that 20b. It's not a cheap swap... even for the 3rd gen RX-7s it's an arm and a leg.

 

you could be your own intern with a little company called VISA :-) get your "own" business card for you "company" car....................

 

excuse my french but, a 20b in a rx-8 is a hard-on worth $33,500!!!!

simply ****!!!

 

Very well. I'm going to blow my next paycheck on lottery tickets.

 

haha, i've tried many times the lottery, still waitin, i'll buy the acosta rx-8. hehe

 

what are you talking about?
Do some more research

 

he was pulling a leg ;-)

 

They're the ones that charge about $37K-$40K for the swap. It is worth it though... 600hp at 11 psi and about 800hp at 23 psi. I think it's worth it.

 

the only thing i know for a fact is that the jic car did not compeat in the formula D in huoston because his motor blew a few days before!!!!! he drove a miata insted and it was not a good performance. every time i tryed to ask the driver what happend he was in the a/c cooling down or whatever so i never got the chance. the jic car was just featured in ss or mod a few months ago and they said nothing about turbo or plans for it ?????

 

Here is a pic of the motor swap from the Formula D drift event at Infineon Raceway.

 

cheaters!

 

WTF?! Is that a 13B-REW? I concur. Cheaters!

 

:D I told ya it was an FD-powered RX-8.

 

oh great just what we need..another big front..just like someone else on this forum.. (ahem ahem)

 

they probably used the FD motor because they can actually tune that motor properly for performance.

alex