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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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I'm pleased to announce...

... that i will be replacing the 12a coming out of my 7 with a renesis.
to my knowledge, mazda dosen't make a renesis crate motor so the firts wrecked rx8 i find in a junkyard around here, the engien and trans is mine!
muhahahahahaha!

just thought i'd put that out there
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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I think they do sell a crate motor actually.
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 06:17 PM
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Have fun setting up that drive by wire ****.
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 06:18 PM
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just have fun in general but post pics of how fun it is
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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^rofl.


CARB IT!!!!
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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^rofl.


CARB IT!!!!
i was thinking of that but i was sorta high when i made this post so im not sure im sure of anything right now, lol
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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do all rotorheads get high ......
from all the headaches myn gives me im glad to get whop te dopty
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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i may be getting stoned as **** right now but a car as light as an fv with a renginesis and a few suspension mods would kick some ***
seriously im gonna do it. after i smoke this blunt adn sleep
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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i hope you got dosh mate it aint gonna be easey
re think it when your not high theres more than meets the eye

evan better start selling your buds to fund that project to me...
oh wait i get it for free
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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dosh?
i get a freebie every now and then but im saving up of r a pound of weed
do you kuno how much that is?
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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If your pulln' on that many j's during the swap I pitty who ever has to take the maden voyage with you.
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 10:38 PM
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by rOtAryIsbEttEr
... that i will be replacing the 12a coming out of my 7 with a renesis.
to my knowledge, mazda dosen't make a renesis crate motor so the firts wrecked rx8 i find in a junkyard around here, the engien and trans is mine!
muhahahahahaha!

just thought i'd put that out there
yeah and i fucked pamela anderson lastnight
lay off the rock

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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 02:29 AM
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Yeah, the day you put a renesis motor in your car is the day I fly to the moon using the power of three rotors!
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 06:58 AM
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i have yet to see a wrecked rx8 tho in person
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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ok fine, all ye who doubt me. i may be a pothead but i do have some pretty good mechanical skills (if i may say so myself) and im seriously gonna do this
i dont see whats keeping me from it. i know it wont be an easy swap cuz searching for that topic on this site turnd up nothing but as far as i know no one has done this with a first gen
ive spent a few hours calling all the salvage yards in my area but none have an rx8 that didnt die of natural causes. im gonna take my time and wait for a salvagable rx8 to come along instead of going the expensive *** crate motor route and try to save myself a big *** chunk of cash


and i know i probably shouldnt have made a thread about it until i had the project underway, but i was high and nothing is your own fault when your stoned, lol
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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Weak sauce.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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There is a FB that had this conversion done over in Japan. It is the one with the large fender flares.

If I remember the writeup correctly, you have to use the gauge cluster from the 8 to make the engine work properly or something. LOTS of electronics have to be run to make this swap work properly.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex-7
Weak sauce.
i like ur avitar dood

Originally Posted by dantheman
There is a FB that had this conversion done over in Japan. It is the one with the large fender flares.

If I remember the writeup correctly, you have to use the gauge cluster from the 8 to make the engine work properly or something. LOTS of electronics have to be run to make this swap work properly.
do you have a link to this writeup?

oh ****, an rx8 gauge cluster would look ******* sick in an fb dash, no?
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 07:38 PM
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anything rx8 is sick
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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**** yea
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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So much work that its really not worth it. The whole swap will end up costing MUCH more than a turbo rotary swap, and for alot less power. So why bother? Sure its unique but is it worth like $15, 000 to you?
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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hmm, maybe youre right. i havent found a wrecked rx8 anywhere and the only renesis' ive found for sale so far have been up around $3000 without the manifold, ecu, and harness with it
whereas, there are more TII's around here for me to pic from than i have fingers to count on. lol. theres even a wrecked 3rd gen in a salvage yard about 20 miles away from me with the motor and trans intact.
my fb was my daily driver until it lost compression on the back rotor and i have several rebuildable 12a's and the cash to put up for a rebuild kit i wanted to make something a little unususal out of my car, something that would really test my mechanical abilities

the more i think about this the more i am unsure that this is the way i want to go.
the rx8 is still a relatively new car and i would probably go on a killing spree if i spent enormous amounts of money and time swapping in a renesis just to find out that its a lemon.

i will get high tonite, think more on it tomorrow, and try not to make basically useless posts on this fourm when im on drugs, lol

edit: i still want a damn rx8 gauge cluster
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