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

dantheman

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I think they do sell a crate motor actually.

John64

Have fun setting up that drive by wire ****.

Whitewidebodyrx7

just have fun in general but post pics of how fun it is

Alex-7

^rofl.


CARB IT!!!!

rOtAryIsbEttEr

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

blwfly

iTrader: (4)

do all rotorheads get high ......
from all the headaches myn gives me im glad to get whop te dopty

rOtAryIsbEttEr

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

blwfly

iTrader: (4)

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

rOtAryIsbEttEr

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?

Buffumguy1

If your pulln' on that many j's during the swap I pitty who ever has to take the maden voyage with you.

clean85owner

"Oh what up, *****!? C'mon,mane. C'mon weed mane."
"What can I get you today, Smoke-A-Lot?"
"...Love weed. Hmmm.... Let me get a pound of your sweetest cheebah."
"Damn, something told me to bring a lot of weed, man. A pound of my sweetest Cheebah. It don't get no better than that."
"I can smell it through the bag, baby."
"That's gonna be $9600, brah."
"Let's see what I got here." *Throws wad of cash* "C'mon man, hang out a minute man. Smoke a little with me. Got weed, got my bong out"
"For you, man, but I gotta get goin."
"I understand."
*VO* "Man, Smoke-A-Lot opened up to me like I was Barbara Walters. Ridiculous! He told me about his lawyer..."
"HE HAD SEX WITH MY MOMMA! WHY!?!?!"
"...Spirituality..."
"Lawd, if you listenin': HELP!"
"...his bad back..."
"Doctor said I need a backiatomy."
"...his love life..."
"I'm meant for this man. *Grabs chick by the head and pushes* Get away from me bieetch!"
"I'm mean, talk about a guy with problems..."
"I can't take it no mo'!"
"No wonder the guy smokes a pound a week."

And that's all I remember... Damn, I can't believe I remembered all of that. Haha.

For those of you who haven't seen it, rent Half Baked. Srsly.

rotary_sex

yeah and i fucked pamela anderson lastnight
lay off the rock

Naegleria_Fowleri

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!

Whitewidebodyrx7

i have yet to see a wrecked rx8 tho in person

rOtAryIsbEttEr

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

Alex-7

Weak sauce.

dantheman

iTrader: (4)

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.

rOtAryIsbEttEr

i like ur avitar dood

do you have a link to this writeup?

oh ****, an rx8 gauge cluster would look ******* sick in an fb dash, no?

blwfly

iTrader: (4)

anything rx8 is sick
lol

rOtAryIsbEttEr

**** yea

Dan_s_young

iTrader: (1)

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?

rOtAryIsbEttEr

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