I scanned this from last months Option2. Very sweet car, they even swapped the gague cluster and radio from an rx8.

http://www.threewhiteguys.com/sa22c-renesis.zip

 

thats sweet and different. kindof like sweet and sour......just minus the sour and plus the different.

Man im weird

 

I may be mistaken, but isnt that an FB rather than an SA22C? I was under the impression that the SA's had the ugly *** rear end, unless they swapped for a FB rear bumper as well? pretty sweet.. it should be a single turbo 400hp machine

 

 

damn....i want 2 c more pics of the interior an stuff do u have any more pics?

 

All japanese 1st gen's are refered to as sa22c. If I'm not mistaken, america was the only market where the s2 and s3 cars are referred to as fb's

 

Our VINs say FB33 on '81-'85 models.

 

Shiiiiiiiit! It looks like it belongs there..

 

Not only do they have the motor swapped but also the electric power steering, AC, the fly by wire throttle, gauge panel, A/C and fan control, radio, the transmission, and the push button starter are from the RX-8. Its got FD calipers on FC rotors with 16 inch watanabe 8 spoke rims. Car comes with Ohlins coilovers, vitaloni mirrors, and datsun 240z over fenders. On top of that it complies with Japan's low emission vehicle standards.

 

Wow! That's really well done.

 

'scuse me while I clean up the drool on my shirt!

That's fantastic!

 

Wholy ****...

I think I speak for everyone here when I say:

I WANT ONE!!!!!

Jon

 

I don't.

i was directed to this thread just as I was mathing out the port timing arrangements of my next engine, which will have no side ports at all

 

all the rx8 stuff on that car they used because its networked into the ecu, yes the climate control talkes to the ecu

 

That's true for many cars actually... under heavy loads the ECU can command the A/C compressor to disengage, and even shut off power to the alternator's field windings.

That might not seem like much, but if the alternator is generating 100 amps (say you have the lights and wipers and everything on) then at 14 volts that is 1400 watts, or nearly 2 hp assuming the alternator is 100% efficient. If you only have 90-100hp every little bit counts. If you have 200hp it still accounts for at least 1% of your power output (I have no data on efficiency for alternators or the belt drive so i cannot be more specific)

 

anybody seen an article on what is involved to put the renesis in the fb in english? I was thinking that would be a nice project whenever my stock engine dies.

 

Yeah your absolutely correct on that one. The one thing different about the 8 than most other cars is it uses the CAN network to connect everything, rather than the slow data busses that everyone else seems to be stuck using.

 

Alrighty, who can translate this for us?

 

holy poop, i just had a visit from spooge mcduck.

 

In all countries except America, the 1st-gen was an SA RX-7. However, for the USA market, the series-2 (81-83) & series-3 (84-85) was called an FB RX-7.

 

Too lazy to type everything out. Thats why I just stuck with the meat and potatoes.

 

god I love japan. The attention to detail on that car is amazing. I wonder what kind of rear end it has.

 

Probably the stock Mazda 7".

Isn't that what the RX-8 uses anyway?

The S2000 uses it, at any rate. (Yes the Mazda diff)

 

Oops I forgot to mention that the article says that the suspension is still Original except for the fact that it uses coilovers and FC/FD brake components.

 

Man that's crazy, i wouldn't have wanted to do that swap.