theres a guy with one, with a chevy v8, and blower out the hood, BRIGHT *** paint job. that goes to my local strip every now and then. it runs high 9's, low 10's.. ill try to get a pic for you when next season starts

 

Yea, I'm a believer in keeping things in the familly so to speak.... If mazda had a v8....thats a swap that I could stand!! But an old pushrod v8 from some old truck.... GOO....

 

Wow, you rarely see a G-nose conversion anymore... too bad s/he didn't leave the front rub strip black; it really updates the front of that body style tastefully.

 

To get back to the V8 point: there are only 2 types of engines worth using: Rotary ( of course ) , and V8. I'm a huge fan of Rotary engines and also a huge fan of V8s. Swapping one into the other's car however is wrong I say. The point of the 7 is to have an engine that no other does. Why put another in it? I've got 2 cars: an 84 RX7 and a 1987 Monte Carlo SS with a 355 in it. I wouldn't dream of mixing them up! They bth work great in they're cars!

If Mazda wanted a V8 in the 7 , they would have put it in themselves!

 

What alot of people don't relize is that some of the greatest cars in the world are a mixing of parts from different manufactures. There will always be negative opinions about people that swap engines and mix up parts, but when thier car stomps a hole in the "pure" car of a non-believer is when people start believing.

 

I'm plotting to shoehorn a Renesis into a roadster (I even made this pretty video to impress a prospective investor), so I guess swaps happen in both directions

http://www.rotorhead.ca/SR7.mov

 

They do make for fun little trucks.
I drove one for about a year, then got a ful size so I could drag a car around. Ended up taking it all back apart. It is not that hard of a swap. Only custom part you would need is a header if you want to keep the a/c. And there is a guy who makes them for the ranger cheap.
Mine was a POS, but fun.
Stock 2.3turbo, Starion front mount IC and 20# of boost. converted it to a T5 and a 3.73lsd rearend

 

Pretty sweet video there, but good luck something like that would take a minimum few million dollar investment

 

I think i'll be the only one dropping in here thats working on doing a turbo buick swap in a 1st gen

I know of a couple second gens and one first gen but that guy dont post on any boards that i know of

car should be capable of mid to low 9's without pushing it too hard and get upper 20's for mileage on the trip to the track and back

heres the lastest pic of my motor i've got its still in my ttype right now and im trying to work some bugs out of the fuel curve thats causing me t lean out so I havent been able to crank the boost yet..

over 3600# and been several 10.90's at 126-127 mph and got more in it

 

Millions? To swap a Renesis into a Mercedes??? It's no more difficult than a V8 into an FB.

 

lol, look at the little turbine housing...isn't it cute

Not bad...10's in a 3600# car.

Are you going to have to make a new exh manifold to fit that turbo under the hood of a FB?

-Cam

 

havent done the fitting there but going by picks and info from the other 1st gen with turbo buick motor it will need a scoup of some sort in the middle to clear the t/b and uppipe

the turbo will sit inline between the strut towers so the hood hasent started rolling down at that point so the turbo should fit

the ceterline of the turbo in his is pretty much centerline of the front suspention so the complete motor is behind the front tires with no firewall modifications

 

I want to put one of those V6s in a Corvette one of these years.

But a V8 in an RX-7 - it's just not right, somehow. Like a barking cat.

 

yup runs and drives great, however I got a ticket going to get exhaust connected to dual rb. , and they wouldn't weld it up either (cats, or lackof) when i arrived.

now getting it legal this weekend.
need fiberglass hood, panhard mod, with 275's squeezed under the rear bodywork!
I keep my *** on torquecentral.com, I just come here for laughs!
BTW i am also building ~450hp f-body 94formula w/ford 9" rear end. 10's or bust. rex will be a daily driver.

 

Got any more pictures of that intake manifold?

I have a lead on a 74 Pinto wagon

 

The stock upper intake manifold will fit under the hood of the pinto. I had to throw the one in the rx7 together to get it under the hood.
The stock intakes work pretty well, they just need the uppers gutted and some mild porting to the lower. Just doa search on Turboford on "gutted upper" and you should find out quite a bit.

BTW, I am Randy on the turboford board. I have taken a short vacation from posting there for a while. Needed a break.

I have a few pics of 2.3turbo pintos, if you want them just ask.


Later
Randy

 

in the somewhat near future i plan on selling the rexer i got right now and getting a less original one to toss a 302 t5 in.

 

hey if you dont mind i'll peep them turbo pint pics you have ..

redsttype@***.net

 

Yeah I would like to see those pictures. All the ones I find suck. The "good" site I remember with the red one is down.

I read somewhere that the intake wouldn't clear on a Pinto. Glad to know it does.

I just joined Turboford yesterday with the same name I use everywhere.