Renesis engine swap

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Feb 21, 2005 | 12:14 PM

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SWAT81

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From: New Port, NJ

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Originally Posted by tonys

I am interested in the newer engine because of it's advances in reducing emissions and improved power, even naturally asperated 238 hp.
I would hope in time that turbo's would be available.

there are turbos available for the rx8 you just need to have custom jobs done

Feb 21, 2005 | 04:42 PM

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From: Gallatin, TN

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Originally Posted by Drag'nGT

That's NA vs NA. I would hope that in 13 years Mazda could come up with a way to increase the power by a significant amount. No one is saying that the Renesis is a bad motor. We're just saying that in a FD, it's a waste.

No kidding. He said it would be more "fair" to compare an N/A 2nd gen. to the rx8, so I posted that up to show the comparison, thats all.

-Alex