http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/index.html

try this link, They actually sell a kit for an LT-1 swap. I have a friend that is going with this swap for his FD. He already has a 2nd gen with a 350.

 

Search under the fourm ID 'jimlab' (Jim) and you'll find yourself a few days worth of detailed reading - best of luck!

 

Talk about starting a Gang Fight :p :p

 

You may want to consider talking to Nick Riefner at www.n-tech.net His car is doing the LS-1 swap currently and should be up and running long before Jim's car (no offense!). He'll also be a dealer for the complete kit if you're interested. Sacrilige I say...now hand me that 20B sitting in the corner.

 

chalk another RX-7 up to death by pisto-cution---
can't you guys go mod an acura or something instead of butt raping the poor defenseless rx7.

 

nrolfes1 is right! Stop killing our hobby.

 

You could be a little different and try to get a turbo v6 from a Grand national in there, just to keep it turbo, I know it's been done by someone here on the forum in a 2nd gen...

 

LOL u do know this is a rotary forum right?! Y in the world would u want to destroy the rotary? If ur have to replace the rotary for some crazy reason in the i think december issue of turbo mag they put in a supra engine. with about 1000hp. thats not to bad. But let the rotary live on!

 

Maybe we should all pitch in a dollar and go get one of those stupid v8 chevys and drop a rotary in it. Maybe a camaro or something and show them how their cars would handle with decent weight distribution and more power with less weight........

 

When someone shows me a car that can do the following I would never question doing the swp again:

Gets @ least 15-24mpg CITY ALL THE TIME
Can drive in your neighbourhood @ 20mph in 5th gear without any problems @ all!
Can smoke a stock 3rd gen no problem @ all.
Lasts over 100,000 miles! And should do 150,000 EASILY!
and finally- Never needs more then 10 feet of vacuum hoses that are easily seen and problems easily diagnosed!

That my friends is why the V8 belongs in the RX-7!

 

Somebody Hold Me back!!! this is the big one Edna. Im coming for Ya.

 

NJTy180,

If you buy it with your money, do what you want to it. As the others have said, there are a few kits around and people working on conversions so you should be able to find some helpful information.

Here is one of the threads that was mentioned earlier:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=37170

 

I'm not really sure what you're trying to say Want2race, whether you are for or against swap...but i'm going to state my piece anyway. who drives in 5th at 20mph? if you want to do that drive a moped. big block engines = 1960's tech. lightweight, sequential twin turbo powerplants = 1990's tech. its all about power to weight, baby! Putting a v8 in a 7 is complete blasphemy to the 7's purist heritage. the 7 is all about spanking the dufus in the mustang next to you who's math is somewhere along the lines of three times the displacement = three times the speed. turbos are the great equalizer, and sometimes that means doing your homework and understanding a vacuum schematic a little more complex than a pcv valve dump.

 

Yikes. Sorry folks, I was just trying to be a little playful with my "put a rotary in a Chevy" comment above (although calling a V8 stupid may have been a little much - they are good solid engines). Did not realize folks would take it so personally. I think it would be fun but with emotions like that running around..........

I still don't see the general purpose in placing a reciprocating engine in a 7 (my complete ignorance I assure you). If someone said a Honda 2.5L or 2.7L with a turbo, I could see it, lots of power, not a lot of weight for the power, good compression ratios. But a big and bulky v8, I am not sure I understand.

I once knew a guy who put a 350 in a Vega, talk about a funny site, especially when he blew the engine.

 

oh really?? is that why one of the idiots did a V8 conversion, spent all the money...and ran a best of 13.4??

woah...that will absolutely DESTROY all stock FDs!

 

On his first and only day at the track after the swap... with 100 lbs. of extra ballast in the hatch and a 3/4 full gas tank... and he's not a drag racer. Not to mention that his runs were traction limited. From the trap speed, he's easily got a high 12-second car if he hooked up his power and put in a little practice.

Considering that I've seen many heavily modified FDs fail to break 13.5 and most stock FDs average around 14.0 @ 101 mph (or worse), I doubt Bill would have much problem mopping up the average stock FD with his car.

He has also passed emissions with full catalytic converters, has all accessories, gets far better gas mileage, and will never have to worry about his engine deciding to cough an apex seal out the exhaust port again. Sounds like a real idiot to me, too.

 

Jim. you have to remember the average maturity of the members of this forum. Someday they will learn what years of experience will teach them. They will learn. But it takes time.

Ken, 57 years young
'94 white, base, pep, red leather,
mods: Hayes street port & polished stage II, Hurley 3mm racing seals, PFS PMC(10-15psi), XS T04e single turbo kit, Aquamist 2s water injection kit, Pettit ss resonated MP, Pettit ss cat-back, RP Racing fuel pump, 1200cc injectors, Profec B(10&15psi), Centerforce clutch, under pulley kit(no air pump), Pettit short shifter kit, boost gauge, LaBreck's bushings, Evans Coolant

 

i just personally feel that it is idiotic to do such a thing to an already rare FD. there are many other platforms in which the V8 swap can be accomplished.

 

any more excuses??

 

Jim what do you consider heavily modified??? I ran a 13.5 with a cat back and intake only. With intake, full exhaust, and a Power FC only using the base map(NO tuning) I ran low/mid 12's all day long. That was with 12 - 12.5 boost. I'm not a expert driver either, my 60 foot was never better than a 1.89

Any heavily modded car run slower than mid 12 is either sick or having traction problems.

As for the V8 in a RX7 thing, I'm not getting in on that!!!!! I'll leave that to you guys to sort out. The turbo GN motor's a pretty cool idea though. Why would it have to be automatic trans?

Later,
STEPHEN

 

That first comment is NOT within forum rules. Keep it civil.

Brad