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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:22 PM
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How hard is a rx8 13B swap?

Just as the title states is it a hard job to swap out the Renesis for a 13B? I know you have to custom fab some items and move some stuff around but is there anything crazy that i would have to do to accomplish this?
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:37 PM
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https://www.rx7club.com/old-school-other-rotary-63/rx-8-13b-re-conversion-988372/

This thread might give you an idea...he is just starting. There is a thread from another on rx8club as well.
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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You already have a 13B
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 02:40 AM
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Yeah you should probably check out the rx8club.com instead...
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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rx8 club has like 2 people who are in the process and their build thread is laggy, one kid is doing it over a year.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 05:12 PM
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What 13b are you trying to put in? I'm assuming some sort of turbo'd setup to be going through the hassle.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by HahaManLaw
What 13b are you trying to put in? I'm assuming some sort of turbo'd setup to be going through the hassle.
13B-REW and i'm going to keep stock turbos until i get the money to go big twins. I'm shooting for around 530 WHP, but the main problem is i see that you have to custom make some mounting brackets. I could get a shop to do the swap for me but that would cost a pretty penny that i do not have.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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Are you going to try to use the REW's wiring or go with a standalone?
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by HahaManLaw
Are you going to try to use the REW's wiring or go with a standalone?


Standalone most likely
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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Standalone most likely
Its not that hard of a swap. Id go with a Power FC for your ECU, and getting someone to fabricate mounts for you should be to big of a hassel because Ive seen this swap done multiple times. Keep looking there are a few people that have done it here on this forum.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 03:27 PM
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Quite a few people have down them, there's more than 2people that have on the 8club as well, I have done it but with a bre engine. Btw, you ain't keeping those stock turbos on there-fact!
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dznutzuk
Quite a few people have down them, there's more than 2people that have on the 8club as well, I have done it but with a bre engine. Btw, you ain't keeping those stock turbos on there-fact!
haha that is so true :P
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