rage941

Hey, my name's Ryan. I've been a member here for a while but I have always just lurked until now...
I have an 89 Turbo II with an LS1 swap.
So far I love it, it's fun, unique and I can daily drive it.

I'll get some pics up in a bit.

mar3

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And with the LS1, you're going to get better gas mileage on top of everything else. I'm not a big fan of the V8 swap but you're seeing the LS-series GM engines going into a lot of non-GM cars for a good reason.

Thanks for registering and welcome aboard, Ryan. Sounds like the swap was done right and you got a keeper there. There aren't many RX-7 guys who are gonna be happy to see what's been done to that FC on this board, though.

Mario III

kramykram

nice seeing this swap on a lot of 350z's now also and man they sound so mean.

rage941

Haha whats gas mileage?! I'm getting less than 15. I'm not driving conservatively..but not wild either. I actually am thinking about selling it...putting in more than $10 a day and it's killing me.

Eclipsesun

Hey Ryan what's up. I'm obviously a new user as well I was considering going the same route with an LS1 in an FD...long story short I've helped a friend replace two rotary engines in under a year and although having a novelty engine is great..it's also very expensive! So i say good for you.

kramykram

well the vqde vq revup and vq hr get around 18 to 20 stop and go and around 30 highway. so i am sure the guys with the ls1 and ls6 are not getting any better mileage than you. but i know my rx8 was horrible on gas. this rx7 i am working on doesn't seem to bad. i have never gotten on it, even though the owner told me to. just around townt he needle never moved.

ben@diyautotune

Awesome, please post pics.
This is a swap project I've been kicking around in my mind for a little while now.

rage941

Lip is black now.

evot23

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NICE!! Welcome to the forum. Quite a few V8 guys still hang around here as our roots are still rotary.

mar3

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Just out of morbid curiosity, what kind of gas mileage do you get?

evot23

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On my last run to South FL for the Markham Park meet I got 25 mpg cruising at 75-80 mph.
In town, I last saw it at 19 mpg.

its all relative to the weight of your foot. I'm old, I drive slow and smooth.

rage941

I get about 12-13 driving like I do.

TRWeiss1

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Welcome aboard man. Looks like a nice clean swap you have there.

hemotape

i considered this, but i'm more so leaning towards a 4.3 v6 instead...... did you reinforce the body of your car for this at all?

TRWeiss1

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So you're going to ditch the rotary for a 4.3L V6 instead of a V8? May I ask WHY?!?!

rage941

If you're going through the trouble to do a swap just go with the V8
It just has a stronger drive shaft, the stock one snapped. Diff is still holding up.

hemotape

lol well i was leaning more towards a 350 when i started considering the cantidate motors for my car, just due to the whole cost vs. power issue, and I stumbled across some statistics that I personally found amusing..... To elaborate: theres a video of a viper boasting 1000 horsepower, and the quarter mile time on the car is 7.99 seconds. Twin turbo LS motors seem to be pulling in half a second behind the fully built ten cylinder engine, but also, the 4.3L gmc sy/ty's (suv's and pickup trucks, mind you) with a twin turbo setup are pulling in the same times as the built 'vettes. When considering 7-8.5L times versus the 5.7-6.2L times versus the 4.3L times.... I couldn't help but think that maybe the v6 is the way to go.

Aluminum everything is available for either the v6 or the v8(350), as they are practically the same motor, and the internal parts between the motors are interchangeable. Maybe I'm wrong here but it seems as though the only difference in the long run is the amount of gasoline a person feels like pouring into the engine..... and also the cost of 2 extra cylinder upgrades
But hey, if I decide I dont like the v6 then my car will already be fully set up for the v8.

19camaro95

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looks real nice

Still_Ridin_Clean

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evot23, what days do they have the meets at Markham Park? Are there any other meets in the south Florida area?

Mr.Dirt

Where in FL do you live? I own a V8 rx7 too

infinite7z

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quick question, whats that **** thingy on your gauge cluster. I like the gauges btw
oh and welcome to the club!

rage941

I live in the Sarasota area.

It's to select what RPM I want the shift light to come on at.
Thanks.

HD_positive

looking Good Rage. I'm considering doing the same thing. I've been doing a little research and for the cost of what it would take to rebuild my 13B, I could buy either an LS1 or for even less money i could buy a 5.3 and have more HP and better mileage. I know that probably isn't a popular topic on this site, but based on my very limited experiance with rotorys they are expensive to work on.

wrxBrah

sick car!!!

mr2mkii

First time I see that gen with an ls1. Lots of people doing it in the late gen but not that much in that gen no?

Really nice work. Torque monster with this kind of engine under the hood