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Old May 27, 2010 | 11:16 AM
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I'm thinking of putting a 87 EFI rx7 engine in my rx3 .Instead of putting my carb engine I think I want to put this efi engine in it, I cant afford Turbo For a while so why try. And I love the holley but I want to cruise all day and my rx3 engine is loud , I plan to cruise everywhere and have fun I wanted alittle more quit.

But first I want some pictures of clean efi engines non turbo 87 model and see how they look dressed up. any suggestion are welcome ,,
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Old May 27, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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Don't know about doing it with the 87 type engine I have seen it done with the GSL-SE though, I know that one worked they transfered the computer and even the external fuel pump over.
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Old May 27, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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i have done all these swaps,for n/a i use a gsl-se external fuel pump. the engine and all the efi stuff i get off the second gen rx7 and make a harness to power up the coils and ecu.dont have any pictures of any of my swaps though.once you remove all the emissions stuff of the efi engine they clean up nice.
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Old May 27, 2010 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by chino_rx3
I'm thinking of putting a 87 EFI rx7 engine in my rx3 .Instead of putting my carb engine I think I want to put this efi engine in it, I cant afford Turbo For a while so why try. And I love the holley but I want to cruise all day and my rx3 engine is loud , I plan to cruise everywhere and have fun I wanted alittle more quit.

But first I want some pictures of clean efi engines non turbo 87 model and see how they look dressed up. any suggestion are welcome ,,
Thanks
chino_rx3 there is a 73 rx3 wagon that mostly goes to Old town on saturdays it has an 87 rx7 setup including oem intake, but it is microtech managed(ecu). I believe Kilo did the work for the guy. If I can get pictures I'll post them!
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Old May 28, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarydude
Don't know about doing it with the 87 type engine I have seen it done with the GSL-SE though, I know that one worked they transfered the computer and even the external fuel pump over.
Well I seen the SE swap and looks good , Since I have this complete shell I have all parts to do the transfer, Engine Must be rebuilt once I take of car i WIll check and see ,, It turns on after 3 weeks sitting and it dont smoke nothing ) real good sign) iT START UP fast and it runs good so checking my options.. external fuel pump mm ok
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Old May 28, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarydave2006
i have done all these swaps,for n/a i use a gsl-se external fuel pump. the engine and all the efi stuff i get off the second gen rx7 and make a harness to power up the coils and ecu.dont have any pictures of any of my swaps though.once you remove all the emissions stuff of the efi engine they clean up nice.
I seen a cople and they do clean up good.,and I will be using harness of the 2nd gen I want it look good so will see,
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Old May 28, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 1973rx3
chino_rx3 there is a 73 rx3 wagon that mostly goes to Old town on saturdays it has an 87 rx7 setup including oem intake, but it is microtech managed(ecu). I believe Kilo did the work for the guy. If I can get pictures I'll post them!
wow man if you can get pictures great.. One of this days im going to have to check the wagon out ,, if you can get some great man that would be awsome,, I heard kilo does some good work,
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Old May 29, 2010 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by chino_rx3
I'm thinking of putting a 87 EFI rx7 engine in my rx3 .Instead of putting my carb engine I think I want to put this efi engine in it, I cant afford Turbo For a while so why try. And I love the holley but I want to cruise all day and my rx3 engine is loud , I plan to cruise everywhere and have fun I wanted alittle more quit.

But first I want some pictures of clean efi engines non turbo 87 model and see how they look dressed up. any suggestion are welcome ,,
Thanks

Performance and noise goes hand on hand. you want it quiet? use a single 2" pipes with racing beat presilencer and primaflow muffler BUT performance will suffer. now for the throaty carb, add an air cleaner assembly with cold air intake (they make these for holley carbs) but again, performance can suffer.

so switching to FI with headers may not be the solution BUT wait, I heard if you swap the entire interior to RX-8 will add 150hp
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by WackyRicer
Performance and noise goes hand on hand. you want it quiet? use a single 2" pipes with racing beat presilencer and primaflow muffler BUT performance will suffer. now for the throaty carb, add an air cleaner assembly with cold air intake (they make these for holley carbs) but again, performance can suffer.

so switching to FI with headers may not be the solution BUT wait, I heard if you swap the entire interior to RX-8 will add 150hp
hahah funny ,, I know what you getting at, Well Will see what happens still messing 2nd gen..thanks
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