Finally got her started and out of the garage...now to do some very minimal tuning so I can drive it to the office for more in depth tuning (don't want to upset the neighbors here)

 

Got tired of my leaking Oil filter pedestal rig. I had thrown it together in a hurry to get the car running last year and never worked well. Its a RX-8 Pedestal modified to fit onto the B-RE base on the engine, the problem is that I tried using a gasket. Now the problem should be gone with the new Oil Ring grooves I machined into it.

Cheers!

 

can you do that to mine?

 

Ooooh good thinking!

 

Sure can! A few beers (or Cokes ) on a Sat and we will get it done.

C

 

nice!!!

 

I am going to be in the garage this weekend and building a new bolt on subframe

 

Make sure and bring your RX-8 Oil pedestal to me next time to come around and we will get it done.

C

 

Nice REW setup!!! From the 1986 to 1992 Turbo RX7 Gorilla fingers, 1993 to 1995 Flat Fingers to Banana Fingers. I like the the Banana intake Manifold the best!

 

Eunos Cosmo REW 13B/20B 1990-1995 banana intake Manifold.

 

Finally got around to redoing my exhaust. Originally I had full 4" from the turbo back splitting into two 4" pipes as in the first picture. Needless to say, when I switched to the 13B-RE from the Renesis the sound got way louder and became obnoxious (Renesis side exhaust ports make for a quieter engine). Splitting a 4" pipe in two 4" is a waste as it just turns into a big resonating chamber so I decided to go into two 3" which still have more cross sectional area than a single 4" pipe. I also wanted to add some pipe length to help with the noise and decided to try the the center exhaust approach. I still have some work to do on the bumper but pics speak for themselves. Now the car is considerably quieter but still sounds good when you get on it and I cannot notice any loss in power.

Cheers!

 

That looks wicked!

 

I really was never happy with the engine mounts I made to install the engine. This was compounded by the tightness of the whole thing forcing me to use delrin to bolt the engine to the frame which transferred every little bit of vibration causing certain rattles and noises inside the cabin. In hopes of developing a 13B-RE/20B-RE swap kit that would be repeatable I began work on a lower sub-frame replacement that would allow bolting of either these engines while keeping vibrations lower than what I was experiencing.

Here go the pics of the final prototype...feels awesome now and it uses standard FC mounts (modified) or any of the available replacements for them.

Cheers!

 

Looking good. As usual!

 

Wish I could do something like that, but in VA, I would have to keep the OEM ecu for the emissions

 

I have the OEM ECU plugged in because you have to keep it in order for the cluster, power steering, A/C and throttle body to work...DO IT!!!

 

What about the emissions? Do they do the obd2 port scan for emissions over there? Will it pass the OBD2 port scan with your setup?

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, this is sooooooooooo tempting

 

I don't think it would pass emissions without some severe tuning of idle and the addition of a Cat. There are no tests here in MN...:/

 

Well finally finished reading thru this thread again. All I can say is wow! You have a amazing build on your hands. Once the warranty expires and I retire my RX8 from daily driving. I hope to accomplish a swap one day. Still a toss up between the REW and the RE. Boost on and enjoy!

 

Haven't posted in a while. Over the past year I've been mainly working on taking care of little things here and there and enjoying the car. Tail lights switched to 09-11 ones (took more work than you would think). Winshield washer tank is now aluminum and will not melt (lol). HRE's got blacked out along with emblems etc so I'm officially "murdered". I also finally finished the surround for the center exhaust. All is good.

Few pics.

Cheers!

 

[QUOTE=ChrisRX8PR;11731748]Haven't posted in a while. Over the past year I've been mainly working on taking care of little things here and there and enjoying the car. Tail lights switched to 09-11 ones (took more work than you would think). Winshield washer tank is now aluminum and will not melt (lol). HRE's got blacked out along with emblems etc so I'm officially "murdered". I also finally finished the surround for the center exhaust. All is good.

Few pics.

Cheers!


Another benefit of the alloy washer bottle is now with the heat transfer u can wash ur screen with HOT water lololol

 

2 Thumbs up on the New exhaust

 

Looking good, any numbers yet?
what are you using to tune?

 

No numbers yet (at least from a Dyno). But it is pretty well tuned at 20-21psi and feels fast. I'm using a Haltech Platinum Sport 1000. I will dyno it when I get a chance.

Cheers.

 

I don't know if its legally over there but you can make your tails lights more dark (smoke 'm) would be cool I think.