BLASPHEMY! EJ25 in an FC (The project begins)
Okay, since there's not really a "conversion forum" here on the club. I thought i'd just post this here.
I find myself if the awkward position of having a 1990 FC with no power plant or transmission, save the rear end. Now to make things more awkward I also have the engine from a 2005 STi extra from a swap deal gone awry. I was looking at the two of them and I thought to myself. "Damn I bet that could fit in my FC if I put the trans from a TII on it." I don't have the Transmission yet, but i've been thinking about it and the more I look into it the more I like the idea. It's not that I hate rotaries but I just happen to have an extra engine lying around and I don't have a rotary engine on hand. So I figure why not. I know it's going to be a pain in the ass in terms of money and Fabrication but who knows, in the end I may just end up having a truly unique FC. Hate all you want I just want some feedback. |
i'd like to see this happen!!!
an RX7 with lots of low end torque!!!! |
Originally Posted by wordforge
(Post 8513875)
Okay, since there's not really a "conversion forum" here on the club. I thought i'd just post this here.
Anyway, good luck with the swap, those engines can be beasts. |
DO IT.... with pics!
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go for it man could be cool, but be prepared to pay as much (or more) to do the conversion as it would be to get a TII engine and tranny.
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Amazing that it has not been tried before, or maybe it has...
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well I just went out and measured the Strut towers on the fc and they're 33 1/2" apart and the EJ is about 31" side to side. so it should fit.
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man that engine would be badass in a 70s porsche 911 chassis those are cheap and u could build a 930 killer... would be hella exotic.
but gl. make sure u dump it on coilovers and badass rims, might as well go all out if ur gonna do it. |
that's the plan.
I was looking at some TEINs with the EDFC gizmo. I'm just worried that the EJ25 will weigh too much compared to the 13b. |
Originally Posted by 1931-smooth7
(Post 8514231)
it's your money, you can waste it any way you want but it seems dumb to me.
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You'd have better luck with the Suby trans (which is junk unless it's a STi) and blocking off the front axle holes.
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I remember Nihl saying that this would not work for some reason. Something that it could not sit low enough in the frame or far enough back or something like that.
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Originally Posted by Mazda_Power
(Post 8514488)
You'd have better luck with the Suby trans (which is junk unless it's a STi) and blocking off the front axle holes.
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do it, all u need is some engine mount, adapter plate for the tranny, and may be even stock STI ecu or whatever standalone of ur choice and off u go
if the FC bay wide enuf for the boxer engine tho ? |
well I measured the engine i have, the best I could and then I climbed in the engine bay of my FC and I think it should work. The only thing I'm worried about is hood clearance. But I think that if I use some kind of Liquid to air or FMIC i should be okay.
Besides guys are able to shoe horn LS1's into that engine bay. so the EJ25 should fit. |
be pretty siick if you kept the trans with the motor and incorporated the 4wd into the fc... baller status
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^that would be insane...
but damn near impossible for the average home garage guy. ive always loved boxer engine, the sound is truely unique |
problems getting it in there wi th the steering working. my freind and i looked at this with a extra EJ22 he had lieing around. here just frget the boxer 7 and just get a old subaru and a Boxer 6 suby motor from either the the SVX or the B6 tribeca
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Originally Posted by DC13B
(Post 8514595)
^that would be insane...
but damn near impossible for the average home garage guy. ive always loved boxer engine, the sound is truely unique |
I wish I had an sti engine just hanging around, all I have is V8 stuff.
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Originally Posted by $100T2
(Post 8514458)
Anyone who thinks an engine swap is dumb is anti-American. And a communist. And probably a pedophile.
I like the idea of the EJ25 in an FC. The increase in torque would be a welcome change, and it would be a total mindfuck when you hear the boxer rumble coming out of an FC. I'm kind of worried about space issues, but I hope it will work out. Best of luck to you, sir. |
Rod Millen did it :tonque:
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Originally Posted by island-fc
(Post 8514630)
Rod Millen did it :tonque:
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Someone beat me to mentioning it, but if you did it and kept the AWD, that would be so friggin super-sick!! I say, as long as you have another RX-7 around with the rotary in it, GO for it! Be a pioneer! Do the writeup! :icon_tup:
Good luck to you sir! |
Originally Posted by fcdrifter13
(Post 8514504)
I remember Nihl saying that this would not work for some reason. Something that it could not sit low enough in the frame or far enough back or something like that.
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