I am sure being the rotary nut he is eriksseven might not like this. His old car/my old car is now LS1 powered.

http://www.sporttuned.com/watch.php?v_id=670

 

god eriks car was soo bad ***.. rotary for life FTW

 

what a sad day..... and another good fc bites the dust

 

x2

 

Damn that car is awesome. I love the ls1 fc's.

who knows maybe the old rotary went into a camaro........

 

whenever i see a v8 rx-7, i get pissed. really, i do. if u really must do a crazy swap, put it in a datsun 510 or something much lighter. leave the rx-7 for the mechanic types or the wealthy types and leave the ls1s with the corvettes. its no longer a rx-7, its a lx-1. it really does tick me off though to see how people cant learn to understand a rotary then kill its very uniqueness with a ls1. a rotary is fine if things are done right. if only people did things right.....i remember at sevenstock 8, the mazdatrix mc guys were sayin "where are all the rx-7s at?" people were cheering, then he said "wheres all the Rotary heads at?" everyone got louder. then he said "wheres all the v8 rx-7 heads at?" and everyone got quiet. dat was fucked up but i guess most people agree with me. the ls1 is a great motor, but belongs in a chevy. but hey, its ur money, so dont feel offended. its jus my opinion, so please dont flame me.

 

this thread fails, it was a great car before and its a great car now.

 

^^^ agreed... but when you take a rotary out of an fc, you take the heart of it out.... i have no doubts a ls1 fc is a very fun and fast car... but not my style.. to each thier own

 

Good way to ruin a beautiful car.

 

I think people just get pissed because of the whole stigma of a "American domestic V8" in a RX-7. I truly believe that is why some of us are RX-7 addicts for life...it is a japanese car that when modded right, can give a V8 a run for its money. I for one love telling domestic lovers at the track that my little power plant is a 1.3 liter, I have nothing against V8s, it is a totally different animal but I really think that is what gets some of our panties in a bunch when we hear of these swaps.

Now tell me would some of us be as upset if a Porsche 3.8 liter 6 cylinder or a Jaguar 4.2 AJ-V8 was dropped in our FC's or FD's?

 

hey, it still LOOKS the same.... until you pop the hood or hear it, lol.

 

uhh, wow.

Ignorance FTL?

LS1 RX7 FTW.

Seriously.

 

A. The motor was blown (motor #3, 4, 5?) which was low miles on one of his 'rebuilds'
B. The car was pretty stock if you ask me. Stock injectors, turbo, intercooler, ecu. It had a SAFC on it and the injectors were maxed out bad. In my opinion pictures did the car too much justice. It was nice but I have definatly seen and owned better. I am glad the new owner got it together how he wants it and enjoys it. To each their own.

 

Word.

 

darn, i really liked that car. it's probably faster now, but not quite as special.

 

Actually it's more unique now than before. And apparently it wasn't as mice as manuy of you believed it was. Wow. it's faster, workd better, and had already had 4-5 rebuilt rotaries in it, but somehow THIS conversion ruins it, eh?

A whole bunch of immature ignorance in this thread from rotards.

It's a mass produced mechanical device that doenns't have a heart or soul. If you get pissed because someone ELSE makes THEIR car more to THEIR liking, you need serious professional counseling. Serious. Get over it and grow the f*ck up.

 

Wow, so I guess I'm both poor, and insufficient as a mechanic.

Oh well, would you like to race? Or we can play big wallet little wallet... up to you.

 

well, the one of the main reason why most people do a v8 swap is because the engine can detonate and kill the apex seals just like that, am i right?. which usually means they cant take care of a rotary or any car right, or dont know what they are doing when they are tuning and detonate, or rebuilds come like about 25k+ miles faster. and if u were rich, u'd be paying other people to do the work and wouldn't worry about the maintenance. Most True Rotary enthusiasts either have mechanical skills and a will to learn or they have large amounts of money. Thats why I said what I said. Corvettes and Camaros are nice cars, why not leave the LSx motors in em. i never said v8s are weak or anything like that. but like i said already, hey its ur money, who cares about what I say, because its just my opinion. Its like me sayin I hate bodykits, but hey, do what you want. btw, i get pissed cuzz it makes it one less true rx-7(as if it isnt rare enough), not because people like to do what they want.

 

Think the v-8 will forever ruin your handling?

The August 2005 issue of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine will features quite a few V-8 powered RX-7s that entered their $2005 Challenge event in Florida. The premise of the event is to build the best handling, best appearing, and quickest car possible for a total budget of $2005., including the price of the car and all components. You will be surprised at the wide variety of entrants and how creative they are. Check out the August issue for a feature on this year's challenge winner, a FORD POWERED 2nd gen RX-7!!! For a free copy of the magazine or to check out this year's $2005 challenge results, go to the Grassroots Motorsports website.

In the 2004 event, of a total of 76 cars that participated, a total of 9 RX-7s took part in the event, 5 V-8 powered and 4 rotary powered. In the drag race portion, all the V-8 RX-7s finished ahead of the rotary powered cars. No surprise here. The quickest V-8 RX-7 recorded a 12.636 ET, the quickest rotary's ET was a 14.323.

What DID suprise a lot of sports car people is the results of the autocross competition. The quickest RX-7, a V-8, finished nearly 4 seconds ahead of the quickest rotary version.

Among the 9 RX-7s present in the autocross, V-8 power captured 4 of the top 5 spots. Don't listen to those who tell you that a big V-8 will ruin your handling!!!
Daryl Evans's ZZ4 powered RX-7 solo car was last years local, regional and Canadian Western Champion in E Mod.

 

Ever give thought that some people don't care about the engine or its "herritage" and only care about the chassis?

Easy - First, Camaro doesn't handle nearly as good as any RX7 and is heavy as ****. Second, if I could afford a Vette, I would own that right now instead of my FD.

 

Big talk from a bitch !

 

They swap a V8 because its cheaper then upgrading to an unreliable turbo motor. They upgrade because the V8 will last longer, be cheaper to rebuild (**** you can almost make a BUILT 402 for the price of buying a rebuilt street ported NA motor).

They usually are car savy people (other then the ******* Spainish hood-rat !) to make the swap work, they know what they're doing, just ask JimLab or DigialSolo.

Most Rotary people I've met in my life are dim-wits by the way, and beleive me, there are alot more people V8 savy the rotary savy, it helps to have that. Rotary guys are usually poor after doing everything too, so why say they're rich? What proof? ****, go look at JimLab's thread, and that dude from Texas, both appear to be pretty well to do.

Yeah and we still don't care.

A corvette or camaro doesn't the great chassis as the FD or FC, so why not have a fast, torquey car, that can kick *** in nearly every aspect, and still be one of the most amazing cars to look at? It'd smoke 95% of rotaries too. So if you had a 2.3 NA motor in your Mustang, you would never consider swapping anything else in just because its not the "heart" of the car?

So let them do what they want.

And for the final note, no one gives a **** what your opinion is here considering you're a retard. You did one hell of a job representing us rotary people .

Oh, and the last time I checked DigitalSolo's FC is still a FC, I'm sure his VIN and title say so. Now **** off.

 

My rotary ran on 2500 mile oil changes, Castrol GTX; spark plugs (only proper Mazda replacements) every 8500 miles. Premix at all times with a functioning S4 OMP. Timing was rechecked every plug change. Died at 92K miles. Do all rotaries do this? Certainly not, but mine did. I compared my power possiblities on 20B vs. V8 and decided to do a V8 setup, considering the difficulty of sourcing parts for the (inevitable) issues with the 20B down the line. Considering my background and the fact that I work on engines with MASSIVELY higher output per liter then rotaries, in much more intense environments (1500 HP, 1.5L engines with 14K RPM redlines), I'll just suffice to say you're far off base here.

Jay Leno has far more money then I do, and he works on his cars. It's for the love of the hobby, not because I can't afford to have others do it. Besides, while I'm not destitute, doing my own work offers an even larger budget to buy more toys and toys for those toys, along with the satisfaction of doing my own work. I've got a 2005 Impreza 2.5RS (wife's car), 1998 Grand Prix GTP Daytona (~340 wheel HP), 1991 Grand Am (going to be replaced with a new Silverado or Canyon soon, was my wife's car before we were married a couple months ago), and the FC listed in the signature. Excluding tires and alignment, and warranty work, which I lack the facilities to do, I do all my own work on them, because it's an enjoyable way to spend a saturday morning.

Any more pearls of wisdom?

Oh, and Jager, don't be hatin'

 

What kind of engine is this?

 

damn, u always take things up the ***. well, there is the few that have different reasons, but most are exactly how i said it. and like i said, its my opinion, and i can voice it if i want. i can care less about your butthurt shittalkin comments. i still stand by my word, that a true rx-7 has to have a rotary to be pure and most people agree, but hey do what u want. i never said anything like the v8 is wack. y do u care so much if i dont believe in it. and if i had a 2.3l in a mustang, i would swap it with a 5.7L gt500 motor.