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20vt rx8.....

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:56 pm
by Rob S

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:17 am
by RX7
Kinda cool but sad to lose the rotary engine, a bit of the character has gone.
I first of all read the thread as a 20b RX8 and thought....cool. But sadly not :(

They are right though, cheap as chips plus (and I'm not sure if they are still doing it) but you could buy brand new engines from Mazda for

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:14 am
by Ben
Which will then blow up 20,000 miles later G ... lol.

well it's different :)

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:51 am
by russ979
Nice project thread and a cool idea! It would have been nice to have read through all that and seen a running motor at the end though.:frown: I hope he gets it finnished soon.

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:32 pm
by RX7
Ben wrote:Which will then blow up 20,000 miles later G ... lol
60,000 mate, give it some credit :)

But yeah its like taking a 70s muscle car and putting a Honda Vtec engine in it or taking a Mustang and putting an RB26 in it......eh hold on didnt someone do that.

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:14 pm
by Bart
Martin is a mad brummy he will build almost anythink for a larf
his RS500 has a stroker kit in it and makes 550bhp on low boost.
his company reyland was only round the corner from my old flat.