20vt rx8.....

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:56 pm

http://passionford.com/forum/restoratio ... ngine.html

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:17 am

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

Post by **Ben** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:14 am

Which will then blow up 20,000 miles later G ... lol.

well it's different

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:51 am

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.

I hope he gets it finnished soon.

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:32 pm

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.

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:14 pm

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.