Operation : Rx8

[umairhamza]

I would personally reccomend 1JZ or Beams as they good enough in power and somehow in economy as well. Plus very easy to maintain like inline cylinder engines.

[sami_voodoo]

you have one side nicely covered according to what you post, but still the project is only good if you know it from soup to nuts and can actually see the goal of it - not imagining it - which is what most people tend to go astray on.

e.g. - I would love to have a nitro fuelled 440 hemi in a car like an FD RX7, is it possible - YES if my aim is to just look at it because it wont be pretty to drive

There is some method to my madness. The vehicle originally came with a 4d56 turbo which was swapped out for a 2JZGE (one for which I asked you for help in the wiring diagrams). It was quite nose-heavy and being a straight-6, it had electric cooling fans, the radiator was moved forwards, and it was bunged to the original V5MT1 gearbox (how it did not explode I have no idea).

The engine due to some mechanical and/electrical problem threw in the towel, and I was stuck with the option of either putting in another 2JZ, or going with another engine altogether. Now, I did not want it to be nose heavy as it was before, and the gearbox was starting to whine a bit. So you ask, why 1UZ?

1) Well, why not?
2) But seriously, it was a V, hence a lower CG
3) Alloy block so much lighter than the 2JZ
4) Being shorter could move the CG backwards and lose the nose-heavy feeling
5) The transmission is still the A341E auto, so torque output is lower and softer as seen by the transfer case (only 4% higher than the original 4D56T / V5MT1 combo
6) It's a less frenetic engine as compared to the 2JZ, so need less revs to move briskly
7) It's an engineering exercise where I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel as we speak

Hopefully will have some good news to share soon

[Xulfiqar]

There is some method to my madness. The vehicle originally came with a 4d56 turbo which was swapped out for a 2JZGE (one for which I asked you for help in the wiring diagrams). It was quite nose-heavy and being a straight-6, it had electric cooling fans, the radiator was moved forwards, and it was bunged to the original V5MT1 gearbox (how it did not explode I have no idea).

The engine due to some mechanical and/electrical problem threw in the towel, and I was stuck with the option of either putting in another 2JZ, or going with another engine altogether. Now, I did not want it to be nose heavy as it was before, and the gearbox was starting to whine a bit. So you ask, why 1UZ?

1) Well, why not?
2) But seriously, it was a V, hence a lower CG
3) Alloy block so much lighter than the 2JZ
4) Being shorter could move the CG backwards and lose the nose-heavy feeling
5) The transmission is still the A341E auto, so torque output is lower and softer as seen by the transfer case (only 4% higher than the original 4D56T / V5MT1 combo
6) It's a less frenetic engine as compared to the 2JZ, so need less revs to move briskly
7) It's an engineering exercise where I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel as we speak

Hopefully will have some good news to share soon

I wasnt commenting on your working - but more or less the average guy in Pakistan who wants a swap because its "cool"

[sami_voodoo]

I wasnt commenting on your working - but more or less the average guy in Pakistan who wants a swap because its "cool"

Oh, my bad. Besides, I had a chat with a couple of 4x4 friends of mine yesterday, and work on a vehicle, especially restoration and modification / adaptation work can have costs spiral out of control very very quickly. Buying a non-standard engine isn't the biggest challenge. It's making it all work together which is what does most people in.

And it takes months if not years to get a car right near OEM levels of reliability. It never ever really gets there, but you live with it because you're having lots of fun. The thing to remember is that you should be smart enough to know that an altered vehicle, no matter how well done, will always have something not quite right. If you can live with that, you can go ahead. For 99.9% of the population I would strongly dissuade from getting a swap.

[Mage]

Is that a celica? Please make a thread about it. Seems like an interesting project.

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Friend thats an rx7 i already Did Celica's Project if u want to check it out you can go to facebook link which is given below

https://www.facebook.com/twincamracing?ref=br_tf

[doc.tarzan]

Friend thats an rx7 i already Did Celica's Project if u want to check it out you can go to facebook link which is given below

https://www.facebook.com/twincamracing?ref=br_tf

Sorry but all these pictures on your page are very badly taken , almost on the whole page I could not find a single picture of a complete car all are kind of teaser pics .... update the page with better pics.thanks

[OwaisYunus1]

Friend thats an rx7 i already Did Celica's Project if u want to check it out you can go to facebook link which is given below

https://www.facebook.com/twincamracing?ref=br_tf

Those are some nice projects you have going on. But like doc.tarzan said, you need to post better pics of the projects. How about you make a thread for your projects with pictures, details and the story of the builds? Love that ra23 celica btw!

[Mage]

Sorry but all these pictures on your page are very badly taken , almost on the whole page I could not find a single picture of a complete car all are kind of teaser pics .... update the page with better pics.thanks

Alright my Friend after getting free i will do that yes i know they are teasers pix not whole project posted yet