datsun v-8 swap?

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Nov 6, 2004 | 05:06 PM

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Kai

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Originally Posted by DC294GSR

Im thinking of picking up a second gen RX7 to drop an LS1/LT1 in. (...) ::hides before rotorheads beat me with an apex seal::

Nah, I'd use one of my spare rotors... a touch over 9 pounds of cast iron.

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Originally Posted by WideBodyEK

haha ive already put a 302 in my 87 RX7

You're going to rotor hell. :chuckles:

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Originally Posted by MahoneyL80

considering mazda is fords sister company...just look at the ford ranger and mazda b2000 ...same truck..isnt it possible to drop a mustang 5.0 into an rx7?

They've shared truck parts for a while, however the RX-7 is 100% Japanese Mazda, while the Mustang is 100% American Ford. Everything is completely different, nothing is even close to fitting.

This is no Chrysler/Dodge relationship (same company.) Mazda is still an independant company that Ford owns a controlling interest of...only since about '88. It's not really a "sister company."

Nov 6, 2004 | 06:20 PM

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spanky

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actually ive seen weight comparisons and an aluminum LS1 doesn't weigh any more (maybe a few lbs) than the turbo engine and what not

Nov 6, 2004 | 06:24 PM

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DC294GSR

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Originally Posted by Kai

Nah, I'd use one of my spare rotors... a touch over 9 pounds of cast iron."

Its all good man.. I used to have an 88 TII, with a rotory.. which never ran. :happysad:

Nov 6, 2004 | 07:04 PM

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Kai

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Originally Posted by spankaveli

actually ive seen weight comparisons and an aluminum LS1 doesn't weigh any more (maybe a few lbs) than the turbo engine and what not

Yeah, but that's assuming you get an all-aluminum engine like the LS1's. The vast majority of the conversions use older cast iron blocks, which weigh considerably more.

Any smallblock makes for a great drag car though. I always get a kick out of hearing someone fire up an RX-7 with a built smallblock in it... and watch the casual folk standing around it freak out when they realize it's not "normal."

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Originally Posted by DC294GSR

Its all good man.. I used to have an 88 TII, with a rotory.. which never ran. :happysad:

You sold it?

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