Originally Posted by concealer404 (Post 1237226)

You're talking about a ban that happened 13 months ago.

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1237229)

Like OP, he didn't bother to read :)

Originally Posted by Savington (Post 1237277)

I have an irrational desire to build a DISI MZR-powered Rx8 someday. Something tells me that with an NC subframe and transmission, that car would basically assemble itself.

Originally Posted by Savington (Post 1237277)

I have an irrational desire to build a DISI MZR-powered Rx8 someday. Something tells me that with an NC subframe and transmission, that car would basically assemble itself.

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1237268)

/\ I'd tend to agree. When you really plan out a complete swap, not just have a wet dream about doing whatever, but actually sit down and think through the whole thing, it's never as easy as it seems at first.

Originally Posted by Savington (Post 1237277)

I have an irrational desire to build a DISI MZR-powered Rx8 someday. Something tells me that with an NC subframe and transmission, that car would basically assemble itself.

Originally Posted by Leafy (Post 1237286)

Fuck the DISI motor, the HPFP makes you take a 5" hole saw to the firewall for clearance. The 2.5 MZR has a better power potential anyways. But I hear ya on the NC sub frame. FM Keith says the RX8 subframe fits the NC chassis, so the opposite is probably true. Not sure how the engine position would work out in relation to the firewall or hood with that setup.

But lets talk about the MZR swap. We had one posted on this forum, and I saw a 2nd in the life and talked to the guy who built it. The one I saw was an off the wall road race car and had the firewall channeled like 4" back, the entire motor including the crank pulley was behind the steering rack, and practically behind the subframe. I believe there's a couple more floating around. I'm highly confident we can make this motor fit a stock unmodified subframe car with just the NC oil pan. And of course there's the option to put transmissions capable of 600ftlbs of torque behind it using only unmodified off the shelf components. You can pull the 2.5 version out of ford escapes for ~$600 all day, literally check car-part I bet theres more 2.5s near you under $700 than there are of the good k24s. They're also good for 350-400hp on stock internals, or around 200 wheel with bolt ons, tune, and cams. Now figure this, you can get a motor for $700, a rated to 500ftlbs road racing 310ftlbs drag racing tranmission for ~$2500 or just one rated to 300ftlbs for ~$1200, and then a swap kit that is just engine, tranny, and diff mounts. You're taking about a motor swap that gets you basically what a built BP gets you for power handling, but gets you a tranny stronger than the 6 speed, no more vibrations breaking shit, and ~70lbs off the nose, all for around the cost of what it costs to do a full build on a BP. That sounds damn enticing.

Originally Posted by Voltwings (Post 1237825)

I have a MZR DISI sitting in storage, built bottom end just needs new valves and some minor headwork from slipped timing.

Come on yall, someone? Dont talk about it, be about it.

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1237868)

So E-Z P-Z you can do it in 2 hours

Originally Posted by krissetsfire (Post 1237865)

So we should all buy broken engines and put them in storage?

Originally Posted by krissetsfire (Post 1237865)

So we should all buy broken engines and put them in storage?

Originally Posted by Voltwings (Post 1237910)

I figured it wouldn't take a lot of common sense to realize someone should put the engine i mentioned in a miata or Rx-8 like the previous number of posts had been describing. It obviously is serving me no purpose.