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I did think about that, but I didn't want the water risk. I do drift days at Santa Pod in the winter, and they have really big puddles to deal with. Once I've built an air box for it, I won't have any heat issues with the hole I printed for the bumper

So I've learned! Standalone is 100% what I recommend to anyone who wants to do this swap, and will be where I end up. The idea here was to do it easy, and it is possible, just not the best way.

Unfortunately, yes. My Facebook memories have been showing me how good it used to be with at least 3 times as many cars.

She grew up going to the events with her dad and his friend, so she's a big fan. Without doxxing myself, we have a track literally 5 minutes down the road from where we live and hear them occasionally. She wants to go, so we'll be going at some point. It'll be interesting for me as I've only ever seen drift cars on ovals

@@RubyMotorsport Good to hear. I hope it is the Brisca F1 version you hear as there are other forms out there and nothing else comes close.

Yep, Brisca is what we were lookign at going to

It's been popping up on my Facebook memories this week. The show used to be so big I'd easily miss huge sections of it, but you could see it all in an hour or 2 now

It was. There were large sections that had nothing in it

100%. I wanted to leave the sound in and more of us looking at the cars, but Crofty was on the live stage so you couldn't hear us and the live action cars just blew out the mics lol

Yeah, I agree. Other shows are cheaper with more cars. It's been on a downward slope since COVID. I don't know how they get it back, but they need to do something.

It's always had the art and clothing stands, but it's always been diluted by the number of cars that were there. With there barely being any cars, it was really noticeable. The Live Action arena suffered without the screens, and there was less of it this year as well. I don't know how much longer it'll be around to go to, I had a better time at the Classic Motor Show.

They look nice! Mine is a good trailer to be fair, but an upgrade wouldn't hurt lol

It's similar. You can feel the loss of weight in comparison but it's a shorter chassis so it's not directly a lighter RX8

This absolutely could have been a factory option. A lot of the wiring is the same, suspension is all the same and the front sub frame bolts straight in. People are just scared of rotary engines

I thought about the 2.5, but I love rotary engines

Yeah, single cooler as it was on the JDM car. Good point on the versa tune, my friend has access to the software so I could ask him if he can do that for me

@ the oil cooler thermostat also doesn’t open till 230F. I have bought the thermostat that opens around 180F from rotaryperformance. I still haven’t installed it since the fan mod was so effective, but I do plan on doing it before next summer where we get 110-115F sometimes where we are in California

I'm going to run my FC on a Haltech, so I'll end up wiring this for that as well. More videos will be coming on this as I work on it.

In my defence, I was sold the car as a street port. I'd have done the full bridge if it was my choice

​@@RubyMotorsport Why?

@@RubyMotorsport well in that case, I suppose you came out ahead! 😆

Definitely! I have more plans for this later down the line, but I need to get the FC going first!

Leads and plugs are next on my list to check. It's still running stock coils and I have no idea how old they are, so throwing upgraded ones on won't hurt. I'll look at the leads, they're after market so might benefit from a good clean. I doubt it'll be water seals, the engine is only 2000 miles or so old and when the issue goes away, it pulls well. It won't hurt to comp test it though.

The MX5 was a 5 speed and the RX8 was a 6 speed, so I took the 6 speed box. There are definitely differences as the tail shafts on the end were different, at least between the 5 speed MX5 and 6 speed RX8

Having a quick Google, the ratios are different in the MX5 6 speed and the RX8 6 speed as well. Most likely to accommodate the different rev limit and torque levels

There's a few people that have done this in a NA and NB. There's going to be more content of this in the new year as I work on refining it and working out what the misfire issue is.

You and everyone who helped me with it will be getting a go <3

Depends what your definition of "worst" is. This is an "easy" engine swap. Using most of the RX8 to do it with. I could have done it with an REW and made silly horsepower but that wasn't what this build was about.

Worst rotary so far... eh? 😅

Not really, it's the result of many years of rotary r&d by Mazda, the older 12a & 13b were no more reliable and produced less power, the 13b REW was the same but had higher power only because it used twin turbos. The 13b-MSP is a tuned high compression NA engine, which makes decent power and mpg and emissions are much better, although it doesn't easily lend itself to forced induction, unlike the 13b REW. So I wouldn't say "worst" rotary, it is what it is, and if it's serviced & maintained properly it's as reliable as any other rotary, unfortunately mass producing it and expecting joe public to religiously follow the service & maintenance didn't really go to plan... But hey, at least there's plenty of cheap rx8's & engines out there to use for a project.

That's a good point. The 13b REW I have in the FC made 200bhp with a turbo and the renesis makes 231bhp naturally aspirated.

@jamesowen418 my 2009 RX8 has 132k miles originally engine from the factory. It's still going has low compression by Mazda standards but still runs, drives and idles. Gotta love the RX8 for what it is. Modern day FC with high reving engine and good gearing and great and balanced chassis.

I'd love to see it when it's done!

Amazing, feel free to ask questions if you need anything

I had the same issue with the last RX7 video. It was something on the editing side, I need to check the settings for the next one

I don't even remember when this was but it was worth sharing again

I have no idea how I got lucky outside of the previous owner using loads of copper grease!

Thank you! <3

Thanks! Honestly, I don't know. I definitely spent more time editing than I did actually working on the car though

@@mx5milton going to be a while before I get to do skids in it. I'm doing this one properly ❤️

MaxxUK I love the noise! That's why I went SC over turbo!

Mostly just styling stuff. But I run a welded diff. Few breather mods, depowered rack and 4mm rack spacers.

anything suspension wise?

also how long have you had the welded diff?

A good 2 and a half years now.