I blew up my K-Swapped RX7
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2024
- Still cheaper than rebuilding a 13B-REW, let alone buying a replacement. No regrets.
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00:00 - I'm not proud of what I did
01:05 - 13B-REW rebuild kits even cost more than a K-series
02:07 - Pulling the K20
03:25 - Cleaning and Transferring the parts over
06:41 - Literally speechless
07:33 - Had a blowout
08:18 - Valvoline Restore and Protect
09:00 - I really do love K-series engines
09:40 - MARK MADE A JOKE
09:57 - "taking our time" is a myth
10:35 - Wish I had more time to clean things up
11:00 - Angle is VERY important
12:30 - MARK MAKING MORE JOKES
13:35 - of course it runs
14:00 - I've learned my lesson - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Oddly enough, the rotary RX7 outlasted the K swap RX7
Technically, an engine that never gets used, can never blow up.
@@slonkijippie You'd be surprised what a sitting engine can do to itself
@@Nitrocity7151 Especially a sitting rotary...
Do we have any news of Takahashi's RX7?
The RX8 has driven 4k miles and has coolant problems, this RX7 drove 150k+ miles and blew up because I'm an idiot.
i think next road trip should be 3 car , ben,ben,mark
For real. Mark is great
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Sounds like an epic trip!
Mark should drive a modded support vehicle. Fixing the other two cars along the way.
So, the 2 enthusiast cars and the mechanic one
Mark is definitely a perfect addition to this channel!
100% this
Hell yeah
The irony in the RX-8 being his good Mazda now
"Good" is a bit of a stretch 😁
"Irony" because it's made of iron, I see what you did there. Pun caught haha 😉
Once you've done it a few times it's really not hard
@@joshchaides"irony" because that's how it's spelled
@@gavinhogberg yeah, I was joking too 😂
Mark has been such an amazing addition to the channel love him!
The fact that you make an engine swap look so casual is the best part of this video.
0:54 "I won."
WINNER mentality 😤😂
"I won" .. but at what cost? A thousand dollars probably 🤣🤣
"Doesnt matter still won" 😎
Fun fact : 13B-REWs don’t have exhaust valves to burn up :3
Edit : Also no pistons to crack :3
Arguably a lot faster to tear down as well for the apex seals vs a piston engine.
Yeah, sadly rotaries drink petrol like a V10 and run slightly better than a turbocharged I4 engine.
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Facts, well build 13b would still be chilling
You guy should consider Tesa 51036 tape to wrap the wire loom in the engine bay. That electrical tape you used will lift with the heat over time. The Tesa tape manages the heat better and also when it comes to cleaning the engine bay it won't lift like the electrical tape. Keep up the good work.
Tesa tape isn't that good either. It'll eventually still do the same.
Dr25 or just some form of sheathing
@andrewd5418 that would be a good option,but that's heatshrink. They'd have to depin and slide on.
As just a step up from the electrical tape the tesa tape is a better option. I haven't had the issue with it falling off the loom and degrading like what I've experienced with electrical tape.
@@apexracing876 it looked to be two pins. Not hard to do.
Hopefully they put the wire loom over the tape. That’s how most factory harnesses are done. Tape AND loom. And sometimes more tape over the loom, especially at the ends. With all that, it doesn’t matter much what type of tape is used.
@Patrick94GSR the convoluted tubing your referring to ?
Love the structure of the first two minutes. Great way to start a video and tell a story to begin. Great content as always gents
I love how seamlessly mark has been integrated into the content and he's absolutely loving it too.
I thought you shot out a rod lol. To make ya feel better, my honda v6 made over 600whp with little timing. I added more timing and now i have 2 cylinders with 55 psi and the crazy part was, i didnt notice it was down 2 cylinders cause it still drove extremely smooth. The heavy blow by and the sudden crappy gas milage is what told me something was wrong. Stay wrenching boys!
RX-7 needs a T-56 for the new trans, K series when swapped into other chassis usually cause a lot of vibrations especially if anything is solid mounted
A good amount of that brown tarnish is actually the modern synthetic oil additives depositing on non wear surfaces.
Ask someone who rebuilds engines all day about how they can tell what kind of oil was ran in it
How can you tell what kind of oil was run in it?
Castrol for example...reddish brown color, very distinct
I have an engine greg, can you tell me what oil is in it?
Dude gotto made up something to sell commercials!
As a swap hater, this fills my heart with joy.
Are we shocked? Nooooo
It helps to have a friend who can assist with an engine swap and have all the tools plus experience to do the job choo chop.
All in 1 episode.
Thumbs up
If the new engine has a VIN on it, just run a Carfax on it to see the mileage. It'll give you a good idea.
Awesome video as always Ben and Mark. Y'all need to LS swap the RX-7 and the RX-8.
Mark is such a gem love how comfortable he has become on camera great addition to gears and gasoline
Those rev competitions are like the dumbest things people ever did with their cars.
Without question the most embarrassing thing about any car meet.
Yep. It's like, let's take the thing that non-car people and police hate the most, giving the car community a bad name, and do it at every meet. Remember when building and driving were celebrated?
All that revving with no wheelspin makes me sad. Do people still do burnouts?
Yeah! Why are they having fun? People these days should stay home and be quiet like the good ol days!
@@joeymacgamer2417 I don’t know how else to say this Joey. If this is your/their idea of fun, then you are a loser.
Skip the valvoline restore oil, and toss a liter of atf in you motor and start it up and let it idle for 30 min, your motor will look brand new inside.
Ive literally done this over 20x without fail.
You should give them the broken one to make the next year's trophy😊
Mark is cool and fixes cars. We like Mark.
If you're having to repaint the subframe after 10k miles, I think it would be worth looking into using a 2K paint instead of whatever you can purchase at the auto parts store. Spraymax and Eastwood both offer a 2K chassis black that goes on much nicer, has a noticeably harder finish, and won't wash away at the first sniff of brake cleaner. They run about $30 per can and once you pop the bladder inside with the hardener you have to use the can up within a few days, but the end result is worth the extra cost.
POR-15 has worked pretty well for me. Durable paint
Mark is so enjoyable to watch. He’s so funny. Please do a 3 way road trip next. 😊😊 Glad hes part of your team now.
The “k series can hold 800hp stock” boys in shambles rn
400 seems to be the limit. Even then it's questionable.
If it were my engine, I wouldn't push past 350.
It's more like 600, after that, it's questionable with stock internals. Also, no engine will last if you continuously bounce off the limiter like a tool.
@@thecloud1432 my RSX made 490 for 12 years. No problems. Just gotta be smart and not abuse it. 600hp would be the limit on a stock no abused one.
@@warrantykillers41exactly and proper maintenance.
it sucks that it broke, but seeing this made me smile because it's (imo) the most beautiful car on the channel and not seeing it in so long made me worry it was going untouched. still such an amazing car and happy to see it put back together!
Electrical tape is a school boy error, it’ll make all your wiring a sticky mess.
I find a the electrical wiring loom tape (it’s like fabric) doesn’t leave it like that. Even the cheap stuff 🙂
I remember someone on YT blowing up a K-series and filmed it still working with holes and all in there. Just to drive the car into the garage to swap the engine out. They're good engines even when blown up :^)
Guys, the second section of this video and "walk and talk" at 1:05 is it! Please keep up the experimentation with the cinematography, it is so appreciated! You guys are getting really crispy. I hate to give you guys more things to do, but here are a few observations (video wise):
- More stability in the handheld shots would be nice
- Some of the shots were slightly out of focus but well lit, if there were in focus they would be 💯
- I don't know if that window at 13:14 is doing you any favors lighting wise. It is blowing out your shot.
- An ND filter would help with some of the reflections to clean up the shots with car windows in them
Also as always, Mark is a rare gem and needs to be protected at all costs. Thank you Ben & Ben for all you do for this community!
t56 or tr6060 is my first choice and CD009/CD0010 would be next up. Lots of aftermarket options and parts are easy to find in the US.
Those CD009s are pretty dam cheap but those T56s and TR6060 can hold a ton of torque.
TR6060 💪
Cd009 was the first that came to mind when he talked about a new transmission
@@ryanbrown918TR6060 is way better but more expensive than T56, and t56 is still good as well
Dam, this was a great episode, it ended so fast like I thought I wasn't paying enough attention. I love how Mark is so casual now. Cheers from Ontario, Canada!
Swap the trans for a Magnum F T56, is expensive, but, handles over 1000whp, over 750ft-lbs of torque, it's rev happy, and it's a bolt on affair, by using a QTP bell housing, rather than the CD009, from Nissan Z....
Mark adds so much positivity to these videos.
I love mark! What a total legend, it’s good to see him becoming more of a 3rd presenter
NISSAN CD00x, the thing is everywhere cheap to get new, even cheaper used, can hold a lot of Torque from factory(what really kills transmissions) and even has the Jk40C rev match Variant 😚
I want to see more Mark on the channel building something of his own and then attending a road trip with you guys.
Greetings fellow "6-spoke wheel with red caliper avatar" user. 👋
Mine's a B5 S4 on TE-37's and 18z's. What's yours?
@@daedalus_20v hahah love it 🤝 mine are on a Leon Cupra 5F Compomotive MO6
Finally some more rx7 content
Mark is awesome, I loved that last bit haha
@6:40 needs to be the newest gif reaction face / "MFW"
When are people gonna understand that cars aren't designed to be battered off the limiters sitting still 😅!!
This kind of blow has nothing to do with it sitting still or not, probably would've happened either way..
@MyRealName It clearly overheated the piston, melting the ring's causing a failure!! Why did it overheat?? Because the car was stationery, not allowing the car to cool properly 😒
Third or fourth engine replacement should do it. These things tend to naturally sort themselves out.
@@daedalus_20v 😅😂
It is on a rotary 😎
Amazing episode. I totally enjoyed this. 👍🏼
Seeing him working in the RX7 engine bay is hilarious. Tiny mechanic is best mechanic!
Good stuff man! Mark's definitely essential to this channel. Hope he's compensated properly and would be nice to maybe see his car(s)
Mark is the friend / employee everyone wishes they had. What a top notch dude.
You guys deserve your succes!!
That was great! Living the dream.
this is my favorite type of content. someone who knows better and takes care of their car flawlessly decides to swap some engine else to their car and it either never runs again or blows up
Most ideal project build in my opinion. Great motor perfect chassis. I love this car
got to get a collab with yall and Speed Academy. Two of the greatest to ever do it
Great video! Thanks for the content!
Mark's great! Would love to see some content about his s2k.
Im doing a K24 swap on my 2024 11th Gen Honda Civic Si next week . Watching these videos are inspiring
Highly suggest using a ZF 5 speed from the '96+ 328i or M3 E36s. Typically reffered to as the 320Z.
They're very strong, very small, and very light. Around 85lbs. They feel great, are cheap, are plentiful, and overall just great.
I also believe there's already kits to attach them to K-series engines already available.
You can also find 310Zs behind the non-vanos M50s in both the 91-92 E34 525i and E36 325i, however, the 320Z is supposedly better due to some internal revisions.
Avoid the Getrag trans, the 250G.
ZF 5 speed or 6 speed from 320d is my guess too.
I would love to see what the inside of that engine looks like after running the new restore and protect oil for the recommended amount of time.
Saturday made. Thanks y’all! 💚
Been waiting for rx7 content for a minute lol
Just started using Restore & Protect in our Lexus', went from Mobil 1 where there was quite a bit oil pump growl on the 1UR, and now its silent. Im sold on it. Now all of mine, and family members, vehicles are running some sort of Valvoline variant.
Awesome as always!
This Vidéo is the reason why we say K is the Way !!!! Good job boys
As much as I think its blasphemy to swap anything other than a rotary into a Rx7.......This K-swapped one Ben owns just tickles my fancy and honestly cannot deny that it sounds great lol. Would love to see you take all your cars to a track for a comparison and just to get to see this beauty and your Sti rip around a track alongside the Ek hatch. 🔥🔥
I need to see an "after" of running that new oil to see if it actually works.
Mark has been such an amazing addition to the channel
That K series sounds SO GOOD
Hey awesome process I was curious about the rolling jack you used for the suspension and front defuser in the video I coudl use a tool like that
Just placed an order on Valvoline's website for that new Restore & Protect oil. Wife's CX-9 & my WRX could definitely use it 👍🏻
For the transmission, the Tremec TKO or TKX might be a good choice, if you can find an adapter plate.
BMW ZF trans is the way to go for strength, definitely grab one of those with the adapter stuff.
The Subaru jab cracked me up 😆
NGL. You just sold me on the Valvoline restore and protect oil. I have been running valvoline in my Toyota's forever so I will give it a shot in one of my camrys.
Same 😂 camry will be the test car
Congrats on beating the PT Cruiser in the flame shooting competition. 😊
nice to see another k20z1 in it , its the closest k20 of the k20a type R ! noice
It takes off fairly quick 😁
I love how Mark is such a crucial member of the operation now
Mark is awesome..... I'll leave it at that!
You guys make engine swap look so easy
You guys should get a dry ice blaster to clean that stuff!
17 k veiws and 1.2 mil subs, come on guys get that like number up he deserves it ,he blew up his rx7 and put lots of effort into this vid for us let’s support him !
4:11 Mark casually dropping the transmission on the ground like we wouldn’t notice 😂
The Valvoline sounds great on paper and practice in practice it might just gunk it up more
for everyone who is really cheap like me and doesn't want to buy expensive oil, on older motors you can just put half a quart of Mercon ATF in the oil every oil change because it has detergent in it and it does the same thing
GOOD.... time to put a billet 20bpp into it 🎉
Yes Honda motors do not like to 2 step. I recommend Tremec if they make a kit that will fit and you can fit it in the tunnel.
For the vibration is it rpm or speed based? If its speed based that driveline angle change should help a lot. If its rpm based, look at switching to a uni clutch. Kinda like adding a dual mass flywheel.
I know several people running way over 500 hp on their s2000 transmissions. I’d be happy to get you connected if you’d like more info!
I did some research mid video on the Protect and restore oil. That stuff would be really nice to have on my 986 Porsche Boxster. Sadly they don’t have 0W-40 yet 😓
I'd recommend any of these BMW gearboxes to replace your current one
5 speed:
ZF S5D-320Z (up to 700hp)
ZF GS5-39DZ (up to 1000hp)
6 speed:
ZF GS6-37DZ (up to 700hp)
ZF GS6-53DZ (up to 1000hp)
I would love to see if the valvoline protect and restore works in real life as advertised. It would be great if after a prolonged use on this car they can show the before and after of the discoloration.
4:30
Straight-cut dogleg transmisssion. For that true racecar sound (and feel)
Mark is my role model
I hope that we can finally get the finale of the DSM build
I feel like a CD09 trans would hold more power like you are looking for, but still maintain some of those tight, precise feeling shifts that you like with the S2K trans more than something like a T56 would.
Damn that’s one quick car..
Ben, Maybe you already know this but you need the driveshaft has to be opposite/inverse angled. Let's say if it's +3⁰ degrees at the engine it need to be -3⁰ somthe driveshaft would be phased properly and won't cause NVH.
Give the piston to them! Next events trophy! 🏆
If you can fit a t56 go with that my Magnuson supercharged TA made 650 with just an upgraded clutch and rearend and that transmission held some abuse and is still goin with the new owner
Maybe I missed it, but did the adjustment to the rear diff help the vibration?
Mark is great!
Just glad to see you beat Driver’s Supra lol