K-Swapping My FD RX7: Episode 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ย. 2024
- We continue the K20 swap on my FD RX7! With a K-Swap my FD will be easier to maintain, parts will be easier to find and cheaper, my fuel economy will be doubled, I'll make power easier, and the car will weigh less! The FD is one of the most attractive cars ever produced, and I can't wait to pair it with one of the best engine's ever made.
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I wonder if the previous owner is watching and laughing , ,," that's all you found wrong?! Keep looking champ!"
Right lol
What if its you randall?
@@koulee831 I wouldn't have sold a FD RX7 so its not me lol
"haha they didn't even notice that rust spot on the frame !"
Lmao
The FD has a 20 gallon tank?! Holy smokes, that means with the K-swap, this car might average 30mpg on the highway, and 20 gallons equals a 600 mile range! That's diesel and hybrid territory! Idk if I'm just getting old but that may be the best part about this swap.
On a car that light, I'm thinking more like 35mpg highway. My 2900lb k20z3 civic gets 36mpg sitting at 4000rpm on the highway.
I like the way you think
@Wyatt Suski You’ve probably heard, but Mazda is bringing back the rotary in 2022
Lol 30mpg on a highway is absolutely pathetic.
@@MrSluby for an older engine 30+ mpg isn't half bad, you're too used to modern engines designed for mpg
The value of a good experienced machinist 👍
Man, Andy is ridiculous. He’s such a one-man army with cars. He tuned my Evo 8 for E85 this summer.
I truly appreciate guys like him. His knowledge is crazy as his abilities.
"we went outside because we wanted a lil fresh air"
wow way to flex on everyone on the west coast right now.
Can't tell you guys how much I love this channel. Every time I see that there's a new video up, I jump with joy. The edits and all of the music are perfectly timed. The video quality is impeccable, knowing that there isn't a whole professional film group behind the videos. Thanks Ben, Ben, and Luke for making my day.
Andy : some issues caused by the previous owner
The previous owner watching this : 👁👄👁
most humble guy ever talking about someone else work even thou it was done poorly! most would be like yah previous owner stupid, dont ever pick up a wrench again.
Funny thing is I'm pretty sure the previous owner has been featured on this channel before (their old RX-7 FD review)
Ben in 2040: K swapping my blender
That’s like a lot of other channels and their random projects.
next thing you know, he'll be kswapping his forester
@@fiisho wouldn't hurt
Next time he will k swap the asian ben's evo
@Fiiisho he sold his forester
I need an Andy in my life
Here I am
Rate here
@@andyvu3065 lol
Lmao
It's not the name fellas, it's the skill that comes with the name.
As a side note, we enjoy the technical bits, and how you've overcome issues as they came to you.
The best thing to do is not worry about how flat the flanges are until after the engine is broken in or the manifold has a few 100 miles on it. The thermal cycles can warp things too but they'll find their happy place after a while and that's when you want to surface them to avoid leaks.
7:25 had me cracking up 😂 “Andy’s delicate little hands”
To be honest, some might love the k swap fd, some might not, but regardless of the engine in what chassis, the work and involvement of everybody is astonishing. Andy is amazing, but I'd like to thank Gear and Gasoline for sharing this with us with such passion and dedication filming and editing I think we don't realize enough how much work it is (and how much money goes into those parts and cars). Thanks guys, cheers from France
You know that old BNL song, “If I had a million dollars...”? If *I* had a million dollars, I would buy a project car and Andy...
You know I've always wanted an An-dy!
imagine pulling up to a brap brap boi and then all of a sudden it hits VTEC
“One Andy power” hahaha lol
More people need to subscribe to speed academy. Their stuff is amazing
Agree
I second this. I feel like Speed Academy is slept on.
Nah that's okay
One of the biggest takeaways from watching this series is that Andy just seema like an all-around pleasant and knowledgeable guy!
Omg I am so glad you are building this for the street with all the creature comforts. So many people skip those things. they may end up with an incredibly beautiful car but then it's almost undrivable due to the lack of power steering the lack of AC and driving on incredibly hot or humid days. The lack of a heater so you don't have any defrost for days when it's foggy. Loving the way your car looks is one thing. but loving to drive your car is another and if you're not comfortable driving your car it makes it very difficult to love.
i feel like asm needs their own youtube channel love andy's vibe
What a breath of fresh air in the car building scene to find these guys on TH-cam. Great production. Genuine discussions and commentary. Not flogging merch every 5 mins. Not trying to be the cool dude "dude it's going to be lit" wankers.
Good work lads 👌
Man I love Andy. Guy is a *KING*
SO much better content than all other vloggers. You guys deserve 100 more subscribers
Just imagining Ben walking into Advanced asking about parts and the counter guys stoping him and saying "Make & Model?" LMAO ehhh....
I'm building a 2jz swapped 300zx right now and I'm finding your swap very inspirational. Please keep up the great videos.
So many advantages to swapping the K over modding the rotary. If I had an FD this is EXACTLY what I would do.
Man. Cinematography on these videos are top notch. Feels like I’m watching big network tv shows. Great content and great build.
I can't say enough how happy your videos make me, and the fact that you're building a RX7 just warms my heart.
Honestly I can't explain how excited I get when gears & gasoline comes up with a new episode.. its the only reason I hook up my pc to my TV to watch it like a proper TV show
The coolant leak is similar to the K-series blocks that weeped oil due to porosity issue. The TSB solution was to smear heaps of Hondabond 4 onto the block.
One of the few channels I watch at normal speed instead of 1.5x. The filming and content rules!
Big Erv ... has machining tools for some reason.... I love it. Mark is a master at his craft. I'm sure you two enjoyed a bunch of civic small talk as well.
These K series builds with Andy have been my favorites of your vids.
Hey a easy way to have A/C without losing any power or space is to put a Electric Compressor from a prius or any other car with one. I am doing that for my classic mini and it saved me lot of space from the engine bay and about 8 hp from my 75 hp engine 😂✌
You guys honestly have the best video production for a car channel. Thank you guys for your hard work and driven passion for cars!
Congratulations, it's coming together nicely, gonna be a sweet street car, and Andy's shop and enthusiasm are off the charts, love it. Hopefully when I make it back to VA in 2021 I can see it in action. Writing from Jamaica in the Caribbean.
You guys put out some of the very best cinematic car building series on TH-cam, thank you some for sharing this great content!!!!
Initially my opinion on a K Swapped FD wasn’t a nice one......but just as always Gears and Gasoline have convinced me and proved to me that the people are what makes things seem ‘bad’ as an impression, but whether or not it’s actually ‘bad’ is another matter. And so, a K swapped FD is perfect.
Andy's a champ. The car should have "ANdy" marked somewhere on it Toy Story style. I can't wait to see the rest of this series!
Andy is such a talented character man, he knows how to do everything from A to Z. So cool.
Any pretence of productivity is down the drain today. All my fave creators hit upload around the same time.
It’s Saturday anyway lol
who else u subbed to
@@InitialRacing It's a big list, but we had new vids from LTT, Short Circuit, Technology Connections, Scott Manley, Moore's law is dead, Cleetus. Not all car stuff. TH-cam has become my cable TV.
@@agenericaccount3935 Check out This Old Tony, very dry kind of delivery/humor. currently big project is converting an old 3 axis mill into a CNC mill. And then Abom79 if you like competent machinists. Mills, lathes, shapers, welding (Spray welding from a few months ago was neat) your list is similar to mine, so thought you might like those since they also had uploads today that you didn't mention.
@@VillainOfBrandon Thanks for these! I know of them but have not subbed. Yet. I'll get on that!
These build vids are so well done. Can’t get enough of them. And good luck keeping up with Andy.
This is blasphemy!! But I'm not turning away. I'm interested in any Rx7 getting worked on. Great job guys. Definitely an interesting swap.
I'm a rotary fanboy but I love this swap!! Been dreaming about a K24 RX-8 for a while now so I'm happy to see you try something similar!
What a team! You guys got more done in 2 episodes than I got done on my GC8 Project all year. Sending my car to Andy ASAP!!!
Grat work, when you go to specialists, who did a lot of work with a given type of cars, and different projects, but he knows the knows these cars great.
Meh, Andy seens to be such a humble and professional guy
Awesome content as always
Your production value and honest work is always heart warming to watch. Watching you build cars and go on road trips really helps me be happier. Keep doing what you're doing! . Good luck to both the bens'
TH-cam really like non skippable 2 ads
Almost every single turbo manifold will end up some degree of warpage as it's often impossible to keep it bolted to a heat sink while welding certain areas. The issue was they didn't flatten it before shipping it out. A few passes on a belt sander can be all it takes to give you a sealable surface. Should be standard practice.
Even as a honda guy not a fan of k swapping a rx7 just really like the sound a rarity of a well put together rotery but must say after seeing all that room in the bay and with part availability for k series it probably is a smart move and no one would ever guess what's under the hood lol
as stoked as I am for this build. after the second k-swap, I kinda feel like it’s time to learn how to do this yourself.
I guarantee Ben Lin uploaded this one, since I'm watching thorn race at road america right now
Rip to the civic though
It's so weird that you've had this done 10 minutes from my house.
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Wisconsin ❤️
@@Rose.Of.Hizaki how
Good to have a guy like Andy close by for any K swap needs.
3:00 -- Mighty Car Mods *REPRESENT!*
moreover 3:49 "Moog problem solver"
This car needs to be on the next G&G x Automotive Aesthetics video.
I greatly appreciate seeing true professionals at work.😎👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
These guys need their own TV/Web series someone fund these guys!!!
Please have it repainted in Montego Blue! Montego is my favorite Mazda color, and my Miata is Montego 😍
I still don't understand why you have 61 thousand views. This deserves a sheet ton of more.
4.30am, i think i'll watch this before i call it a night
Same. I’ve got to be up In 3 hours 🤧
Seeeeeesh it’s 840pm
Normally I would be butthurt about a swapped rx7, but for some reason a k series rx7 sounds so right
Favourite channel on TH-cam by far.
Bro Andy is such a nice guy and a good mechanic overall
Andy is wizard when it comes to cars 💪 this guys is a master 🙌
I used to live in Plover, Wi when I was a kid. Awesome
This is gonna be crazy bcs the motor is on its longest point and the fab is beautiful
Andy is great, would love to see more of him in front of the camera! awesome episode!
3:00 all im imagining now is a trumpet with turbo blow off noises
Use an electric water pump bro i love it, its what im running on my k24 Brz
Michael Brown drop the @
That’s a novel idea and I wonder if they will. (:
@ADAM FARRA Hey guys my nick name is Yalli @itsyalli Last august I finished my swap and got out the kinks. Still the only Turbo Built K24 in a brz that I know of.
Michael Brown hey man glad to see you give out some ideas. How many miles have you put on with the electric water pump? Is it a one pump off another car or just an aftermarket unit like ktuned?
Cant wait for episode 3. Always one of the best car content in youtube.
Turbo sounds great on there! Sounds almost like a 2JZ 21:46.
Love this series ! Im a huge rx7 fan and tbh i dont care what engine goes in it as long as you think its fun to drive at the end of the day so far the cars looking fun !
No BS at all, clean work. Keep it up guys
This was a work of Art, hats off to everyone that put in work you guys are awesome !
Thought of doing this swap to my altezza before it was totaled......
I love this swap, the rx7 deserves all the love it gets
its going to be basically a Mazda S2000
Man I really dig your channel. Idk something about your videos is very informative an motivational. U make me wanna grind an work harder an achieve my goals ty bro an stay safe out there.
From the last episode, I had to check and the 13B is lighter than the K apperantly, and shouldn't the 13B sit lower in the engine bay than the K?
Grid Life sounds like a fun video after this episode. Good luck 👍🍀 and hope to see this car running very soon.
17:16 sad music was a nice touch :)
I think you said he does not do normal swaps for the public but I would love to have him put a b18c in my em1 when I swap it soon. I dont trust many to touch it and there is no one in my area that would begin to do it correctly.
FD RX7 K20 swap seems like just a cool boy K swapped Miata
Ben has the best "white man I already called the cops" face 🤣
previous owner be like....I'm a certified mechanic though.
Andy is the K-series 🐐.
This channel is so underrated it’s crazy
So I am assuming you are not using the factory transmission? or is there an adapter for the K-Engine to the factory trans?
Please consider putting back those beautiful FD pop up headlights.
That milling part was awesome
Seeing that ek hatch in the front made me so happy
Damn. K swapped FD still sounds Brap Brap Brap Brap 😂
When your mechanic loves your car likes how he loves his own.👍
Got way too pumped at 3:00 I thought you were taking a bong rip for a split second I was like yeahhhhh my oh wait NVM 😂
make your own molds create your carbon fiber parts man that will be lit
There's so much room for activities in that engine bay
I love how unique this build is not a ls
This might be the first k swap rx7 I have ever heard
Looking good! Really don't recommend running bigger fuel pump on the stock connector dude. Notorious fire hazard with Fd's.