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12-16-2003, 04:06 PM
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mazda rx-7 2JZ-GTE swap
I own a mazda rx-7, but my engine is blown. I'm pissed!!!! Someone told me to drop a 2JZ-GTE in my bad boy. Does anyone have any links to a swap kit or something. I found a engine/transmission, but i dunno how the hell i'm going to install this bad boy. advice anyone?
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#2
12-16-2003, 06:22 PM
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Re: mazda rx-7 2JZ-GTE swap
My advice would be to get your current engine rebuilt. A 2jz swap would be very expensive to do, fabrication of custom parts and all of the headaches associated with swapping two totally different engines. What year 7 do you have, and is it turbo or not?
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12-16-2003, 07:19 PM
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engine swap
I have a 1993 rx-7 touring edition. Like when i bought the supra engine I bought it because i have heard so many stories about people swapping out there rx-7 tt engine for a supra tt engine.
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12-16-2003, 08:50 PM
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Wellllll....
well if you read what i wrote before. i have seen a rx7 with a supra engine in it. I have pics if you want em. I just wanna know what i need to make this possible. Everything's possible in the long run... almost anything.
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12-16-2003, 09:35 PM
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Re: mazda rx-7 2JZ-GTE swap
Oh, I am not saying its not possible, I am just pondering your reasoning. It would be cheaper to put another 13b REW in that car. For the money it would cost to put that piston motor in, you could drop your REW in, and make it FAST!
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12-16-2003, 10:50 PM
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The 10-12 grand you spend (min guess) on the 2jz you could have yourself a decently built rew making 350+ reliable horsepower. That guess is my estiamte for a professional job, and you still have a stock motor that wouldnt be much faster than the stock motor that came out of your car.... But yes anything is possible if you got the $$$.
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12-16-2003, 11:02 PM
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true say y'all
I didn't pay much for my engine. i got it from pure scrap and it's mint. dunno how many clicks on it. Anyways I already have the engine so why not try you know? i'm willing to do it up myself. just wanna find a kit or something. or atleast a little help on engine swapping. I now know there is more than enough space. my engine bay is clean. I just have no experience doing engine swapping and i dunno what i'm going to need to drop that bad boy in you know?
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12-17-2003, 07:57 AM
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stock=lightweight 1.3L rotary
his plans=heavy 3.0L inline 6=shitty rx7 imho. If you had to go with a piston engine I would say go with a Nissan SR20det. It will make some HP and it is a lot lighter and smaller. |
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#10
12-17-2003, 11:36 AM
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Re: mazda rx-7 2JZ-GTE swap
Well, since you don't have any experiance swapping engines, I hope you have a lot of money. There are no "kits" for putting a 2jz into an FD. It's all custom fabrication to make it fit, and requires cutting of the firewall iirc. It's also a lot of headache invovled, and requires dedication. And in the end you have a stock 2jz engine that had you put the same amount of money in to the 13b, you would have a much faster car.
Rotary engines blow. That's the fact of the matter. I don't see why you don't want to spend the $1500 to get the engine rebuilt, then for all intents and purposes, you have a brand new FD.
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12-17-2003, 12:21 PM
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Thanks
Thanks man, I now know my mistake man. Where could I order a new 13b anyways? I thought i lucked out with the 2JZ, but i guess i didn't. Thanks.
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12-17-2003, 12:24 PM
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Re: mazda rx-7 2JZ-GTE swap
Well.. sell the 2jz, and there's places all around that rebuild rotaries. The cheapest i would say would be http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/ but there are others too, but i don't have a list of all of them.
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12-17-2003, 03:08 PM
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yeah make some profit off that supra engine and sell it to some ricer for a few thousand, then use your profit to reubild the 13b for basically free... no loss if you sell that engine for a good price.
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12-17-2003, 07:29 PM
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ok I'm gonna make this quick... 1.3 = light 3.0 = heavy, an rx7 has an almost perfect front to rear weight ratio and you would totally ruin that with the 3.0, dumb idea, thats it
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12-18-2003, 10:23 PM
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Re: mazda rx-7 2JZ-GTE swap
Actaully.. to be fair I will tell you this: there are V8 swap's available, and they're a hellova lot easier to do than a jz swap. Be forewarned however, most rx-7 owners will probably lynch you if they found out (not me personally, I figure it's your car, do whatever the hell you want). I don't know too much info on the V8 swap though, so that's something you'd have to find yourself.
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