Renisis swap involvement
07-20-13 | 11:50 AM
#53
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Plain and simple, if you could have a cherry first gen. and as some one was walking around looking you could pop the hood to a new properly installed Renisis with updated gauges and interior WOW factor alone would be awesome. If money is not the worry I would be all over it. My concept of a 79sa brought into the future would be exactly that. Love to see one done right 
07-20-13 | 02:13 PM
#54
Ever since I saw the pics of the first renesis swap, I wanted to do this. Funding is the maon reason I decided not to however that was when the rx8 was new. Now it definately seems more affordable. One option for the speedo may be to run the rx8 braking system with the rx8 gague. I'm sure that a clever fabricator can figure something out, but you would probably be widebody at that point seeing as the wheel diameters and suspension geometry would most likely change quite a bit. Could the stock ecu for the rx8 be run solely for the purpose of the speedo?
07-23-13 | 04:51 AM
#57
Now that I see a shortblock can be had for the $2k range, I'm pretty sure I want to go this route. Figure another grand for manifolds and ignition and you're in like Flynn.
Of course mine will be carb'd and using a crank trigger ignition.
Of course mine will be carb'd and using a crank trigger ignition.
01-05-14 | 07:00 PM
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Is there any benefit to the Renesis block itself? I've never worked on one, from what I've read its intake ports are big and it has 10:1 compression, but the side exhaust ports are not as free flowing.
Say I were to get Racing Beat's manifold adapter and put downdraft ITBs on with RB's header as well. Would this be any better or worse than doing the same with a previous generation 6 port 13B?
Another idea, what if one were to adapt the Renesis intake to an older 6 port to combine the sophisticated intake with free flowing headers.
Say I were to get Racing Beat's manifold adapter and put downdraft ITBs on with RB's header as well. Would this be any better or worse than doing the same with a previous generation 6 port 13B?
Another idea, what if one were to adapt the Renesis intake to an older 6 port to combine the sophisticated intake with free flowing headers.
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