My rex

[shaggy]

I am in the motor trade so yeah doing it all myself, i can do it for about £6500 with engine and transmission.

[antnicuk]

you have won me over

[Crazy Eddie]

I am in the motor trade so yeah doing it all myself, i can do it for about £6500 with engine and transmission.

Now that is a good deal for you :Thumbs-up
What sort of timescale are you looking at?
Would you consider the "upgrade" (that will make me popular) for others?
All the best with it and keep us posted.

[Spen]

Remember seeing this for sale about 6months or so ago. Beautiful car!

[stylus350]

I know it doesn\'t look much but i thought i\'d post some piccies up anyway.

My 1999 FD3S RB-S

Scroll accross to the right...

Are you MAD? It looks PERFECT mate!! Good luck with the engine conversion but please do not butcher the body work. A very sweet RX7.

[shaggy]

I should be able to do the conversion in about 20 hours. The thing that takes the time is waiting for bits and finding 20 hours!!

I won\'t be doing it till christmas though cos just forking out for a rebuild on the wankel and insurance is due. Although managed to source parts from japan and usa so costing me only £1250 to fully no corners cut rebuild. Waiting for those parts too!!

I suppose i should give a spec on her:

- 1999 Type RB-S in Mika Blue standard body 42k km
- Standard 1999 engine and turbos
- Apex\'i Power FC and commander
- Blitz Nur spec R backbox
- Unknown make 3" unsilenced midpipe
- NPG Coilovers lowered a lot
- Buddy Club Alloys (forgot model)
- Apex\'i twin intakes

May add HKS front pipe and Bosch 040 fuel pump as i want 330bhp ish to see me through to the V8 conversion.

[shaggy]

For those of you that are interested in the forbidden conversion:

Engine will be from a 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 known as the LS6 5.7L producing 385bhp @ 6000rpm and 523Nm @ 4800rpm.

In the Corvette which weighs 1413kg (over 100 heavier than the rex) it\'ll push 0-60 in 4.3, 0-100 in 9.62 and 1/4 in 12.52 @ 114mph.

Add the obligatory decat, filter and steep cam setup and you have 440-450bhp and almost 600Nm, you also reduce the weight by 50kg surprisingly. All in all, an everyday 11 sec car that sounds better than Beethoven.

Here is a video of a rex with the exact engine setup i will have, turn up the volume and enjoy.
http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/efini350/?action=view¤t=lukesfd_0001.flv

[strange_days_uk]

There were another couple of threads on here about the conversion, do a search on LS1 I\'m sure you may find useful info.

Good luck to you !

[shaggy]

Also not sure whether to sell my wankel or put it in another car and experiment with hydrogen fueling!!

[Iain C]

it doesnt look much!!?
Thats stunning mate!
Dont ruin it with a crap yank engine..please :-(

[shaggy]

Trouble is i drive my car like it was born to be driven so if somebody wants to pay for a wankel rebuild every year sure i\'ll keep the rotary.

[m4drx]

Have you had it mapped on an apexi or similar?

bit shocked to see flames like that out of a standard car :eek

im guessing FULL decat & Nurspec or similar

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[Hayward North]

nice looking car mate, black wheels look the muts nuts. but you cant do that to her its just wrong.

matt

Hes right its soooo wrong.

[rextreme]

On the contrary.

Normal FD looks good. Blue and Black is a good combo.

Engine is also a clean fit.

Enjoy!