Subject: RX-8 broke my heart starter
From: ACRE
Date: 1/17/2004, 8:04 PM


That's right Marc. The starter is even smaller than my 13B Cosmo starter.
For three days me and bunch of home builders are having head scratching
session around the engine. After trying to locate the throttle body linkage
for two days, I realized it is electric, plus two other vacuum operated
"flaps" down the line. There is a 1" tube coming up from the exhaust
manifold to a small box. I'm suspecting some kind of a vacuum "thing"?
Also the AC compressor is very small. The size of a small alternator.
Also there are two beautiful aluminum engine mounts that are ready to go
over some Berry rubber.
The coils are very small and there is one for every spark plug.
The injectors are also very tiny. The coils are triggered by one sensor
mounted under the main pulley.
I like this engine very much, but have to start from scratch with engine
mount etc....
Bulent


You don't want to use that one Bulent. Here are two pictures. One of Don's
stick shift RX8 engine and one of an auto tx engine. Notice the
difference in the  ports.

Paul Lamar

But does it mean it is less of an engine? Less HP?

Yes. About 50 HP less. You would be better off with your Cosmo engine.

Paul Lamar
 
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