Paul,

Do you have a source for Renisis Motors?  Maybe I should just go that
route
when you factor in the price of new rotor housings.  Which RX8 motor is
suitable for our use?

Joe


If you have a friend in the car repair biz I think the wholesale price for
a
short block is $3800 from Mazda. Junk yards  are close to that. Many
junkyards have a
nation wide net work where you go in an tell them what you want and they
find
one for you. You have to be careful and make sure the housings are not
cracked.
Tell them up front you are going to inspect the engine and if a housing is
cracked
you are not going to take it.


Paul Lamar


 Tiger Japanese sells JDM ones for $1500 but beware, they don't have the
 best
 reputation in the world (check the RX7 forums).  They're the only importer
 I've seen that lists them.

 http://tinyurl.com/ygqog6n

 Everett

Joe, Look on ebay.com. I see loose rotor housings and complete RX8 engines
on there almost anytime I look. Engines seem to range from $2250 to $2850
for a 2 year old RX* with 35k miles on it. Many are from the autowrecker
internet network, some from private owners. Truck freight can be $300. I
bought 3 RX8 engines all 2005 models  in  2005 with the highest milage of
5300 miles and lowest 1100 for an average price of 2400 each. Look for
automatic transmission models which have the flexplate rather than a
flywheel. Early RX8 engines had a 4 port option which is cheaper and we use
p-ports and toss the entire intake system and fill in the ports with epoxy.
The price difference will pay for the P-port conversion.The slide throttle
intake and side port exhaust seem to be the current state of the art system
with the Tracy Crook planetary PSRU.

George Grimes

George,

Have you actually P-ported the engines and run them? If so were they fuel
injected? I would be interested to know the performance level compared
to Paul's carb test unit.

Doug in Japan