Sho Motor In A First Gen Rx-7.
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can't say that i know of anyone doing a SHO swap in a Gen I, nor can i say that i'm sorry for not knowing anyone either.
the weirdest swap i ever encountered was someone that decided to put the motor from the old Merkur XR4Ti's (i think it was the Ford Sierra everywhere else) in a Gen I ... a 2.3L Turbo 4 if i'm not mistaken.
to each, his own ... i guess
the weirdest swap i ever encountered was someone that decided to put the motor from the old Merkur XR4Ti's (i think it was the Ford Sierra everywhere else) in a Gen I ... a 2.3L Turbo 4 if i'm not mistaken.
to each, his own ... i guess
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Originally Posted by diabolical1' date='Oct 30 2003, 04:05 PM
can't say that i know of anyone doing a SHO swap in a Gen I, nor can i say that i'm sorry for not knowing anyone either.
the weirdest swap i ever encountered was someone that decided to put the motor from the old Merkur XR4Ti's (i think it was the Ford Sierra everywhere else) in a Gen I ... a 2.3L Turbo 4 if i'm not mistaken.
to each, his own ... i guess
the weirdest swap i ever encountered was someone that decided to put the motor from the old Merkur XR4Ti's (i think it was the Ford Sierra everywhere else) in a Gen I ... a 2.3L Turbo 4 if i'm not mistaken.
to each, his own ... i guess
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Originally Posted by Racer X' date='Oct 30 2003, 06:52 PM
You mean the SVO mustang motor.The SHO motor is a 3.2 V6 FWD motor found in the ford taurus.230hp stock.Nice motors for a FWD swap.
Merkur XR4ti Thunderbird Turbocoupe and Mustang SVO all have the same engine in different tuning levels. The Xr4's is pushing about 175 at 15psi, while the others are more in the 230 levels with a different VAM, chip and a top mounted intercooler.
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Originally Posted by jerseybrandon' date='Oct 31 2003, 05:40 AM
Shoe horning that yama-ford V6 into an RX-7 wouldn't be worth the trouble, not to mention the outrageous expense. And for the record those 2.3 turbo ford engines are nothing but trouble.
And I heard the Yamaha engine is actually a marine engineered engine? Sounds like it with exhaust.
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You're right, they dont seem to ever fully "let go" but they have their fair share of issues. Good buddy of mine had 2 of them, between the 2 cars we replaced 2 headgaskets, 1 turbo, 1 exhaust manifold, 3 water pumps, 4 injectors and about 3 catalytic converters. None of the jobs were all that difficult, just makes a pile of parts and the car is off the road for days or possibly weeks at a time.
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Originally Posted by jerseybrandon' date='Nov 3 2003, 08:50 AM
You're right, they dont seem to ever fully "let go" but they have their fair share of issues. Good buddy of mine had 2 of them, between the 2 cars we replaced 2 headgaskets, 1 turbo, 1 exhaust manifold, 3 water pumps, 4 injectors and about 3 catalytic converters. None of the jobs were all that difficult, just makes a pile of parts and the car is off the road for days or possibly weeks at a time.
At 5000rpm running 5psi boost running on 3 cylinders and no engine coolant for a half hour the thing never completely died!!!
