FiKsE l2X SeVeN Jr

i'm thinking a hemi won't fit the FD or FC huh...hehe

rfreeman27

I saw his today. Very clean install. Just feels weird.



Too bad you were eating my rotary exhaust fumes!!!



lol and i ate your clean burning ls1 fumes one run later

IGY

No thermostat is very bad. The thermostat in a rotary closes off the radiator bypass when it is open. If it isn't in the car will definitely over heat. The only way to run no thermostat effectively is to weld the bypass shut in the water pump housing.

Jims5543

Thanks IGY I knew there was a reason not to run it w/o a thermostat but could not remember.



I did it once at an Autocross only because my thermostat was stuck closed. I was only running the car 1 minute at a time.



I went to Autozone and got a Stant thermostat and put that in that very afternoon.



I am curious to see what is causing this guys overheating problem.

BrandonDrecksage

well the car hasn't overheated since i took out the thermostat...so i don't se how u could be right....i'm still gonna get the car checked out by mazda, i gutted a thermostat...maybe that is y, but the car has drivin fine since....so friday i should know why my car keeps on overheating

FiKsE l2X SeVeN Jr

good luck with that man

IGY

If someone already blocked off the bypass and you put a thermostat in you will also overheat. If look into the thermostat housing there is a hole in the back. There is a round flat piece of metal on the back of the thermostat that closes off that bypass when the thermostat is open. Take a look in the housing and see if there is a plug or it is welded shut.

V8Guy427

Some of you rotary guys are ignorant, like the comment about "v8's cant get high rpm's like a japanese motor...not that I like nascar but what kinda RPM's they runnin?, pretty sure I heard somewhere around 11-12K this year and thats out of a 355 small block chevy.....v8.......i'm sure tons of people have already commented on the reason for a v8 in a 7, its quite simple, light car + Lots of Torque = quite fast For 1/3 of the money to build a rotary engine of the same Horse Power (Can rotaries even touch v8's in torque?), rotary engines are cool but the money that goes into them to get power is insane and the reliability is in down right embaressing, I know there's alot of you die hard rotary guys out there I totally respect that but put two and two together, rx7 + v8 = Best of Both Worlds, and to the idea that a "big heavy" v8 ruins your 50/50 ratio or handling and gains tremendous weight, in a second gen turbo 2, a 350 with alluminum heads actually weighs less the stock engines thats not even considering using the all alluminum Ls1 which will save you even more weight.....Alot of guys have done v8 swaps and kept there 50/50 ratio and not gained weight, check out www.grannysspeedshop.com, there's examples given.



-Chris

Jims5543

V8Guy427 - Some of us like the fact that our car has an engine in it that no other car on the road has. When I wanted V-8 power I drove my Mustang. Its sad when someone gives up and goes the easy way and drops a 500HP LS-1 engine into their car. I guess 300 HP isn't enough. Its all about the Horsepower and being as fast as everyone else. Who cares that your making 300 HP with 80 Cubic Inches.



I have already said I am all for this swap just pleas please please sell me your shitty Rotary engines. I am ignorant and want them.

wanta be boosted

Ohhhmmm, Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was me that said that.



And you need to think real realistically !!!



Those motor's have been balanced and balanced time and time again, untila they are damn near perfect. And I'm sure if you took it to any real respectable shop they would charge you an arm a leg, an your left nut to get a V8 ready to hit those RPM's.



Were as rotary's, inline 6's, and other eninge's that don't have a bore that is bigger than there stroke. Can get higher RPM's with less work. But it is also alll in the gearing and in what you like.



So seeing as how your name has "v8", and "427", I'm sure your going to defend a V8 all the way down to hell.