ok i started working at mazda today so they teamed me up with some young guy so that i could get the hang of the shop. anyway to the good stuff the service manager knew i liked working on rotaries so he teamed me up with this guy to do a engine swap on a rx8 i was so happy it was ******* awsome i got to work on a rotary all day long. and the service manger said that i could have probly done it by myself (witch i could of) any way we did the swap a weird way we dorpped the engine and trans down with the whole subframe, control arms, and every thing execpt the struts. has any one ever done it this way? it ras relitivly easy. so we swapped ever thing from the old engine (witch was perfectly fine it just happend to flood a few times) then mounted every thing back to the subframe and put it all back together. and it was ******* awsome it was like i was working at home on my 7 but every thing was cleaner and i had a lift and power tools so it was probly the best first day ever but next week ill probly get suck doing tires and oil changes but i dont mind i cant wait to see what they have me do tomorrow

 

Was it the recall for the swap?



Anyways CONGRATS on the job! How are the other techs there?

 

yeah i was i recall and we had to do a few other things to it also. but most of the techs are real cool some gave me dirty looks all day i think theyre scared lol

 

time to quit my job and go there me thinks.



kevin.

 

shut up your makin mad money compred to the change im making but yeah kev you would of had such a good time

 

i think the rx8 we did the motor came out the bottom, but i dont think jacky jack pulled the subusfarmus

 

congrats on the job btw! ftw!

 

yeah it was crazy i was like so what we gonna pull the engine and tran together hes like im gonna sho u a trick to doing these things and he put it in the air and and we dropped every thing there was nothin left in the front of the car but the radiator and strut asmembly it was pretty cool thanx for the congats and j9 i guess u were right when u said dont follow the shop manual lol

 

im so gonna start working there, just signed up online....FTW!



kevin.

 

nopistons; where we all work for mazda, except scott.