i tryed posting this before but got blasted. maybe people arnt drinking there hater-ade today. so i'll try again.



im in iraq right now and plan on building a renesis powered FC. theres a few things io need to know first. and maybe a fellow rotor head has done this or put some serious though into it.



what i need to know is, i know the FD and TII tranny bolt up using a TII clutch set up, but will they be compatible. (hydraulic, cable,push or pull style) or is the renesis tranny needed for the swap?



oil pan location: will the lower tower bar needed to be fabbed or maybe the FC oil pan will bolt up. any clearencing issues here?



anyone know of an after market intake manifold? in case i can just get the core, the rinky dinky plastic pieces are pretty exspensive. and may have some hood clearence problems.



this might be the hardest part. wiring. would splicing the FC harness into the renesis harness be at all possible or worth it? or running the renesis harness be a lot less of a headache? right now im leaning towards a microtech LT10 to run it. but with such few mods (intake , headers, exhaust, and maybe custom intake manifold) maybe a full stand alone is an over kill.



if anyone has any ideas. im open. thanks in advance...



**and if your gonna say, just stay 13b turbo. more power less money. build your own car. let me build mine**

 

That sounds like a kool idea! I would love to see one complete. Gut the car to 2200 pounds and pump of 320 all motor hp and u my friend would have a very sic car.

 

thats the plan!

 

Sounds like a plan to me

 

i thought of this a couple years ago when they first came out plz let me know how it goes

 

it might actually be easier to go with the standalone, you wont have to worry about the problems youll have with splicing the two, and youll KNOW it will work.

 

That and the strict ECU will be a problem of the past.

 

I second that! I wanted to put a renesis in my friends blown n/a FC back when it first came out. I wanna know how it goes as well! Where are you going to get your renesis if you dont mind me asking? Last time i checked they were kinda pricey

 

From what i've read, a lot of the power gains of the renesis are attributable to the variable length intake, and if you go aftermarket, will you be able to control it? I like the idea too, but unfortunately i dont have any answers to your questions, just more questions

 

The RX8 ECU uses CAN for control, so you won't be able to splice it into the FC harness. I would use a stand-alone controller. You could also fabricate an intake manifold if you have the time/money.



As far as I know you would be better off using the TII tranny since it doesn't have a PPF.



I like the idea of a Renesis powered anything. Especially if you are building it for HP.



Erik