well for the easing of my curiousity...what is the big problem with dropping one in there? maybe i can clear up a few of these misconceptions people have, cause the way i see it, i would never spend a second dealing with a rotary when i have a sbc's little cost and ease of maintenance to deal with.

 

I agree wicha. el es juan ftw.

 

People wouldn't have to spend so much time under the hood if you did it right the first time, just saying; don't take offense. The key is to correct everything right the first time, my car when I first got it was all ******rigged, 138k, after a nice bit of elbow grease, repairs it survived 12months of being "properly used" aka redlining the piss out of it. It still ran perfect, but I decided to swap in a TII drivetrain and that hasn't given me any problems so far either after 7months of being used properly . People's 7's that aren't reliable is all to blame to the user, a car is a machine after all, people maintain/ repair machines....

 

it's just how people are I guess. I enjoy v8's alot along with rotaries, rotaries are the easiest car engines on the planet to work on and pump out great power and a unique sound. sbc's are awesome because you get so much power, torque being the better part of it which makes these little cars fly. You pretty much need a turbo on a rotary to run with a modified sbc, otherwise you'd be spending $10k on a built n/a 20b. But if you have a 13bt core, for $5k you can have a 350rwhp drivetrain setup if you do all your porting and rebuilding yourself (I don't see why anybody wouldnt).

 

why do people always want to drop ls1 or lt1 their not the best v8s ever made

check out this v8 swap

Blown toyota 1UZFE v8 rx7
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=v8+rx7&so=0

gm isnt the only damn company that makes v8s come on people think outside the box.

 

well, we see people who cant port as oddballs, but in all reality...who really knows how to port? i mean sure you can give someone a dremel or the like and tell them to go to work...but will they know what they are doing? probably not. i doubt very many people on this board would even know how to port for velocity in contrast to airflow, let alone exhaust/intake percantages and how they affect performance. but i know very little of rotaries, so i couldnt say much in respect to a street or bridge port, or what is involved.

but i mean in all reality, id take a v8, just due to the drivetrain and powertrain.

a 427 sbc, th350 w/ full manual+TB, ford 8.8, power steering and good suspension makes for a damn stout car. in the turns and in the straights. it is probably the closest thing to a vette you will get from a performance stance.

 

alot of people go GM for the amazing amount of flexibility in setups. i wouldnt mind a 302 in the car, but to contend with a AOD or T5...yea..right..i like the option of a T56, or TH400/350, or 200r4 or 700r4 for longevity...a set of stock GM fuelie heads also make alot of power, and for a cheap price. just like a GT40 setup on a 302. its just preference giving my upgrade path and goals. dont be so emo.

 

how is that being emo, im just saying their are other motors out thier. if its done right then i like it. but if its ghetto white trash then its not worth my time. hell even rotaries can be done ghetto white trashish. just take my car for example from the previous owner in springhill.

 

it was the last comment of your post that made you sound a bit emo..

do what you gotta do. my car is primered up and im not all that keen on looks, my wires are run together and neat, but not loomed or anything. most would say my car looks like shit on the inside and out, and honestly i couldnt give a rats ass. function before form. in the end, its going to be a 400whp small block, with a bit of juice and a hell of alot of traction. in a light car.

people bitch and moan and whine when people put v8's in rx7's...well look at where most of "us" come from...3400+lb fbodies, or 3000lb foxes, or the like.

yea, whoop-dee-doo. people wanna put an LSx/LQx engine in an RX7...why the hell not? the engine with just a cam can make almost 420rwhp, and is good for solid 11's...as a daily driven, 25+mpg, ass kicking car, that will last 100k+ miles with general maintenance.

btw, ive seen the yota v8 vid before, other then the burnout gimmick i havent seen it perform. and from what i gather, your trying to compare a roots blown v8, to an n/a v8 and not even really comparing apples to apples...now if you wanted to compare the yota v8 in that vid to say...a 327sbc, forged internals, 15* heads, and large cam..then yea, i would say thats kind of an apples to apples comparison, other than the sbc making just as much as the yota, but doing it all motor, whereas the yota utilized boost for its power, where the sbc utilized an awesome head design and great cam characteristics.

 

They have stencils/patterns. It's much less of an art than cylinder head porting, at least on basic port jobs.