Project Oni Kudaki 2.0

[Ninja]

Today marked the start of Project Oni Kudaki 2.0
I have been planning this project ever since I sold off all the parts from the previous 1UZFE S14 project and purchased a 2004 Mazda RX8 import, a great looking and handling car, just underpowered.
There have been a few turbo`d and supercharged 8`s appearing now but I didn`t want to go down that route, I wanted something with a bit more power
So today I went down to RE:Worx and picked up the main component for my project





Yep I am putting a triple rotor 20b in the 8
This project will move along slowly as I still need to get my garage/workshop built but I will get there!
The plan is to run it with a GT42RS turbo and make around 400@the wheels to begin with as there are differing opinions as how much power the 8`s box can handle but 400 seems to be ok.
A huge thanks to Geoff at RE:Worx for doing me a good deal on the engine, top bloke It`s actually the one out of thier RX8 drag car that ran a 9.1 quarter last year

[Parker]

This project will move along slowly

You surprise me

[Ninja]

You surprise me

I don`t know what you mean

[JC]

Si is gonna get wood when he see's this!

Good work Mark,will be keeping an eye on this thread for updates

[Amxen]

interesting heres a little teaser of something my brothere is working on . this is now in the car being tuned

[Ninja]

P-port turbo! nice

[Amxen]

lol its a bridge port dude hes gonna be running E85 and no intercooler as well. gonna make 400hp on motor alone they have no idea what it will go with the turbo but they are aiming for 700 to start with

[Ninja]

That looks like a peripheral port to me
inlets welded into the rotor housings?
definitely interested in updates on that machine

[Amxen]

edit lol you are rite its a peripheral my bad

.He said something about only 2 or 3 in the UK dont know if thats true but here is a photo of it in the car .

[Rich_M]

Looks mad.
When i come to sell my 14a an rx7 will be top of the list for replacements, rotory heaven!
Good luck to both cars in this thread

Rich

[BreadBin]

Aaah flee lootaa!

[Ninja]

One very handy thing about putting this engine in is that I will only have to pass pre cat emissions as it is from a 91 car

[DREAD13]

hmmmm! watching this

[Cloudy]

Mark you nutter

Can I borrow the rex as my car is off the road

[Ninja]

Mark you nutter

Can I borrow the rex as my car is off the road

what the FD?
sure, you would need to buy 2 new tires though and if you break the engine you can pay for a rebuild

[Cloudy]

what the FD?
sure, you would need to buy 2 new tires though and if you break the engine you can pay for a rebuild

Yeah, deal

[Ninja]

mini update:
I got the 20b in to the garage and on to the engine stand and had a poke around it to see what bits I need for it, it has an FD front cover on it so all the pulleys, crank angle sensors and waterpump need to be FD items which makes life a bit easier as 20b bits are hard to get hold of ( less than 4000 20b`s were ever made)
So currently I am trying to source all the bits I need for the conversion, I already have a twin plate carbon clutch that came with the engine, the main issue at the moment is an ecu to run in, I have a lead on a microtech cheapy cheap but need to wait for it to be available, it will eventualy run a Solaris ecu but at the moment there is no rotary support.
I have a 4 stage plan worked out:

Stage 1 : get the engine in and running n/a (should make about the same power as the rensis but with more torque)

Stage 2: Get the RX8 ECU happy again,ABS, stability control etc working

Stage 3: TURBO!!!! GT42rs limiting to 400 bhp ish to try to save the stock drivetrain from being destroyed

Stage 4: Upgrade the drivetrain and up the boost I am hoping for around 500bhp @ the wheels

[Matty2Fatty]

Oooooh this sounds interesting I need to keep and eye on this

[Ninja]

Update

I recieved a few parts today, firstly a pair of n/a 13b headers so I can fab up a temporary n/a exhaust




also an FD aircon/power steering bracket



and a renesis excentric shaft postition sensor trigger wheel



you gotta love how much of the rotary parts are interchangable

[Quail]

20B