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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Because while the LS motor is just about the best, most robust, reliable pushrod V-8 ever made (and this is coming from a MOPAR guy), the cars in which they are trapped tend to really suck. That, and this swap seems like a relatively inexpensive, fun way to get an RX with a blown motor on the road again. And, according to my buddy, the thing was getting around the track with the best of them. Maybe a (relatively) cheap GT3 or Z06 killer, if you are into that kind of thing.
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I used to be so against people doing this swap, now I do not care, let em have fun.
I have a build I want to do, I want to buy a Factory Five Cobra kit and drop a 20B rotary in it. I am not sure if I want to go turbo or not, I think the raucous ear bleeding sound of a non turbo 20B would be more fun. Except a mildly tuned turbo 20B can make 550 HP without breaking a sweat, push em and it can make 700HP.
Some day. Some day.
I love a rotary engine over a piston any day, my personal preference. I like how linear the rotary pours on the power and the 8-9K redline is so addicting. In a very light car a torque monster V8 doesn't make sense to me.
There was a guy with a LSx swapped 944 that would come to our AX events, his car was really good at drifting and making tire smoke. Not much else. He could never get the back end to hook up.
Plus tuning a rotary is 100X more challenging and takes a lot of research, decisions, and patience. I really miss my FC, it was a monster of a car, I think the reason I got rid of it was because it could get you in trouble so easy.