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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Thanks, Matt. I feel very much the same way, in that LS swaps into cars I know and care about are frowned upon. I don't know a darn thing about Mazda RX's, and they don't really interest me at all, so butchering them doesn't set off any emotions for me in any way. That said, I certainly emphasize with those who like these cars, and can understand their objections to this kind of modification. I can see where if a guy loves his rotaries, putting a pushrod V-8 into the veritable temple of the triangle would really put them off. I can definitely see where the rotary is a large part of, if not the entire character, of the car. Spoiling that, in the eyes of a purist, is blasphemy. I get that.
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I have a old online Rotary friend who has an FD with a LSx (not sure which one) with twin turbo's he works in the tuning industry. It is a mental car, I appreciate it for what it is, not my cup of tea.
I have always maintained those that give up on a rotary engine and swap in a piston engine, then carry on about how unreliable the rotary is are usually not willing to learn how to build and maintain a happy rotary powered car.
The engine in my FC came from the factory rated at 255 HP I had it tuned to 550 and 10 years later it is still running strong. I drilled into the buyer proper care and maintenance, he seems to be listening to me.
The biggest reason I want to build the 20B Cobra is because I know it will be blasphemy. The reaction to it will be akin to a Rotorhead seeing a LSx swapped RX-7.
I really do not care about RX8's getting V-8's, it does bother me when I see FD's with it because they are very rare cars.