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Old 03-13-2008, 06:02 PM
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Alright. So I just purchased an RX-7. 1982, clean-ish. Body's not very pretty, but that's fixable. My main question is this: I want to do an LS1 swap, but I A: Don't know a whole lot about swapping engine, and B: Will the LS1 fit? I'm sure someone makes a kit for this, like they do with the 240SX. The stock rotary starts up, and has roughly 127k on it.
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www.v8rx7forum.com

Anything you want to know, you will find it there.
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Sweet, man. Thanks. I'd still appreciate information from members on here who have done the same or a similar swap, though.
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I am doing a 93 ls1 RX7 swap right now. I am using the mounting kit from Hinson. www.hinsonsupercars.com You might go there and see if they offer something for you.
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Hmm.. Those are mostly for second generation cars. This is becoming an issue to find things for. I contacted Hinson to see if what they sell fr the 93+ will fit.
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My rx's have Ferd drivelines in them and the kits were originally from Granny's Speed Shop. I bought the cars 1/2 done and finished them out myself. I have not dealt w/ these people but they seem to have everything.
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Try Granny's they have kits for all three generation for the RX7

http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/index.html

I have a 79 in my side yard.. I have been thinking of making it one of my other project.. 3rd inline right now behind the 71 Nova and the 48 Ford Truck.

I will be interested in what you learn.
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Haha, sounds good, guys. Thing is, my budget (Which I expected to exceed, just not THIS much) was 4k. Everything needed will be roughly 6k. Which severely cuts in to my "Buy a Corvette within 13 months" budget. So I'm on the fence over doing it. If I don't the stock rotary still runs, so it'll be a great car to just *** about in.
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i think my friend has the kit for your car he is trying to sell it too.....u interested?
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$$$? and what does he have...?
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Civette, I'm interested. Tell me more about it, if you could. PM or otherwise.
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Checkout wwwv8rx7forum.com.
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really you need to look at the V8 RX7 forum everything you want to know has been answered many times over there.



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