dvo's V8 Swap thread

[dvo]

in the middle of a swap so I figured I needed to start a thread to document it

As many of you know, I’ve got an FD RX7 that I love dearly. the car runs great, boosts strong and a get lots of looks and thumbs up every where I go in it. I decided to do what many RX7 purists believe is blasphemy and drop in a V8 in to the car but it’s something that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. My first love for cars growing up was always muscle cars and it’s an appreciation I still hold onto today. I decided now was the best time to do so since everything runs good and I could sell the parts and try and bring my net cost of everything down. I’m lucky enough to have two local friends that have done the swap already so they can help with any questions I may have. My friend Jaime was a HUGE help in pulling everything out as I’ve never done it before and he knows these cars like the back of his own hand.

Here are a few pictures of the car before everything got pulled out.




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here are pictures from the motor pull. Started friday night pulled the HKS Vmount out. Then saturday around 6pm we pulled the motor. After a few breaks, a trip to In N' Out, were were done by around 2:30am. We spent about an hour trying to physically pull the motor out. We didn't realize the stock downpipe was bolted to the trans as well. SMH








I had no problems with the car and it was a 94 with 72k on the chassis, 32k on a reman motor. I figured this was the best time to do the swap since everything was still good and I would be able to sell everything relatively easy.

[dvo]

in the middle of a swap so I figured I needed to start a thread to document it

As many of you know, I’ve got an FD RX7 that I love dearly. the car runs great, boosts strong and a get lots of looks and thumbs up every where I go in it. I decided to do what many RX7 purists believe is blasphemy and drop in a V8 in to the car but it’s something that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. My first love for cars growing up was always muscle cars and it’s an appreciation I still hold onto today. I decided now was the best time to do so since everything runs good and I could sell the parts and try and bring my net cost of everything down. I’m lucky enough to have two local friends that have done the swap already so they can help with any questions I may have. My friend Jaime was a HUGE help in pulling everything out as I’ve never done it before and he knows these cars like the back of his own hand.

Here are a few pictures of the car before everything got pulled out.




[IMG][/IMG]

here are pictures from the motor pull. Started friday night pulled the HKS Vmount out. Then saturday around 6pm we pulled the motor. After a few breaks, a trip to In N' Out, were were done by around 2:30am. We spent about an hour trying to physically pull the motor out. We didn't realize the stock downpipe was bolted to the trans as well. SMH








I had no problems with the car and it was a 94 with 72k on the chassis, 32k on a reman motor. I figured this was the best time to do the swap since everything was still good and I would be able to sell everything relatively easy.