Turbo LS swap Rx8

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/4310928879.html No affiliation etc. It appears this guy used the Hinton conversion kit.

Cool, but if you are going to ask $20k for a car you might want to vacuum the floors and remove your gas station special scented tree.

That is one expensive project!

Sweet car!!

Bound to happen sooner or later.

I wonder how he got the CANBUS to behave.

Brett_Murphy wrote: I wonder how he got the CANBUS to behave.

I'm not sure if this is what he used, but it's been discussed a few times on rx8club.

http://www.canbusauto.co.uk/9.html

I've seen that, but I'd also heard that it didn't work quite right with US spec cars. Maybe that was old information.

I'd like to think I'd consider this sort of swap if my RX-8 is down again, but in reality that money could be better spent on a brand new BRZ or a Mazdaspeed3 or something.

The seller should also get the carpets shampooed. Honestly, this car would be worth buying because he probably spent around 20-30K on the swap, especially if a performance shop did it.

Even though the price is reasonable considering how much you have to invest to build something like that, personally I'd stay far away from this one. First of all, an LS-swapped RX-8 doesn't need a turbo. Never mind an untuned setup running 4 lbs (I'm guessing that's not the sweet spot). This setup just introduces all kinds of uncertainty. Where is the turbo by the way, is it hanging out by the exhaust tips? I can't tell from any of the pictures. Does that giant FMIC impede airflow and cause the car to overheat if run more than 10 minutes on a summer day?

And no pictures of the motor or under the hood...

Cone_Junkie wrote: And no pictures of the motor or under the hood...

You mean like this: