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non turbo 2jz is garbage...........now if it was turbo off the bat, then for a couple hundred, maybe.

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post up that you are looking for another motor on no pistons or rx7 club. someone might be willing to let a 12a go for cheap.

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Yeah but then its not an upgrade. im not hating on the 12a, but its like our d15's. They are pretty much junk stock. And since its a rotary, you cant really do anything besides new apex seals and a street port. Might as well upgrade while he has the chance. Plus a v8 is way more powerfull and a much cooler swap for about the same amount of money. I think the 383 is a badass idea, thats what my friend uses in his imca dirt track car, and it hauls that heavy ass monte carlo around pretty swiftly so i can only imagine what it will do in a 7.

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I am not going to argue a v8 in a RX7 wouldn't be bad ass, power to weight ratio yeah...but I have always been a believer that if you want a v8 in a car, get the car more fitting for a v8. A rx7 needs one thing under the hood....a rotary. Sell that chassis for like $500, then go buy a Camaro or a Rustang or something, call it a day.

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I say just go with the SBC that you have built and throw it in. HMT is all about jsut doing what ya can with what ya have.

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i understand where you are coming from frank. i already got the Trans Am(TA) that the one is going to go into. i figured id do something different. i know of a few people around my area that have an rx7. 1 1st gen and 1 2nd gen. they both like them very very much but as far as upgrades go, they tell me it just cost to much when it comes to motor rebuilds and motor work. if i had the money i wouldnt complain. i bought the car when it was running great, did perfectly fine, i just dont understand why the motor had to let go like that.

but as far as a v8 swap goes. right now thats all i think would be worth the time. plus then i can haul around the civic if i have to.

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I think you have your answer. >:D

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12A's can make some serious power. open that thing up and inspect it.

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someone wants to buy it off me and rebuild it with money he dont have :-\ he wants to put it in his datsun 1200 i think it is? i really think i should sell it to hom for a couple hundred....

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Who cares if he doesn't have money to build it, as long as he buys it he can turn it into a dildo for all you care.