i rather put a rb26 in it..less hassle + more power....halfcut cheap oso

20b or 1jz..

then maybe SR20?

anyway you do 110k then mati not bad liao.. last time at ah choy, i see 70-80k already engine kaput.. luckily mine 146k also no mati , fast fast sold it off..

You can fit RX7 engine in but you will lose all the OE gauge cluster feature
I think rebuild stock engine is the best
Well,rotary engine have to take care of it nicely for prolonged life span
Always never shut off car when cold(Engine will flood),check oil and top up periodically(like say once in a 2 week) and always drive sprintedly after warm up to prevent carbon build up
Take care of it and it will take care of you
To TS,maybe can do street port while rebuilding or something but i am not sure if Ah Choy do it

sell it off ....nothing can be done , mazda without rotary are just like pondan
cheap rebuild then let it go . cover up plate so no 1 know . or let used car trade in. change engine then engine need endorse , mostly ppl see will stray away

So true. 

Ever consider doing those reliability rebuild? Using exotic materials.   
Read up on those build that mainly want more reliability. 

Err... suggesting to change car as TS fell troublesome to take care of rotary engine...

coz its only a to b purpose . so suggest ts the cheapest heheheh

25k ? but mine i also change at ah choy place there about 15k...
mine only 62k+ then kong . lol ...though i may have found out why the engine kong ...
just get a new engine , cause you would not know the halfcut condition

brapa ko angkat mazda ni? ap adik ko blaja kt jepun ke

back when first got the car , noticed that the engine temp would rise during traffic jams .s.  had read that engine would tend to heat up in traffic conditions or hard driving so left it ..then after cny last year , driving to KL from PG , just before ipoh , there`s a section of the higway which goes up slope before the tunnel ... got caught in a massive jam , the engine temp had risen to maximum ( i know my mistake , should have pulled over and let it cooled down ) , reached the tunnel evrything cleared up and went back to normal ...   reach KL already , suddenly the car stalled, but after a while it started back up , the quickly drove back home ...few days later noticed the temp still rising ...so masuk workshop (st wangan ) dianosed driver side cooling fan motor kong ... but i think by then the engine was damaged bdly ... lol 

I found a shop in Klang call Naga Motorsport already start install SR20 into RX8

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4...88552926&type=3

I heard some bad stories with Naga... 

y the heck do u wanna bother with using back the rx8 speedo?  if u want to convert to SR or JZ engine, just use back the meter from the halfcut (if it can fit into the dash.  i think S14 & S15 meter can fit).  personally i won't be bothered with the wiring compatibility, if the meter can't fit into it, then use Apexi RSM and a fuel gauge to look at the fuel level.  if u convert to other brand engine, must use back that halfcut's wiring, don't lek lek go and do hybrid wiring because that'll be idiotic, and it'll make your head bald.

personally, i'll go for the SR20det and make it around 280whp for street use.  the Renesis engine is just too darn underpowered / under torque for everyday use, and too darn thirsty.  not to mention the maintenance of the thing.  and using SR won't hurt the balance of the car too badly.  it's a lot more heavier than the rotary but at least u don't have to worry too much every day about maintenance, fuel and what road to rev the car to the max just to clear that carbon build up in the rotary.

1jz is just too heavy for that car, the balance of the entire car will be severly ruined, and every time u step on the gas a little bit, your tail will slide.  i know, because i'm driving an E30 with 1jz vvti, and i don't have LSD, if have LSD like the RX8 u will be praying for survival every time it rains.  and u have to use auto GB because the rear diff of your RX is not going to last even 1 week with a manual 1jz.  use 1JZ only if u plan to drift the car.

if for weekend use of course use back rotary.

there are a few sports cars that are worth to buy starting this year, 1 is the fairlady 350z (which can easily be converted to RB26dett) and the other is the RX8 (which can plonk in the SR20det).  both are very cheap to buy, both have big disadvantages using their original engines but will be awesome if u do an engine conversion.

the fairlady is it's stupidly high road tax but very low hp per CC.  change to RB26dett although is a very expensive process, but every year u don't need to pay 4k for road tax, only pay 1k plus for 2.6.  and u get tonnes of hp and tonnes of g-forces to play with.  or u can just be a cheapo and convert to a 1jz vvti and save at least 5k on the conversion.

the RX is it's troublesome maintenance as an every day car. change to SR has a lot of benefits and only 2 downsides.  it's easy to maintain, easy to feed, easy to drive every day.  downsides are only u don't have the pure bred rotary goodness and that revving sound, and the balance of the car is kinda ruined (which i don't really care since drifting is more fun than pin-point precision driving)

Errr
FYI,Ah Choy is one of the best rotary specialist around i suppose
Most of malaysia rotary is maintained at there one