Engine RX-7 Engine in a 95' Corolla

RX-7 Engine in a 95' Corolla

this guy was telling me about a guy who has a black corolla and an rx-7 engine in it, is it possible? if it is, about how much would it cost? and would i need to change all the other parts to go with the engine?

maybe possible, but WAAAAYYYY Too much money, besides those arent the most reliable engines.........stay away from that Idea

hmmm....well should i stay with my corolla and hook it up or should i just buy a new car? Im not sure what to do, i see other people on cardomain.com with my 95' corolla and it looks beautiful but i need some opinions. I wana race but i wouldnt mind just hooking up my corolla for show and then buy a car for racing some time in the future after im satisfied with my corolla being my "cruise around car".

i was about to say. anything is possible with money.

Depends on the engine.

what im saying is that in general, Rotaries are High-maintence. RX-7's (or an RX-7 swap) is something best kept as a weekend driver by someone w/ the money to fix stuff when it breaks. Rotaries are great, but when they need work it is VERY expensive, and VERY hard to find someone who knows what the hell they are doing.

they CAN be. however, a motor like the turbo II is pretty freaking reliable for a stock turbo motor.

and it's not all THAT hard. sure it is if you don't know your way around tools, but downloading the manual and learning the motor can be fun.

if you dont know rotaries, you'll say they're unreliable, my neighbor buys jacked up rx7's and rebuilds them..and according to him, they're only unreliable if the owner doesn't give it what it needs..or the compression is messed up

agreed. the only thing that would be good for, at that point, is originality...

that is, of course, unless you got your hands on a 3-rotor...and smooshed that into a corolla...but you'd want to do some SEVERE chassis strengthening before you really did that.

as well as a 5-spd swap...and better axles...

ahhh!! to much work! im just gonna buy a mustang, i found a 2003 mustang gt coupe with 3k miles on it for USD $7,900 and it still has a 3yr/36,000 mile warranty on it.

so what if i dont put a rotary engine and i wana put a four-stroke recipricating eninge from a fast car into my corolla, would it work under budget or would it still be expensive?

ANYTHING other than a motor originally from a corolla will be expensive...unless you know where to get a cheap motor, cheap as hell parts, and VERY cheap or free labor.

here's a good comparison...someone i know wanted to put a Chevy LS1 motor(FAST AS HELL Corvette motor) into an FD RX7(the last body style...all smoothed out). the price tag for this venture, JUST for the swap(not including the motor and the car shell) was over $10kUSD. yeah, that's a lot...because EVERYTHING had to be changed. unless it's a ford or chevy motor into a ford or chevy body, motors aren't always that easily swapped in.

with that kinda money, minus well get a rx7 than puttin an engine in the rolla.

http://www.turbocorolla.com/cars/nevs.htm

What you want to do is very similar to what is done in here... lol

samio - that's your best bet if you want a LOT of power.

yeah, what he said

its more likely that this swap was done in an 85 corolla not a 95 cuz the 85's were still rwd which would make it a much easier swap.

I was gonna do a 3S-GTE swap on my car(98 Corolla) and I heard that EL PROTOTYPES made a 500 HP 98 Rolla and that's what I wanted to do but I'm not so sure though, I mean I have more than enough money but I dk. Well about ur engine man since it relates to my case I'd say think about it well enough man because it's too much money to spend plus it might not work as good

...says who? if it's done right, ANY MOTOR will work in ANY CAR.

Yes technically any motor can fit in a car but there is something called "balance". Many people don't know the definition of this word or know how to use this word in the real world.

hence the previous phrase, IF IT'S DONE RIGHT

Swapping a viper motor in a miata can never be "done right" nor will a supra motor in a corolla work well. So the statement that "Any" motor can work in "Any" car is not always true. You can probably get those motors to fit in the car and run, but will the cars work well? I think not. I will the cars be able to handle themselves on a race track or even on the street. I think not. I will they be able to tear some ass on the drag strip. Maybe, but try driving it home after.

heh.

ever heard of stretching the body? overly strengthening the chassis in the front? beefing the suspension?

i didn't say it would look right...but it CAN be done, and the car CAN actually run.

besides, you didn't say it had to be streetable

thankyoudrivethrough.

That wouldn't be a upgrade anyway. The corolla is a bit heavier, and is FF. The only real advantage to the rotary is responcivness and how smooth it is. And with LESS MONEY you could get just as good smoothness and resposivness from a regular engine. That engine is only good for track use, when your coming out of corners give it gas and it doesn't hesitate at all. You can get that from a stock engine with the right valve train set up and proper engine managment. And as for the whole Rotary's are reliable/not reliable, I have seen more than a few of the 13b's go under. But honestly it's not due to design falure, it's usually the owners fault. Take a car with 100k miles on it, throw in a well to do Junior in High school, add one to many viewings of "The fast and the Furious" and you've got one car beat all to hell from stoplight to stoplight.

well this is the good thing.............. the rx-7 motor is not big and the corolla is got enough space to fit a lot of things under the hood so that's good but like XS PSI said there's a thing called balance, I mean it makes sense since engines are made for specific cars u kno so I dk I think It would be pointless to put an rx-7 engine in that corolla even though it would be koo to know how a the corolla would run with such powerful motor lol

punctuation likewhoa.


anywhat...reasonably thinking, no, a straight swap wouldn't work. why? because the RWD motor in a FWD car would pose massive problems from the get go. i never said this was a worthwhile swap, simply a doable one. it's not even REASONABLE to a degree...but it is physically doable.

yea ur right didn't think about that lol I keep forgettin that the RX7 is a damn RWD lol damn memory is failin me bad now dayz lol

DUDE! USE PERIODS! oy...no offense, man, but reading your comments makes my head hurt.

sorry lol

haha