2004 Rx-8 2JZ NA-T SWAP

Starting out i bought a 04 red rx-8 with bad engine 96,000 miles

Decided i wanted to do a 2jz swap so here i went.

Bought my engine out of a wrecked car for 600 bucks.



engine mods as of now are:

• Borg Warner S366 turbo with the .91 housing


• 50mm hks style wastegate drift motion


• 2jzge na-t turbo manifold


• driftmotion 2jzge 14mm fuel rail


• 14mm smartfire 1000cc injectors (high impedence)


• ls (d585) coil swap


• oem 2jzgte head gasket


• arp head studs


• gates racing timing belt


• all new timing components


• modded the stock throttle body to open all the way instead of half way so it will support my standalone (had to do this to get rid of the half drive-by-wire and half fly-by wire)

Engine Management:

• Megasquirt 3 with the expansion board (ms3x)


• tuning will be done mostly by me some on the dyno

Fuel system:

• A1000 fuel pump


• Custom made surge tank with -10 feed and -6 return


• sx performance regulator


• aeromotive fuel filter


• driftmotion 2jzge 14mm fuel rail

Steering Rack:

• I will be using a mustang rack with custom mounts made

Drivetrain:

• Tko 600 new that i already had


• 05 Explorer 8.8 Irs lsd diff with 3.55 gears


• mounts were custom made by me

As for the gauges i decided to mod my own gauges to fit in the stock cluster

next post is pics