2004 Mazda RX-8

GT Coupe

2.5L Inline 6 Cylinder Twin Turbo

Manual

JM1FE173440108094

Clear

GAS

2004 Mazda RX8 with 40,204 miles. One owner, non-smoker, garage kept. This car began its life as a High Output 6 speed edition RX8. The original motor lost compression around 30,000 miles and eventually would no longer run. We pulled the motor and opted to swap in a JDM 1jz-gte twin turbo engine and transmission from a Toyota Supra. The engine is stock internally. The only upgrade is a large front mount intercooler. The engine has never had the boost turned up above stock. There is no boost controller installed on the car. It is completely stock. On stock boost the car dyno'd 300rwhp. All of the accessories such as A/C, Power Steering, ABS, etc are in perfect working order and have been fully integrated into the new drivetrain. The stock gauge cluster has been integrated to the 1jzgte and all gauges function normally. The interior is completely stock except for the TRD shifter for the Toyota transmission. The car's exterior is 99.9% blemish free. There are a few tiny chips in the paint from rocks. The engine uses all Toyota stock parts and accessories so it is very easy to get parts for. The transmission is completely stock Toyota. The driveshaft was custom made by B&M Driveshaft. On May-06-14 at 18:14:21 PDT, seller added the following information: *Update* The A/C was not blowing cold today. Upon further inspection we found the A/C compressor will need replaced. A new compressor runs $300 and installation will take less than an hour. It is very easily accessible from underneath. Please take this into consideration when bidding. I don't want anyone to feel they were misled in purchasing this car so I am adding a few details that I think might make a difference to some potential buyers: 1) The shifter feels vauge. It has a cheap ebay short shifter installed and you get what you pay for. I would personally replace it with a higher quality unit. 2) The windshield washer resevoir was removed to make room for the 1jz swap and was never reinstalled. You would need to source a small one such as a Suzuki unit if you wanted to have functioning windshield washers again. 3) The cruise control doesn't function because the original engine was drive by wire and the new engine is conventional cable type. 4) The engine, transmission, and rear differential are semi-solid mounted so there is quite a bit of driveline noise induced into the cabin. It is typical of high performance street/track cars but some people might be put off by it. 5) The stage 1 electric fan is wired to turn on when the ECU relay is energized so it runs from the time the key is on until 10 seconds after the key is off. The stage 2 fan is ECU controlled. 6) Due to the location of the return fuel line the was added to the fuel sending unit, the fuel gauge will show 1/4 tank of fuel when in fact it is nearly empty. If it gets to 1/8th tank you will likely run out of gas. Again, the car is very reliable and I personally would drive it daily. I just want people to understand this is a customized car and while all of the major bugs have been worked out it still has its quirks.