The Bash Bros. of tuners return with an unlikely cross-platform swap for the Keep Gunnin' movement.
Based in Yonkers, New York, the Keep Gunnin' garage, which features a lift, a few toolboxes, a stash of new and used parts of unknown quantities, and just two employees, isn't open to the public and doesn't offer mechanical services or parts sales. Instead, it's used as a home base of sorts, which this duo use to document their builds on. Their videos are a vlog-style depiction of the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly that comes along with real-world car building.
Look down the channel's list of previous builds and you'll spot a pattern: all are Honda chassis in various states of tune. This, of course, had everyone asking,"what's with the Mazda?" Aki noted. "We just wanted to do something different. Still, Honda powered, but something that wasn't whored out. There were some K-swaps done on the RX-8 before, but none that were turbo as far as we knew—that was Trappy's idea."One of the biggest issues with mating Honda's venerable 2.0-liter I-4 within the RX-8's engine bay is the proximity with which it sits to the Mazda sports car's firewall.
Aki explained that Collins Performance Technologies' adapter kit was key to making everything work. The group's engine mounts were used, as was its K-to-RX-8 transmission adapter. A custom billet flywheel, also sourced from Collins, allows the melting pot of components to play nice with one another. What should have proven the most frustrating part of this conversion was actually very simple, according to Aki.
"Collins made it easy, everything fit really well. Honestly, the most difficult part of all of this was the wiring. Integrating the complex CAN-BUS system with the K setup was pretty tough." An Action Clutch Iron Man Kit was brought in to help harness the expected increase in power. About that ...The RX-K's K20 bottom end, built by 4Piston Racing, uses Wiseco 86.5 mm pistons backed by Saenz rods, surrounded by CSS block reinforcement.
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