Jeff,

The grooves for the outer water jackets are in the rotor housings vice the side housings.

The rotors have an additional outer ring.  Some of the tolerances are not in the DVD due to the fact that these components are unique to the Renesis.

I can get those to you if you decide on the Renesis.  Otherwise, pretty much the same.

Bryan

 

 

 

 

I just watched Bruce Turrentine’s video on how to rebuild a gen 2 13B.  (Pretty good video considering it was done by one guy and a tripod – and the price was sure right, $30 delivered.)

 

I’m considering using a Renesis and was wondering if there are any significant differences or gotchas between the 2 engines that I need to know about.

 

Also, I’ve been looking for the Shop Manual for a 2004 Renesis/RX-8 and found a couple on EBay.  The actual printed manuals cost anywhere from $100-200, but there seem to be electronic versions of these manuals available for <$20.  Has anyone used the electronic versions – likes or dislikes?

 

Given the choice among publishers like Haynes, Chilton, or Mazda, which is best? I would tend to go w/ Mazda but sometimes Japanese manuals can loose something in translation.

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

Jeff Luckey