Loopy Mazda RX-7 Receives V12 Engine Swap From Pagani Zonda

Many revere the Mazda RX-7 for its rotary engine, which made it standard even after its manufacturing has ended many years in the past.

The fuzz in regards to the rotary engine has led to a lot clamor for its return, which is not taking place simply but – apart from Mazda rotary engine vary extender that is certain to debut with the MX-30 subsequent 12 months.

Nevertheless, we have seen a number of engine swaps involving the RX-7, virtually as a result of a number of others do not need to take care of rotary anymore. Out of all of the RX-7 engine swaps we have seen earlier than, this construct by Florida’s Gooichi Motors needs to be the craziest and coolest of all of them.

That is as a result of this Mazda RX-7 is powered by a V12 engine. Not solely that, the 12-pot mill is definitely from a Pagani Zonda – the M120 V12 from the Italian supercar. The ability figures of the construct weren’t disclosed however at most, the 7.3-liter within the Zonda packs as much as 789 horsepower (588 kilowatts) and 627 pound-feet (850 Newton-meters) of torque.

Shoehorning the large Mercedes-Benz V12 into the RX-7’s engine bay wasn’t a cakewalk. A variety of the components must be custom-built, such because the billet dry sump pan that needed to be 3D-scanned for becoming, in addition to the 6-1 equal-length manifold collectors.

As you possibly can see within the video, the oldsters from Gooichi Motors needed to take away the hood to permit the V12, however they mentioned {that a} {custom} hood with cutouts is on its method.

Talking of the physique, the huge physique package right here was imagined by Khyzyl Saleem (also referred to as The Kyza). It is in-built restricted numbers via the Dwell to Offend model.

The Pagani-swapped RX-7 is not completed, but it surely was prepared simply in time for this 12 months’s SEMA Present.