{"id":1948,"date":"2026-08-03T10:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:05:49","slug":"pauls-rx8-now-with-2-3l-eb-8hp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/pauls-rx8-now-with-2-3l-eb-8hp","title":{"rendered":"Paul’s RX8: Now With 2.3L EB + 8HP!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been almost 8 months since we introduced this drivetrain swapped RX8 project<\/a><\/strong>, which came from a lot of bench racing within the SCCA Time Attack Max category rules, looking for a ringer. Paul eventually bought a rolling chassis 2004 RX8, then a month later doubled down and bought another! In the first entry<\/a> <\/strong>into the Project Build Thread<\/a><\/strong> we talked about four potential engines, and since then he has picked one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the latest update<\/a><\/strong> to the RX8 Build Thread<\/a><\/strong> we discuss why Paul chose this 2025 model year 2.3L Ford Ecoboost four cylinder engine. And to go with it a direct bolt-on ZF 8HP 8-speed automatic. More details are in the latest post<\/a><\/strong>. Thanks for reading! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been almost 8 months since we introduced this drivetrain swapped RX8 project, which came from a lot of bench racing within the SCCA Time Attack Max category rules, looking for a ringer. Paul eventually bought a rolling chassis … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1950,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions\/1950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}