{"id":135444,"date":"2025-08-04T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135444"},"modified":"2025-08-03T23:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:24:34","slug":"mazda-rx-8-with-a-ferrari-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135444","title":{"rendered":"Mazda RX-8 with a Ferrari V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=135447\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135447\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"135447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=135447\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Mazda RX-8 with a Ferrari F136 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mazda RX-8 with a Ferrari F136 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mazda RX-8 with a Ferrari F136 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-01.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andysautowerks\">Andy&#8217;s AutoWerks<\/a> built a unique Mazda RX-8. A custom hood cutout reveals an intake manifold of a 4.2 L <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferrari_F136_engine\">Ferrari F136<\/a> S V8 from a Maserati Quattroporte. The motor features a cable-driven LSx 92 mm throttle body, custom exhaust and mounts, ECUmaster EMU Black ECU, and retains the factory dry sump. The F136 S is rated for 395 hp (290 kW) and 451 Nm (333 lb-ft). Behind the motor is a <a href=\"https:\/\/transmissionadapters.com\/products\/ferrari-maserati-v8-f136-to-nissan-cd009-6-speed\">Speed Gems adapter<\/a> connected to a Nissan CD009 six-speed manual transmission. A custom driveshaft sends power the factory RX-8 limited-slip differential. Listen to Andy explain the work required to swap a Ferrari V8. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7lZmqiN-vWw?si=wR7RegUsCG1MevIh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=135448\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135448\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"135448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=135448\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-02.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Mazda RX-8 with a Ferrari F136 V8 02\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mazda RX-8 with a Ferrari F136 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-08.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-08.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-08.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mazda-RX-8-with-a-Ferrari-F136-V8-08.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AndysAutowerks\">Andy&#8217;s AutoWerks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy&#8217;s AutoWerks built a unique Mazda RX-8. A custom hood cutout reveals an intake manifold of a 4.2 L Ferrari F136 S V8 from a Maserati Quattroporte. The motor features a cable-driven LSx 92 mm throttle body, custom exhaust and mounts, ECUmaster EMU Black ECU, and retains the factory dry sump. The F136 S is&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135444\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mazda RX-8 with a Ferrari V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":135447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rx-8"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110182,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=110182","url_meta":{"origin":135444,"position":0},"title":"Mazda RX-8 with a Supercharged LSx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Sam DeMartino built this 2009 Mazda RX-8 at his company Forced Induction Pros in North Port, Florida. 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