Ford Swapping My K-Swapped Mazda RX7 - Episode 1

The Heresy continues! In this episode, we take my Honda swapped Mazda RX7 and start the install for a Ford rear diff!

Filmed By:
Ben Thorn
Tevin James
Edited By:
Preston James

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Music:
Moonshine & Molly - Wilasco - 74MGDKLIFECCCX6K
I Want - Alex Makemusic - Artlist
Let’s Spend These Days Together - Alex Makemusic - Artlist
Come Right Now - Alex Makemusic - Artlist
Beach Trance - Mikey Geiger - SMHJ1M9M4MPUI8TA
Hearts Collide - Oliver Michael - Artlist
Highlands - Matt Wigton - 8PJA9ETJWAZHNS9O
The Chase - AVES - Artlist
Sun Dance - Chelsea McGough - UOTV1RY55XPUVWFL

00:00 - Let's try to break my RX7
01:43 - Removing Mazda
05:01 - Building a Ford
16:48 - Valvoline really is the best
18:02 - This is the part where you subscribe

[BetterThanStock]

Guys.. that dif assembly montage was phenomenal! World class.. Great buttery depth of field, incredibly lighting and the music was perfect! Really amazing work.. Thank you!

[justinsprung]

When I saw the title, I was hoping for something wild. Coyote.. but this is a sensible upgrade.

[exidous]

You should look up what the Eaton wants for oil. 75w-140 will wear faster. The marking on the back is for the stock diff.

[robbinsracing]

Great video! I work at Moser Engineering who specializes in building rear ends and axles and the 8.8 is the common way to go for a build like that. The one thing I would say from experience, the Truetrac recommends running non-synthetic fluids however they’ve tested synthetic oil and mentioned it works however they don’t recommend. Also a friction modifier in a gear driven unit is also not recommended (by Truetrac) because they decrease performance because it reduces differential bias. Just a friendly heads up, keep up the great videos!

[tomlogan]

Your videos feature shops (TRE, Ronnie, ASM) are videography perfection. Also, all your race driver features ( Jackie Ding, KS tuned, Vibrant) are so amazing and sorely missed.

[Bosch]

If you run a friction modifier with a trutrac/torsen diff it will not lock up as much since you made it more slippery. It's recommended to run a petroleum (non synthetic)gear oil like a GL5 I have only been able to find a gl5 without a friction modifier at John Deere and Ford so far.. nice work in that diff build

[HGHDFF]

I used a Nissan Frontier rear diff. It's been in the car for 5 yrs on a 370z. The only performance upgrade. It should have came out the box with this diff

[madxp]

I'll appreciate if Ben could post the full explanation of the diff

[sirrevalot]

A computer will never replace a skilled man like ur friends from Michigan and Wiscodisco.

[DisgustedHeart]

"Size matters guys, " says the one referred to by some as Short Ben.

[muaminhugsy]

I actually would have loved to see the unclipped version about the diff

[Apekoppie]

The Sundance track came clutch with the diff assembly montage

[Ego_Driven]

I know this is for entertainment purposes mostly, but I’d like to hear the technical talk about the pros and cons of clutch and gear type LSD.

Maybe leave the conversation at the end of the video?

[voltairee]

Traction is the killer of axles and diffs

[drakkon_sol]

THAT WAS AN ACURA VIGOR IN THE INTRO!!!
God I miss my 92 vigor. Same colour and everything.

[snailGT]

Always solid content guys, any chance of some longer format stuff every now and then.

[mrmoss]

😆😆😆 at the slow motion when all you were hearing was " blah blah blah". Still laughing my ass off. Thanks

[future]

I could not move during the assembly montage

Did you do a video on this motor build/install? And where's the Camry motor MR2? You guys have too many cool projects going

[mrsouthcentral]

Mazda rx7 with a k series engine, an s2k trans and a 07-10 ford explorer diff. You need a German part to finish it off 😂

[Kasper]

11:10 isnt this also the reason the evo diffs are like glass? genuinely curious