mazda rx8 engine swap and VEMS

[Bully]

Hello i'm Pascal and i am new here.
I want to start a project to swap an rx8 rotary engine into my mazda 323f astina (1997)
Does anyone know if it is possible to use a VEMS on a electronic throttle body and ofcourse on the rx8 engine in combination with a 323F Astina.
I want use my original instrumentpanel from the 323F Astina.
How do the VEMS know that it is an rotary engine?

Thanks for reply's

Sorry for my bad english. i'm from the Netherlands....

[jrussell]

It can't control an electronic throttle body unless you use an additional module. There's a couple people that have done that, but I'm personally not too familiar with it.

Other than that, the rx8 engine shouldn't be too bad. I don't know of any done yet, but there are a handful of rx7 engines running VEMS (mine being one of them). You just set it up like a 4 cyl, and there's a table for trailing spark split for the trailing plugs. I haven't set that up yet, but others have.

Using the original instrument panel might prove very difficult. The tach should be no problem, the ECU drives that. Everything else though seems like it might be a real challenge. I don't know first hand though.

[DANLOLASDAD]

you might get info from this thread

http://www.vemssupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,1513.0

[Bully]

ok thanks for the information!

Yeah it's a big challenge but that's what i like! ;D