# 3.8 series 1 RX7...yes please **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 26, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776 "2010-04-26T19:00:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/21 "2010-04-27T04:51:17Z")
> [@Official Duffs Meet Thread (monday's)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-duffs-meet-thread-mondays/31050/93): > > the series 2-3 motors are just as reliable :crazy True that, it’s the 3.1s that suck pjb cock ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/22 "2010-04-27T05:11:12Z")
3.1s and 3.4s just keep stock in intake gaskets, same as the series 2-3. sometimes they blow head gaskets too. lol ---
**Author:** ![LS\_WS.6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ls_ws.6/32/6563_2.png) [@LS\_WS.6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LS_WS.6)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/23 "2010-04-27T07:10:06Z")
> [@jet ski buildup thread with pics (now with completed pix)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jet-ski-buildup-thread-with-pics-now-with-completed-pix/15724/82): > > you realize that a stock internal boosted LS7 is only on borrowed time right? You will only gain 50 or less rwhp over that that GN setup is making for about 1/10th of the reliability that boosted 3.8 has. im a 8cyl person so i dont care ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/24 "2010-04-27T17:10:50Z")
> [@What to do with old cell phones?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-with-old-cell-phones/31379/20): > > 3.1s and 3.4s just keep stock in intake gaskets, same as the series 2-3. sometimes they blow head gaskets too. lol not if ya replace them with the updated metal shim gaskets and use right stuff sealant they dont leak again :thumbup ---
**Author:** ![indy440](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@indy440](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/indy440)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/25 "2010-04-28T09:42:41Z")
> [@Official Duffs Meet Thread (monday's)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-duffs-meet-thread-mondays/31050/95): > > just gotta watch the plenums on those- leaks my series 2 just got a new intake manifold last year… ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/26 "2010-04-28T09:48:58Z")
They are easy to swap, I did one several years ago. ---
**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/27 "2010-04-28T10:03:38Z")
> [@FLR Autocross @ Seneca Army Depot 6/24](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/flr-autocross-seneca-army-depot-6-24/31215/21): > > complete waste of $$. could’ve LS7’d that car for the same $$ and it wouldn’t be a time bomb. dumb! its the 4.1 block too. serious build right there! ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776/28 "2010-04-28T10:19:28Z")
> [@FLR Autocross @ Seneca Army Depot 6/24](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/flr-autocross-seneca-army-depot-6-24/31215/21): > > complete waste of $$. could’ve LS7’d that car for the same $$ and it wouldn’t be a time bomb. :rofl :rofl YES [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3-8-series-1-rx7-yes-please/251776.md?page=1)