ricex7

ive been told that in order to have an rx7 daily driver, you have to drive her "like a race car". is this true? i would have to drive her at high rpms all the time? the rotary specialist at mazda in san luis obispo told me this. he said that if i dont, i will have constant problems with the car. is this true? can i have my baby as a daily driver? and can i drive normal? a lot of you guys drive yours as daily drivers right? what is your guys' opinion?

RotaryResurrection

apex_sideway

I've been told to every once in awhile bring the rx7 to Wide Open Throttle . . . .

dgeesaman

That is untrue. There are FDs driven by old people who hardly if ever push it, and they have less reliability issues than most. Getting hard on the throttle every now and then (once every hundred miles, perhaps) should be plenty to keep the carbon out of it.

The only thing really important is to keep up with all regular and preventive maintenance, investigate and diagnose any problems immediately, and to drive it (at least) every couple of months.

Dave

ricex7

so driving my FD around say sacramento traffic daily wont cause any problems? my main concern is the maintainance?

93Efini

sounds like your "rotary specialist" wants you to blow your engine so you can take it to him to have it fixed

yuichiror

The only thing I would worry about is keeping the engine cool in heavy traffic. Make sure you do all the reliablity mods and get another temp gauge, the stock temp gauge is crap. Oh yeah, for some reason(at least in my case) alot of people in bigger cars don't see FD's well, so just keep an extra careful eye out on the road.

ricex7

yeah. i had problems with my temp gauge also. thats why my FD is MIA right now. i was just cruisin doing ma ****, parked, and no problems once so ever. when i got back in the car and started her up, all of a sudden my temp shot up out of nowhere

GeaBu88

Haha

Use common sense here.

ricex7

what do you mean? i mean i know its more than that, but it was an instant change

GeaBu88

I mean as far as driving in high-revs all the time

That's not good for any car, much less something as sensitive as a 13B-REW

MakoRacing

ricex7

well using common sense, yeah, thats what i would have thought. but im pretty new to the rotary scene. so asking a "specialist", i took his word for it

yuichiror

I don't blame you. If I didn't already have some mechanical knowledge, I would have believed him too. Don't take the ribbing too hard, we all like to joke on the noobs a bit.

ehos

I drove my FD in -20 degree Celcius weather (that's -4 degrees farenheit).

Snow on the ground, and I don't think I got over 2000RPM's once. SEE, there's a good place to have an Auto. (Drive with Hold, and it's super easy to handle on ice!)

ricex7

aw naw. no offense taken! but what IS the best way to learn about my car? i mean besides trial and error!

GeaBu88

^^The FAQ's at the top of this forum, and robrobinette.com.

If you had done that before now, your whole thing with the temperature gauge would've been avoided (the stock gauge is POS).

And I'm not being mean by saying that; just showing you how helpful they are.

ricex7

alright. thanks man. appreciate the help. and ill look into the FAQs next time!

ricex7

by the way, do you know the cheapest place i could get a new block, or already rebuilt block? hopefully with rebuilt turbos... cuz i dont really know what condition mine are in. i just want my baby on the road again, you know what i mean!

MrRx

dont cheap out on the most inportant part of the car.....save your money and get something that will last.

2800+ if your lucky.

rizzxx7

you can get a brand new motor from malloy mazda for 4 g's!!! or you can just have your's rebuit by a good builder in your area.

adam c

As far as I know, there are no "rotary specialists" in SLO.