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How many Original Engines are still going

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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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1985 gsl-se 245k, third owner, zero rust. Original tranny, engine, rear end.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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'79 SA - Original owner - 18x,xxx miles, smokes alot on startup but never been rebuilt
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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-SE, 204k original. Slow as ****, but starts right up and runs great.
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:23 AM
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82 with 145K original,ran awesome no smoke what's so ever. Traded for an se and some what regret it
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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I just sold my original motor to some guy who was going to run it on steam... powering an oil filter crushing machine.
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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My 100 dollar parts car (supposed to have had a blown motor) is running fine and smokes just a little at start up has 218355 miles on it and is driven daily.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 02:32 AM
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147k runnin' like a champ... retired champ...
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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62K original miles, I'm the 4th owner, got it from my dad after he had it for 24 years. Could stand to have the carb rebuilt, but is still original.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 01:31 AM
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243k all stock for now
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 06:54 PM
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At this moment, the 13B NA engine, never rebuilt, has run further than 268,000 miles.
...... and it is starting to eat lots of water
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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1985 GSL 127k original miles and runs STRONG with no smoke. That being said, I'm planning to pull it open and bridgeport it toward the end of the summer.
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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I just realized I posted to a first gen disussion. Mine is an FC. Sorry!
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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mine is supposedly the original engine. and supposedly has 130k miles. but the owner before the owner that i bought mine from supposedly towed the car on all fours for countless miles behind his RV, driving up the odometer.

so i have no idea. it runs good tho
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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My 84 12A is at 158K and running like a champ. Original clutch, tranny, and such. I have an engine with 175K to drop in when mine goes in about 10 years..
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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82 Gsl second owner 136,500 miles original engine.
83 gs unknown owner, 104k miles, origional engine, undergoing surgery right now... Soon to be boost fed
85 s model 95k miles sat for 14 years.
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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My original engine let go at ~110k on DGRR this year.
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 11:07 PM
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These engines are awesome, I sold a healthy 12a at 11x,xxx to swap in a v8 which turned out was blown, the car is on it's 3rd motor because it took me 2 tries to get a ford 5.0 which wasn't blown into it. I'm a V8 RX7 guy, but you will never, ever hear me say anything about a small block rx7 being more reliable, because my car was 100 percent reliable before I started monkeying around with it.
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Old Jun 16, 2011 | 12:11 PM
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85 GSL under 54,000 miles. Runs and drives great, but small oil leak, and very slight smoke at startup.
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Old Jun 16, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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3rd owner i have 257,000 on my 85 gs
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