Pics of my carbon infested 12A
 

Well I've had my 84 GSL since Sept 95. It had about 85k miles at the time. The engine locked down about 5 years ago with 124k on the clock. I was like damn...another 1st gen bites the dust. :mad: At the time I wasn't to worried about getting it fixed because I had a 91 vert to drive. Now my 91 vert has no compression on the rear rotor and all I have to drive is my 94 Rx7. Anyways I've been putting to many miles on the 3rd gen so now I figured that it was time to rebuild the 1st gen.

Some background:

Back in 99 I removed the engine to replace the clutch so I would have reliable transportation to make my 120 mile round trip to work. During this 3 month period I put 10k on the engine. I then let my sister drive the car while she was in college. The engine lasted 5k in her possession :mad:. I'm thinking damn girl you fucked up my car. The engine was locked down. I immediately though carbon lock.

Fast forward to present day. I removed the engine to began the rebuild and notice something wrong. I notice that the rod connecting to the OMP wasn't connected. So that means that my engine has been running without the OMP fully functioning for those 15k miles. :eek: It turns out back in 99 when I pulled the engine to replace the clutch, I also removed the carburetor and solenoids to clean the block. When installing everything, I forgot to reconnect the rod. oops!

In these pics you can clearly see all the carbon that was present. I couldn't believe to mountain of carbon dust in the last pic :eek:

3 rx7s...yeah mang u got it rough...

Well actually I've owed four 7's. I had a 81 GSL that overheated because of a radiator leak.

We have 2 of them both are driven daily to and from work I have a 85 GS and my wife drives 93 R1

Yea it's nice to have two 7's to drive.

Initially, I think all I'll need are two housings. Need to clean it up and do the full inspection.

your wife drives the r1? are u insane? women drivers = no survivors!!!

Spoken like a man with no prospects.

Devastating ownage.

lol :rlaugh:

No OMP. One of the reasons I'm glad I add 10 oz. 2-cycle oil to every tankful. Cheap insurance.

B

Yea I know but this was 5 years ago when the engine originally failed. At the time I didn't have all the knowledge I have now with rotarys because of this forum. Live and learn! Besides I think the OMP was still putting out oil, just not enough to properly lube the seals at higher rpm's.

whats wrong with more than one rx? i have 3... 79, 81, and 86

Here's a couple more pics of one of the cleaned rotors. It's nice what a high rpm die grinder and a wire wheel will do to these things. :D