CrazyRoller

Hey


Tomorrow I am picking up my first car.

Obviously an RX-7,

1983 RX-7 with a 12A rebuild and new clutch(15,000miles)

Thats pretty much everything thats been replaced on this 20 year old car so I was doing some thinking.

WITHOUT buying anything new(replacing anything Major) what are some good things to do to get this car running nicely.
As of now there are no problems...

But what are some procedures I could do to prevent problems and what are some easy things I could do to improve the life of the car.

ANY and ALL suggestions would be appreciated.

CrazyRoller

So far this is pretty much all i can think of

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Change the oil
Change the oil filter
Clean the air filter
change transmission fluid
flush the radiator
new radiator fluid
clean sparks
clean battery terminals

thats about all of the cheap and inexpensive things i could think of

now its your turn to help me out.

chairchild

new battery
new fan belt(s)

Change the oil every 2000 miles, disable the OMP and run premix

CrazyRoller

whats the OMP and how do i run premix?

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i have no idea

CrazyRoller

i now know what OMP stands for.

but could someone describe to me what it does.

IN detail

also explain to me how much of what premix i should use.

mwpayne

OMP stands for Oil Metering Pump. Rotary engines HAVE to have a small amount of oil injected into them to lube the apex seals, thus, burning a small amount of oil is critical and normal for these cars. Some folks feel that pre-mixing (adding 16oz of 2 cycle oil with a fillup of gas in gas tank) is better overall than burning regular oil through the OMP. These engines easily go 200K plus with the stock OMP setup, however. I personally leave the OMP in place, and add MMO (Marvel Mystery Oil) in the tank with every fillup for extra insurance.

A-Tech

so when changing my oil, I cant just drain it, replace the filter and fill it back up? I gotta add **** to my gas tank and disable stuff? lame!

faye x7

A good complete Racing Beat exhaust is always nice to have. heh

The_Dude

What you could do also is empty out your dif. oil ! ... It's very often forgotten ... Another thing: don't just clean, change your spark plugs, and get a new cap and rotor. + , u could also get a gas filter too.
Don't run premix just yet ... Get to know your engine alot first, go arround the forum, ask questions, then MAYBE think of switching hehehe :P it's a process lol ...
Try re-tuning the carb to get it iddling either at 750-850 RPM ... they run smooth at that :P I'll think of more stuff

CrazyRoller

Sounds good to me.

Car runs great, Idles at around 850-1000rpms

so far no problems, might need to replace the universal u joint, clunks alittle.


havent done anything to it yet

any other suggestions?

FB II

always let it warm up completely before ******* it.