Hi,

I am wondering how many miles does the timming belt need to be replace on a 83 RX-??

I currently owns a 83 RX-7 with almost 60k miles and would like to see if i will need to be replace soon?

Thanks for helping out!

 

hope ya got your flame suit on....rotaries don't have timming belts

 

lol u should never buy a car if u dont know how the engine rotates...

 

lol

 

Youll spend all day looking for it

(like BMS said, there is no timing belt/chain)

 

I think he just means the fan belt and other drive belts. Just say 20,000 tops, but if they dont look new just replace them.

 

he may have meant that but he said timing belt

 

no it was a timming belt

 

Really? With two "m"s and alladat?

 

Timmy!

 

these guys are jerking your leg. every 10,000 miles you should replace your timing belt. while you're at it check the cam for flat spots and adjust the lifters.

 

sorry had to go with the flow.
but seriously, rotaries do not have timing belts. and these guys shouldn't give you crap for asking questions like that cause i'm sure when they first say a rotary they didn't know that. asking questions help alot. here is a link that is very helpfull in the whole rotary history. http://www.monito.com/wankel/

 

yea, about that comment on you shouldnt buy a car that you dont know anything about..how do you expect to learn?

Anyways, welcome to the forum, oh yea and dont forget about getting bigger pistons thats always a great first mod....j/p

 

An 83 with almost 60,000!!! Those damned 83's are only good to 60,500. After that they're worthless. You should sell it to me for a hundred bucks, before it's too late, and you can't get anything out of it.

 

Exactly. I really didnt know that much about rotaries when i bought my car.

 

Thanks guys. This is actually my uncle's car and he is planning to give the car to me and was telling that i might need to replace a timing belt? I used to owned a 88 Turbo II 9 years ago and as i remember rotary engine do not have a timing belt but he keep telling me it does have one....

Thought maybe this first gen. has one since it is a carbureter?

Thank you for clear out for me.

ps. sorry for the typo i made.

 

again, rotaries dont have a timing belt, unless they are some piston powered bastard child, im sure the belt you are talking about is the alternator belt. Check to make sure its not frayed or worn. If it is jacked up then replace it.

 

Hi,

I just got off the phone with my uncle this morning to confirm that RX-7 does not have a timing belt. I got confused by my uncle because he was insist that it does have and I am not pretty sure the belt he talk about is a alternator belt.

Thank you very much for all your help. Sorry for causing a joke in here

 

so you're not gonna sell it? bummer

 

Probably not for a while. I am thinking to use this car as a communte car until I find a 93+ RX-7.

 

I think the guy joined the forum to find out this type of info. Half the 7's I see on Ebay say they have 4 bangers in them. At least the guy got an 84 with only 60k and he lives in a great part of the country. Welcome to the forum

 

Actually, he probably means the oil pump chain, which looks remarkably like a timing chain and sits behind a "timing cover" (the front cover). People who don't know rotaries tend get confused by that. But, as everyone correctly said, rotary engines do not have a timing belt or chain...there are no cams to synchronize! Don't bother trying to educate him, as some people just can't grasp the idea of an engine without valves, cams, etc. Just smile and say you will take care of it. If you want to educate yourself, however, please visit my Rotary Engine Illustrated web site for animations and illustrations of the internal workings of the engine.

 

Thanks man, this was a great way to start a Monday morning! Got my first laugh of the day. Welcome to the forum, and please don't be offended by the chuckles you're getting. We all started somewhere (except Sterling, he was born an expert).