since its been pretty nice out... little rain here and there... i figured id get some work done in the garage/do some oil changes/play with the rx7. i finished up the oil changes and decided to try and put the 7 up on the ramps and take a look under the engine, maybe also change its oil (its been years ). brought the car up the the ramps, gave it... the car made it half way up the ramp and stopped and the engine bogged... wtf i thought...

backed down to try it again... this time with a little head start... same result...

so now on top of a failing engine... looks like my clutch is also on its way out.

 

This must be a troll. Cant trick me.

 

wtf

 

 

i do own more than 1 car... the rx7 was last on the list.


edit: and if i were to troll... you really think it would be in the 2nd gen non-tech... seriously

 

Ohh gotcha!! sorry that just seemed confusing.

so engine rebuild?

 

i didnt mean for it to be confusing... just frustrated with the car atm...

i would love to tear the motor down and rebuild it, but my kid is due next month and were focusing on paying off some bills. i think what ill do this summer is just focus on getting the engine out and ripping it down to see how bad the internals really are and if shes really rebuild worthy.

 

Or you could just sell it to me?

 

no way... youd have to pay a pretty penny to pry this car from my hands.

 

well when that kid pops out in a month, and you change your mind you can send me a pm

 

change my mind.... thats funny


edit: besides... didnt you just buy a really nice TII? what would you want with my FC?

 

1 extra rotor?? DUH

 

im dd'ing it and its killing me

 

whats wrong with that? its not like its winter... id DD mine if the damn thing would run/drive correctly...

 

i would prefer it be a weekend/nice day car. not something i have to drive in the rain, or put a ton of miles on.
so did you figure out what is wrong with your car yet? did you lose compression? because it could be alot of other stuff too... usually you dont just lose compression just like that.

 

it has had a stuck side seal on the rear rotor for quite a while (well.. since i bought the car). the seal is either destroyed or carbon locked... both rotors tested on the very low end of the compression numbers... theres a bunch of other things i need to look into... like vacuum lines and such... im hoping that the next day i do have off to remove the non working A/c and cold start system... probably dig a bit deeper into what the problem is at that time.

there are some other small issues that need to be resolved... but no use in listing those.

edit: maybe ill try making a short video and post it up of her running...

 

if your car is n/a which to my understanding it is you may be better off just buying a used motor and swapping it, i see used 13b's with transmission for like 2-3 hundred all the time. unless you want to rebuild for the experience.

 

which is what i might do, but i would still like to pull this motor and tare it down.

 

So, just a penny? DEAL!

 

it better be a damn good penny! like one of those shiny 2010 pennies

 

The local pick-n-pull sells motors for like $180 I was there yesterday and saw my friend's 90' GTU... I know the motor is good, so.......

 

we have no pick n pulls around here, most of our junkyards suck and charge way too much for parts that you cant pull yourself and they have no idea what condition things are in.

my school bought an old 305 camaro motor with a tag on it that said "runs great" well when we got it into the classroom and pulled it apart everything was wayyyy out of spec.

 

wish we had pick-n-pulls up here...

ive found a few engines on craigslist... but i might as well just save for the holy grail...