well i went on a 8 hour drive and the car went from idling at a steady 800-850 to barely maintain 3-500 rpm..any thoughts or suggestions..its an 88 n/a gtu...made the trip well other than that issue

 

i just realized it was in wrong thread, mod can move it if you want

 

right thread, wrong subforum. I do that from time to time...

 

any ideas? ... been looking all day but haven't really found anything that fits the symptoms

 

went out to the car earlier today, cranked it ran great through the whole warm-up period. after it ran for a while it got to where the idle would chill at 7-800 rpms or so and i was like hm..so i took it for a spin and low and behold a couple red lines later the rpms dropped to MAYBE 500 rpms it bounces back and forth between 300ish to 500 and then it'll kinda jump to 1000 and then back down... brat brat brat brat...saw the thread on rough idle in the archives and its not really what i was looking for checked all the vaccum lines, messed around with the screw on top of the TB a little didnt do a whole lot besides choke the car out if its tightend all the way..either way this problem needs to get fixed, even if it results in a ****** rig to get it idling right..i am a noobie to rotarys so any help would be amazing, please and thank you

 

bummmmp

 

its just being an rx7...

check your cats

 

I second this.

 

ive driven mine from colorado springs to albuquerque nm which is about a 6 hour drive. got there with rough idle, wouldnt boost past 3-5 psi then wouldnt start the next morning. checked literally everything at the hotel parking lot. found out it was clogged cat. driving home with just a downpipe was awesome though.

 

sure you dont have any vac leaks?

 

it finally quit ...car sat for 3 weeks and cranked up just fine and ran good ever since

 

THAT sounds like an RX-7.

 

hahah yeah from what ive been reading thats what it sounds like.,..why do they do that?

 

cause its an rx7, plain and simple. my car wont start if i dont wash it for a good while

 

lol...mines a pain in the *** to start sometimes....*turns key..nothing...turns key...nothing...turns key...ah god damn it....turns key cranks... im just like wtf ?

 

^LOL that made me laugh ahhah

 

it happens frequently as hell

 

Had that issue with an 323, if it stood around for some days i would have to try several times with the key before it cranked, with a fully charged battery there never was a issue, so i guess it was either "leaking" electrisity somwhere(don't know the english ekspression ) or it could be bad connection between battery and starter, or starter going bad.

 

hmmm if its not raining tomorrow ill check the connection to the starter get that fixed...kinda embarassing to be honest