The 200k Club! (Pics)
07-29-02, 02:57 PM
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The 200k Club! (Pics)
Where were you when your RX-7 hit 200,000 miles? I was on the Cross-town freeway merging onto I5 in south Stockton 
Yup, my daily did it! 200k on the original motor! This car has been so problem free it sick. Nothing but regular maintenance & my auto tranny packed up somewhere around 180k .. so its now a 5 speed. I didn't have my camera in the car when I turned 200.. so I just took a pic when I got home.
Post your high mileage Pics & stories, I think Mazda should give me a badge or something .. maybe put me in a commercial Haha
Here is the engine that did it;
Yup, my daily did it! 200k on the original motor! This car has been so problem free it sick. Nothing but regular maintenance & my auto tranny packed up somewhere around 180k .. so its now a 5 speed. I didn't have my camera in the car when I turned 200.. so I just took a pic when I got home. Post your high mileage Pics & stories, I think Mazda should give me a badge or something .. maybe put me in a commercial
Haha Here is the engine that did it;
07-29-02, 03:03 PM
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Not really suds.. NA rotarys make it there quite often...
Most that you find used now a days have 140-180K on them.. I have actually talked to people that got to 300K before. wish i remembered who..
-Zach
Most that you find used now a days have 140-180K on them.. I have actually talked to people that got to 300K before. wish i remembered who..
-Zach
07-29-02, 03:13 PM
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That their my friend is the key to my cars longevity. Its a custom made upper Rotor housing & intake breather tube & condensation remover.
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07-29-02, 03:29 PM
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Haha obviously I am just kidding about the hose. I took those pictures & posted them up here on the forum .. I took a look at my post and I asked myself the same thing “What the hell is that hose”? So I promptly walked out side to get a better look … and I realized Doah! That’s the tube I was using to bleed my clutch slave cylinder last week. Don’t try this at home folks .. only trained professionals should drive around 200 miles with a unattached 2 Ft. long hose sitting on the top of there engine. Ohh well, live and learn Right?
Sorry Aaron, that was a damn good guess considering there is not much else it could be besides; not sopopsed to be there period
Sorry Aaron, that was a damn good guess considering there is not much else it could be besides; not sopopsed to be there period
07-29-02, 04:09 PM
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Originally posted by Rpeck
That their my friend is the key to my cars longevity. Its a custom made upper Rotor housing & intake breather tube & condensation remover.
That their my friend is the key to my cars longevity. Its a custom made upper Rotor housing & intake breather tube & condensation remover.
Congrats on 200k+ miles!
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07-29-02, 04:21 PM
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Originally posted by MaTT_FoULk
Actually the key to your engine's longevity is the lack of an intercooler where that hose is sitting. Congrats on 200k+ miles!
Actually the key to your engine's longevity is the lack of an intercooler where that hose is sitting.
Congrats on 200k+ miles!
Congrats!
07-29-02, 06:10 PM
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i have 2 first gens, one with 224,000miles, its on motor #2, the other one has 183,000miles on it and its on motor #1.
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07-29-02, 06:24 PM
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Nice ******* work guys! This is nothing more than a sign of classic immaculate car maintenance at its best.
Buy yourselves some good beer, and go for a drive (myabe not in that order...)
Buy yourselves some good beer, and go for a drive (myabe not in that order...)
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Ya, I’m proud of my 200k’er not only do I take her to work daily.. but she never bitches. Never floods, starts first time everytime, doesn’t leak a drop of oil, holds a very steady 800ish idle. Doesn’t burn excessive oil, passed Califonia dyno smog check II just over a month ago.. And its all on the original motor. She still has very decent power for a N/A also. And I get right around 20 MPG on the highway! She will see 300k I will make sure of it. And I hope to do it on this motor.
07-29-02, 09:09 PM
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Originally posted by banzaitoyota
How Many turbo guys have hit 249 K on the original engine??
Bueller?
Bueller?
Anyone?
Heh? I can't hear you!!
How Many turbo guys have hit 249 K on the original engine??
Bueller?
Bueller?
Anyone?
Heh? I can't hear you!!
My odo reads 212k...its not the original, the car has 110k and the engine 2k.
07-30-02, 03:26 PM
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You won't believe this but mine clicked over ON MY DRIVEWAY!! I left school and drove home knowing that it was at like 199 989 or somthing like that. I pulled into my driveway, and it was sitting right on the dot!
200 000!!! What are the chances of that eh!!
200 000!!! What are the chances of that eh!!
07-30-02, 04:41 PM
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my 87 i use to have had 280,000 orig motor and everything never spent one day in the shop. i sold her about 6 months ago my 91 i have right now had 112k on it when i bought it last aug as of right now she has 132k but i think she is gunna need a transplant
07-30-02, 04:54 PM
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I had a little over 230k on my first 86 when I blew an apex seal on #1 rotor. Of course, redlining in 1st gear at an autocross (because of shot 2nd gear synchros) will do that... 
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