Things you learn after a successful rebuild.
--> Smoke doesn't have to come out the exhaust everytime you start, rev, or engine-brake.
--> Your elevated water temp misteriously dispears.
--> You forget why you were purchasing bottled water on a daily basis and not getting anything to drink.
--> You begin to realise how reliable a rotary can be.

 

Im going to be thinking this after my rebuild

 

Over 180,000 miles and still purring damned near problem free on the factory build. I have an idling issue due to a bad/sticking BAC, but that's okay...

 

Not quite to that stage of jubilation yet...

I still must rely on my fuel cut switch to keep my rebuild behaving itself and it won't hold idle while in gear (although that's probably due to the hackjob the PO did on emissions removal)

On the plus side, i did successfully make a 270+ mile trip and it seems to have done the engine alot of good

 

I'm confused, if your car is not an auto, how it "holds an idle in gear".

Just bump the overall idle up a couple hundred rpm to keep it happy until compression comes up after 1-2k miles of breakin.

Another thing I routinely see is another few mpg after a rebuild compared to before. Partly because compression and efficiency come up, and partly because most vacuum leaks, electrical connections, and other problems are corrected during the reassembly.

 

i agree i had an increase in gas mileage though im not sure if it was due to adding a turbo or not

 

Wouldn't a vac leak cause better mpg since the car would be running leaner?

 

Maybe in theory, but not in practice.

 

Allow me to clarify, I should have mentioned that the clutch was fully depressed. It would hold idle just fine sitting still in neutral but if you depress teh clutch and put it in 1st, the rpm's would fall and it would die. The same is true if I roll up to a stoplight and do it . In fact it won't hold idle in neutral if the car is moving like if I'm approaching a red light and put it in neutral the rpm's will likewise just continue to fall (rather quickly as there is no load on the engine) all the way to zero.

As for the gas milage after a rebuild I ran 250 miles on the interstate and the gas light didn't even come on yet (but I didn't know if it even worked so I stopped and got gas anyway)

 

good for you sharigan, i hope id feel that way after mine is done. im excited to drive my 7 again.

 

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/car/206521051.html

what about her?

 

Dammit! I wish I lived in Sacramento, or even on that side of the country for that matter...wait a minute, don't you cali guys have emissions?

But for real though, if I had 800 I'd go scoop it up, hell it even runs, don't even need to worry about a trailer/ tow truck. But w/ two full engines you should be able to salvage enough parts to build at least one nice one

 

you realize your stripped down na makes power above 5k and you are stuck shifting at 4k for 1k mi.

 

Yeah, it stinks... thats the only downfall so far.

 

--> You CAN make a short trip to the store with out leaving the car running while inside!
--> Turbo doesn't just sound like it's spooling... It Actually IS!
-->You need bigger tires.

 

Yes, and I'm hooking up the VDI and Aux ports today...
2000 miles in

 

*** you dont have to search through hundreds of threads or be told to search a million times....
**** you can actually post helpful hints instead of a "this is what ive done so far."