How a 400k motor look like inside!
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my boys N/A had 260K on original motor he bought it with 190K and around 200K we installed a water injection kit with 2 water nozzles in the UIM on the secondary runners and blocked off the oil metering and ran pettis protek R premix, and when the motor blew because he turbo ed it with 260K (Dumb ***) the rotors where shiny clean and the only damage was where the rear rotors apex seal got chewed up. Im pretty sure that motor would have gone another 100K easily even the coolant seals where in great shape and car had no mud.
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Wow, I think you set a new record for highest mileage on a vehicle and original engine before a rebuild. Seriously, you might want to see if you can get in the Guinness Book of World Records, because that is incredible. I knew that rotary engines were long-life engines (if treated right), but this is ridiculous!!!
my boys N/A had 260K on original motor he bought it with 190K and around 200K we installed a water injection kit with 2 water nozzles in the UIM on the secondary runners and blocked off the oil metering and ran pettis protek R premix, and when the motor blew because he turbo ed it with 260K (Dumb ***) the rotors where shiny clean and the only damage was where the rear rotors apex seal got chewed up. Im pretty sure that motor would have gone another 100K easily even the coolant seals where in great shape and car had no mud.
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I have to say that I don't believe this. What do you mean by "plenty" any way? How many? I'm gonna need some supporting evidence before I just take your word on it.
There's so much that can happen to a vehicle during it's lifetime, whether it's engine related or not, that would cause the car to hit the boneyard before ever achieving even 200k miles - let alone a million +.
400k is impressive on any engine in my opinion.
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Some guy here in milwaukee put a million miles on his late 80's saab with out a rebuild or any major engine work. It was in an artical in the milwaukee journal sentinal a year or 2 ago.
Pre GM saabs, FTW!
Pre GM saabs, FTW!
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I know a number of farmers/ranchers down here that routinely put over 300k miles on their work trucks. One older couple that is good friends with my father he said he doesn't get his money out of a truck if it doesn't get at least 250k before it dies.
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A few months ago there was a 95 civic with 990k miles on it on craigslist, I believe. The guy bought it new and drove it coast to coast for business. Said it was on it's 4th or 5th clutch, timing belt, but original motor and tranny. The car looked new in the pics and he said it still looked and drove excellent and his mechanic believed it had another 200k+ left in it at minimum if properly maintained.
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A few months ago there was a 95 civic with 990k miles on it on craigslist, I believe. The guy bought it new and drove it coast to coast for business. Said it was on it's 4th or 5th clutch, timing belt, but original motor and tranny. The car looked new in the pics and he said it still looked and drove excellent and his mechanic believed it had another 200k+ left in it at minimum if properly maintained.
But, back on subject, that really doesn't look so bad inside! I'm assuming you'll rebuild it and give her another go 'round?
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Wow. 400k miles on a rotary is very impressive! I bet the rotor housings are junk. Usually on a street car about 200k miles for a NA before the thing starts smoking, 150K for turboed rotary and the seals break. That's what I see.
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