Whyteboy22

I see a lot of blown up rx-7's and was just wondering exactly what % of you all have had there engine(s) blow.

TonyTurboII

Um. I bought the car with a blown engine, and blew one myself.

So the car is on its 3rd engine, im on my 2nd. What should I answer?

Whyteboy22

Well..... i didnt think that verry many people would know if there car had a new engine put in b4 they even got it sooooo..... i guess put 2 down lol

Kenteth

mmm... I've gone through 3 transmissions, that worth anything?

Fingers

Blew one on my NA

T2 is running strong (new crate motor)

Mr. Gadget

Since you did not specify between models, here goes:

RX-2 2
RX-3 2
RX-4 1
RX-7 1

No, I do not have these cars anymore, Yes I am that old.

ZenRXSeven

Blew my first engine just last Saturday!

walterh

I went through 2. Hopefully this 3rd one that I built will last longer.

BDoty311

I rebuild mine before it blew, and I think it was on its second motor. My tranny is going too. Alot of our cars are getting alot of miles, for example, I have 233,000 miles on my car.

importboi22

motor number 3! car is on its 4th motor! hehe sometimes the rotary does suck but when it runs its way worth it

fastrotaries

blowing your first engine, is like some sort of right of passage. when i blew mine i was really bummed, but then i felt like i was now part of the inner loop. We should have some sort of support group for those that are newbies to this.

Terrh

iTrader: (7)

mine came with a dead motor, but I've replaced it with a s5 rebuild. It's running amazingly now.

However....

I've blown a motor in the following: 1984 chevette
1985 fiero (two motors)
1991 topaz
1984 prelude
1986 prelude
honerable mension:
2002 mazda protege (it didn't blow, but I tried my hardest, dammit!)

Rotorific

iTrader: (1)

5 2 base model 3 GTU <- just sick

luiml73

iTrader: (1)

2 in 8 years

BlackFC_NYC

1, KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!!!!!!!

ERAUMAZDA

Same here

marcus219

Uno...but I'm going boosted this summer. I'm just gonna be REAL careful!

chris1234p

One down for me also, hopefully its the one and only for a long time...

Aviator 902S

I've blown one engine 17 yrs ago, but it was a boinger in a '76 Civic.
On the other hand, I've owned four rx7's, but only three rotary engines between them--- One rusted to death so I pulled the engine and installed it into another 7 that I picked up on the cheap from a dumb blonde hairdresser who didn't know that the oil was supposed to be changed once in a while.

Agent_D

iTrader: (2)

ive owned 8 FC's so far, none of them ever blown an engine, had one with 192k sold it to a buddy and still running strong, gotta love N/A reliability

Driv300mph

8 FC's? DAAAAMN! The guy that sold it to me broke an Apex seal, I don't know if that's considered "Blowing" it or not... If so, it's my 2nd engine.

Project84

My car doesn't have the original engine. I know because its blown and when I took it out, there was a pilot bearing in the e-shaft. The car has an auto tranny. Plus the water thermo valve on a car with an auto tranny is supposed to have 3 vac ports, and this one has 2.

I bought the car with the current motor blown. Well, broken water seal cause the seal channel metal broke on the center plate.

xfeastonarsex

iTrader: (5)

I have one blown engine but I didnt blow it, I dont know if that counts or not....

rxse7en

Popped my first and only engine in 1988 in a 1980 RX7 GS. Still ran!

Evil Aviator

0 blown engines since buying my first RX-7 in 1988. I have owned 4 RX-7's total, and still own 2 of them. If you take care of your car, you have very little chance of blowing the engine. It has been my experience that most blown rotary engines failed from abuse, improper tuning, or failure of the owner to maintain the engine properly.

BTW, my 12A needs a rebuild, but I'm going to run it until it pops.