View Poll Results: How many engines has your rx-7 blown?
Stock engine and running!!
125
48.45%
1 blown engine
88
34.11%
2 blown engines
21
8.14%
3 or more blown engines
18
6.98%
Gave up!!
6
2.33%
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How many engines have you blown?
#76
Two drops of Superglue
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I just had an oil seal go, does that count? If so, I'm 1 for 1 in less than 4 months...right before it went I changed the oil and it smelled gassy...rebuild time... <sigh>
#77
Stud Service
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I have owned 5 RX-7's mostly 1st gen GSL-SE's(13B engine), none blew on me, I now have a Turbo II which took about a 1 1/2 years to blow. This was my fault though for opening up air/exhaust and modding without taking care of fuel. That is the only reason these engines have a rep., kids open them up and don't have anything installed to control the boost =blown engine. Read and search, do it the right way, not like I and countless others have done it, and you can have a 300+ HP rotary street car.
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I think the stats are more reflective of the owners than of the engine itself. It's a strong engine, but if you perform mods without knowing what you are doing, or don't maintain it properly, or constantly pound the crap out of it, of course it will blow.
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My cars louder than yours
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Originally posted by Wish it was a TII
I think the stats are more reflective of the owners than of the engine itself.
I think the stats are more reflective of the owners than of the engine itself.
I sure hope that Rx7s just dont attract dumb people, although some of these threads do make me wonder.
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