ok ppl i got my first rx-7 yesterday. it is a 87 turbo II and i love it. but it needs a new motor. so i have a few ?s until i get thee motor.

1. where can i get a good guaranteed motor. that will last?

2. how hard is it to rebuild one of these? my father will help me and he is a mechanic and i am mechanicaly inclined.

3. can i clean some old spark plugs and put them in the current motor? just to get it running good enough to move it around the yard and maybe down the street once or twice.

thanks for all your help,

derrick

 

If you think by putting some plugs in (used ones at that) that you can "move it around the yard" or "down the street once or twice," what makes you think it needs a new motor?

Instead of cleaning the plugs, go by 4 brand new ones. They're not expensive and you can get NGK's at Advanced Auto or another local supplier.

 

according to auto zone they are 40 bucs for each leading and trailing. and it is overheating bad. it will run but it runs hot very quick. so therefore bad cooling seals. and im sure it has bad apex seals. so i would rather just bandage it up to move around until someone tells me a reputable place to buy a motor.

 

last time i bought plugs from napa i think they were like 7 a piece

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductL...=Spark%20Plugs

if you look to the bottom of the page they are about 5 bucks a piece!! not 40

 

aight well forget about the plugs i got new ones now. but i have been talkin to a local rebuilder. and he says he doesnt think my motor needs a rebuild. but everyone on here says yes i do need a rebuild. how hard is it to rebuild one. i may end up doing it myself. im gonna try a few things he told me to try first. and then i will start ordering parts. and i will get a video or somthin and i will try my luck. thanks for any input

 

try searching rotory rebuild.. or look in the fsm for some diagrams and see if you can tackle it.. good luck if you do..

 

yeah thanks, and i love your avatar pic even though im a honda guy too. but yeah thanks everyone

 

yea i know all of my friends give me **** about i cause i drive a 92 hatch with a b17 vtec in it as a daily driver than i have my mazda fro track days and when i feel like driving something a bit quicker!

 

yeah im gonna sell my crx. i took the money i had saved up for a b16 swap and a jdm front end to buy my rx7. haha i just gotta get it fixed now. they are faster than hondas and motors and **** are cheaper but dont last as long. but yeah thanks everyone.