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Old 11-25-03, 08:09 AM
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Most mileage out of rotary

Just curious on what the most mileage anyone has gotten out of their turbo or non turbo 13b motor. Mine had 87k miles and ran but the compression was at the minimum of what the service book said it should be at.
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Old 11-25-03, 09:36 AM
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I have ~161k miles on the engine. Many N/a's go past 200k but many don't go past 100k lol! its all in its previouse maintenance. If you keep it good and healthy it should last a long time.
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Those rotax POS don't last long....
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Those rotax POS don't last long....
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I got just a little past 100K mi and I think I'm on #6 or 7th engine
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I talked to a woman who was interested in having here motor re-built after it had blown. I asked her how many miles she had on it. She told me that the odometer was @230k miles but the speedometer had stopped working about 2 years ago so it probably has 250+ by now!!!! I asked her if she was the original owner she said her father was and the car was all stock. BTW it was a 1st gen 12a.

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Mine got 129k NA before it killed over.
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Everyone that i know, With a 89, 90, or 91 their motor has blown. They made it to 120k and blew. I have a 87 GXL and it has 180k on it... It has had ALL maint. done on it since it was bran new. so i plan on it not to blow on me for a while...*knock on wood*

I talked to a guy with a 85 at a gas station before, He had 340k on his motor, said he has had the car since it was new and he just has had problems with the waterpump and just general problems, said the motor is still solid.
Hope mine lasts that long.
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mine had 155 and blew a coolant seal i was the fourth owner
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My GTUs motor had 151,xxx and still pulled STRONG before I pulled it.

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It all depends on how you drive it. If you always drive it hard it wil definitely die quicker. I have 175K on mine and it seems to still be holding up well, only problems I have are external to the engine.
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a friend of mine has 250k on his 84 gsl-se, original engine. and one came in for a motor recently at 340k original engine. actually another frined of mine just bought a 220k gtus, all original runs great
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195,621 on my 87 Turbo......orignal motor and turbo. I got 13.8 out of her.......getting a jspec soon.

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I jsut sold mine with 180,000
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Project car I just bought has 153k on the motor ('88 GXL) and still has good compression.....although it is not running (suspect coil at this point)
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I bought my TII with a rebuild from Atkins Rotary and the car only has 103k, so the original went out quick...
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86 NA ...138,000 and runs great
Old 11-25-03, 03:49 PM
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137k blew motor due to overboost on my 10th AE.
N/A had about 300K+

They can last!
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I had 114k on my NA.
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Miles. . .

My current NA has 113K and still going strong, my 2nd NA lost compression at 190K, and, well, my first NA I sold at 55K. Two 86's and an 87.
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224K until it sat around for a few months, it wouldnt start after that, replaced with a rebuld.
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My friend and I met a guy who owned an 86 base model FC. All original and he was the original owner since December of '85. Daily driven and had 413,xxx miles on it.

I met him about a year ago.
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