newbie test driving, few questions
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well I'm seriously looking into getting a fc n/a and starting to look around and test drive. i have a few questions though.
the car i drove today was a 88 gxl it had a whirring noise almost sounded like a turbo except the car was n/a, i'd never driven a rotary before so i didn't know if this was normal or what was going on, it seemed to go away when the clutch pedal was pressed... my dad said it oculd be the throw outbearing?
i know rotaries sound different form pistons.. but i didn't think a whir was the sound it'd make...
also the car had teh 5th and 6th port wired open, i didn'tknow if this is good or bad for the engine or not, i'm brnad new and i wanna learn, andi wanna make surei get a car that's not gonna **** out rigth away...
it also woudl kinda of pulse when it idled is this normal and what could be causing it?
also i have emmisions testing were i live, how much trouble will i have trying to pass with an unmodded FC?
but i loved the car, before i just wanted an rx-7 now i feel like i almost need one, hehe i just wasn't sure about that sound...
any suggestions or comments woudl be great, i wanna learn but I'm not sure where to start
the car i drove today was a 88 gxl it had a whirring noise almost sounded like a turbo except the car was n/a, i'd never driven a rotary before so i didn't know if this was normal or what was going on, it seemed to go away when the clutch pedal was pressed... my dad said it oculd be the throw outbearing?
i know rotaries sound different form pistons.. but i didn't think a whir was the sound it'd make...
also the car had teh 5th and 6th port wired open, i didn'tknow if this is good or bad for the engine or not, i'm brnad new and i wanna learn, andi wanna make surei get a car that's not gonna **** out rigth away...
it also woudl kinda of pulse when it idled is this normal and what could be causing it?
also i have emmisions testing were i live, how much trouble will i have trying to pass with an unmodded FC?
but i loved the car, before i just wanted an rx-7 now i feel like i almost need one, hehe i just wasn't sure about that sound...
any suggestions or comments woudl be great, i wanna learn but I'm not sure where to start
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Originally posted by wibarmX
the car i drove today was a 88 gxl it had a whirring noise almost sounded like a turbo except the car was n/a, i'd never driven a rotary before so i didn't know if this was normal or what was going on, it seemed to go away when the clutch pedal was pressed... my dad said it oculd be the throw outbearing?
the car i drove today was a 88 gxl it had a whirring noise almost sounded like a turbo except the car was n/a, i'd never driven a rotary before so i didn't know if this was normal or what was going on, it seemed to go away when the clutch pedal was pressed... my dad said it oculd be the throw outbearing?
i know rotaries sound different form pistons.. but i didn't think a whir was the sound it'd make...
also the car had teh 5th and 6th port wired open, i didn'tknow if this is good or bad for the engine or not, i'm brnad new and i wanna learn, andi wanna make surei get a car that's not gonna **** out rigth away...
it also woudl kinda of pulse when it idled is this normal and what could be causing it?
also i have emmisions testing were i live, how much trouble will i have trying to pass with an unmodded FC?
but i loved the car, before i just wanted an rx-7 now i feel like i almost need one, hehe i just wasn't sure about that sound...
any suggestions or comments woudl be great, i wanna learn but I'm not sure where to start
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thanks for the reply,
he's asking $1500,
he said he jsut replaced teh tps but it needed to be adjusted but he wasn't sure how to do that...
he also jsut replaced teh throw out bearing so i guess it was not installed properly, and i jsut learnign ot work on cars i'm not sure replacing throwout bearing would be teh best starting point, but you do gotta start somewhere... but we jsut had a bad experience replacing the cutch on my old car, they sold us the wrong part and it rubbed a hole in the transmission and ruineded teh transmission because you could not keep oil in there... ten we tookit to a tranny specialist they repalced teh tranny andteh clutch and the same thign happened again...
we did not see any smoke, excpet when we turned it off alosmt like oil dripped on part of teh exhaust though
and yeah we have that write up, and we forgot abotu the radiator check until too late and we kinda made a mess with that hehe...
but htantks for the help
he's asking $1500,
he said he jsut replaced teh tps but it needed to be adjusted but he wasn't sure how to do that...
he also jsut replaced teh throw out bearing so i guess it was not installed properly, and i jsut learnign ot work on cars i'm not sure replacing throwout bearing would be teh best starting point, but you do gotta start somewhere... but we jsut had a bad experience replacing the cutch on my old car, they sold us the wrong part and it rubbed a hole in the transmission and ruineded teh transmission because you could not keep oil in there... ten we tookit to a tranny specialist they repalced teh tranny andteh clutch and the same thign happened again...
we did not see any smoke, excpet when we turned it off alosmt like oil dripped on part of teh exhaust though
and yeah we have that write up, and we forgot abotu the radiator check until too late and we kinda made a mess with that hehe...
but htantks for the help
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Re: Re: newbie test driving, few questions
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Its not going to hurt anything. Supposibly takes away from low end torque but makes more hp up top. I dont see how it will make more up top, but whatever.
Its not going to hurt anything. Supposibly takes away from low end torque but makes more hp up top. I dont see how it will make more up top, but whatever.
Thats the way I understand it at least, may be wrong though.
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Re: newbie test driving, few questions
Originally posted by wibarmX
it had a whirring noise almost sounded like a turbo except the car was n/a, ... it seemed to go away when the clutch pedal was pressed...
it had a whirring noise almost sounded like a turbo except the car was n/a, ... it seemed to go away when the clutch pedal was pressed...
The 80% good news - changing to synthetic gear oil makes these transmissions much quieter/smoother/better.
The 20% bad news - you may need tranny before long.
Maybe knock off $100 so you will feel better if it goes.
Good used NA trannys run $150-400.
Have you read through the sticky threads at the top of this forum?
I wish I had when I first bought my 87.
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Re: newbie test driving, few questions
Originally posted by wibarmX
also the car had teh 5th and 6th port wired open, i didn'tknow if this is good or bad for the engine or not, i'm brnad new and i wanna learn, andi wanna make surei get a car that's not gonna **** out rigth away...
also the car had teh 5th and 6th port wired open, i didn'tknow if this is good or bad for the engine or not, i'm brnad new and i wanna learn, andi wanna make surei get a car that's not gonna **** out rigth away...
Although you have had some good advice, transmission noises are difficult to diagnose. You should take the car to a good Mazda shop for an inspection.
See Aaron's site for an excellent RX-7 buying guide:
http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/tech1.htm
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