polo1924

I've seen poeple talking about their rotary engine blowing at about 120k miles? or soemthing liek that

I been looking around at Rx-7's and i seen a few with over 220k miles on their original engines in Australia

is this normal or is there something suspect

ECKO1980

are the ones you have been looking at Turbo or N/A? N/As generally last longer than Turbo cars.

polo1924

there were three 12a's and a 13b

the 13b was turbo and had 240k miles

otheres were fully stock non turbos

HeffBoost

I thought the origin of manufacture for all Mazda rotaries was Japan? As far as I know Aussies and Kiwis have pretty much the same car they sell in Japan.

I'm sure if you looked hard enough you'd find some high mileage US turbo rotaries out there. And when you do I'd bet dollars to donuts that they are bone stock.

Frankly, the mileage issue bores me. You could speculate all day and what do you have at the end? I think it's delicacy and the challenge that goes with it, are part of what makes the rotary love affair what it is for some people.

Cheers

NZConvertible

All Mazda rotaries were/are built in Japan. Perhaps Aussies just know how to look after their cars.

polo1924

so car plants in all countries just put the parts together that they recieve from the main manufacturing plants?

NZConvertible

All Mazda rotary-powered cars were assembled in Japan and exported.

RETed

Why do you think Aussie is that special?
There was a guy on the west coast of the US who had one that had
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
miles on his FC.

And if you didn't read NZConvertibles replies.

THEY ARE ALL MADE IN JAPAN.
Get it out of your head that the engines (and vehicles) are assembled in different countries.

THEY ARE MADE IN ONE COUNTRY.

Hell, THEY ARE MADE IN ONE TOWN.

Hell, THEY ARE MADE IN ONE FACTORY.



-Ted

polo1924

i hate to be the one who bursts your bubble but i CAN read and i didnt need your interpretation of his post

digitalsolo

iTrader: (2)

They spin the other way in Australia...



Or was that the water?

igottafc

iTrader: (6)

if you had.........one town............one factory.............you could seize every rotary you ever wanted..........one country..........that was captured............sorry i was bored

xvampyrex

HAHAHAHAHAH did you get that from the Simpson's episode of when they go to Australia bring back that one frog or what not.

RotaryWeaponSE7EN

iTrader: (6)

Thank god.

devdog1one

Please remember that every industrialized nation on the planet, with the exception of the United States of America, utilizes the metric system. Therefore their speedometers are reading in kilometers and not miles. One mile is 1.6 kilometers.

You can divide their odometer readings by 1.6 and determine what it would be in miles.

I was fortunate enough to tour the Mazda plant in Hiroshima, Japan (*_*)

Thanx

Michael

andrew lohaus

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wankel jr.

One thing I notice about mod'd aussie turbo rotors is that custom intake manifolds are common as. LPG rotors are increasing in popularity too.

inflatablepets

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digitalsolo

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LOL, nope just bored at lunch, thought someone might get a laugh.