RX-7 newbie
 

Hi everyone. I just got a 91 vert with a blown motor for free. I'm going to get a used motor and use it as my daily driver. I've been a muscle/ pony car guy my whole life. I have 2 Camaros, a 2001 Z28, and my first car, a '71 Camaro. I don't know much about rotaries, but I'm excited to learn. :bigthumb:

Two Camaros? Hmmmmm... Ask for some metric sockets and wrenches for Christmas.

Check out the FAQ threads stickied at the top - for sure..

Congrats and welcome. Why not yank that blown engine and rebuild it? You'll learn ALOT right off the bat, its (usually) cost effective in comparison to getting another engine, it'll be reliable if you do it right, and (as someone doing thier first rotary rebuild right now) its not NEARLY as hard to rebuild as a conventional engine IMHO. I'm actually having a good time rebuilding this engine, which wasn't the case when I rebuilt a few piston based engines.

-Joe

Thanks for the suggestions. I've been checking out the FAQs and stickies periodically. I'm supposed to be working. ;) Where can I get the parts for the rebuild? How much does it run to rebuild a rotary? I can get a used motor for $800. Is there anything I can do performancewise before I put the enging in that I should do that is smog legal in California. Are headers legal. Again, thanks for the input.

No ideas on the CA laws, but a rebuild can be done for a few hundred dollars if you only need to replace the coolant seals (equivalent of the head gasket on a normal engine) and it can go way up to over a thousand or more if you have a bad rotor housing. It all depends on the damage. Any idea whats wrong with it?

-Joe

Went from motor to rotor. Welcome to a new world.....

I'm not sure. I'll have to ask my Dad. He's the one who got it. He doesn't have the time or money to fix it right now, but he wants to keep it in the family. He got it the way it is now, so I'm not sure if he knows yet. He used to race RX-7s in SCCA when I was a kid so I'm sure I can get some help from him.

I like to think of myself as an eclectic (SP?) person. Thanks. :cool: