black89fc

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I found a cheep s5 n/a motor, the guy is doing a v8 swap. He said it ran well,but who knows. If the internals are in good shape is there any money in selling parts.

blackrotary23

not really for an n/a. most of the time the n/a's are sold as a whole. the TII motors are worth a little more because they can take a beating.

black89fc

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I'm really just looking for a excuse to take apart a 13b, i have always wanted to. S5 parts must be worth a lil bit even if n/a

j9fd3s

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sexy awesome people will want the 9.7 rotors, and counterweight, cause you need em to build a real NA engine, you know the kind with 2 intake ports....

theflatlander

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^^what he said

black89fc

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Yep that's what I was thinking, think I can make a buck or 2 if I get the hole motor and trans and every thing he won't use on the v8 swap for 200 bucks??

lastphaseofthis

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Or the Sexy awesome people that want them to build a REAL TURBO ENGINE. you know the kind with 2 compressors/turbines, and 18psi at 1500 rpm.

<---(this guy)

black89fc

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^^^^ thanks for the info real useful

j9fd3s

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high compression turbo engine is a waste of perfectly good 9.7 rotors!

18psi@1500rpms, and 40psi of backpressure@4500! buy a real turbo!

a real man buys 8.5 rotors and machines out the combustion recess http://xtremerotaries.com/cc-combustion-chambers.php

need RX7

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If the rotors are good, I'd get it for $200. You could sell the rotors and get valuable experience of tearing down a motor (you mentioned in one of your posts that you wanted to). The rotors are worth a good amount, and other hard parts such as the e-shaft, stationary gears, etc shouldn't be too hard to sell.

nycgps

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do not trust the "oh he said the engine was good"

only way to know for sure is "tear it down, and check them piece by piece"

djphonics

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I'd say grab it looking at a loss, and then that way, anything you get for any parts, is a bonus

sharingan 19

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What he said. A buddy of mine and I did pretty much the same thing a few months ago, except it was 3 engines for $50/per. When it was all said and done we had the parts to build 1.5 solid engines. I'm still looking to unload a good set if s5 irons.

SirCygnus

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have sex with the thing.

bac22

n/a motors can't take a beating...I find that surprising, don't most n/a have no problem running 160K miles and more?

clokker

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I thought the same thing.
NAs are (arguably) slow and boring but seem to be the most reliable of the rotary variants.

sharingan 19

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One might argue that n/a reliability is more a function of use (or lack thereof) than of design or composition...