Originally Posted by ptrhahn
(Post 12588614)
Motors (and plenty of other parts) had become scarce, rarely in stock, backordered.
so they were always backordered, because they only ordered it for you. sales didn't seem to change much, but perception did. and someone at Mazda USA seems to think if they have a part in stock its bad, so its kind of typical. |
Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 12588567)
just rebuild what you have with new major parts, it will be less than a new keg if you have the resourcefulness to pull it off, some parts shipped direct from Japan are less (8.5 CR T2 rotors), Mazda Motorsports; if you’re a member, on the parts that aren’t (irons and housings), etc.
if you don’t need emissions, two front rotor housings rather than a rear housing saves about $300 or so, RX8 6-port stat gears many hundreds of dollars less, and so on … , Mazda prices vary a lot, rear housing is the glaring one, as its hard to see why (they use an R stamp, and drill 1 hole the other way?) Mazda USA wants $1600, Amayana, which is my Mazda Japan proxy wants $693 plus $60 to ship... or you can just order two fronts and live with the OCD :P |
Originally Posted by billyboy
(Post 12588100)
When you can build a high performance conventional engine with aftermarket rods, forged pistons, crank, cams, etc, for thousands less, the future isn't looking too stellar.
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Originally Posted by quichedem
(Post 12588713)
Yup. I'm thinking Mazda's days of manufacturing rotary engines, that aren't for the range extender, are numbered. Hopefully the aftermarket will step up, and maybe even bring a little affordability, to our little shrinking corner of the automotive world.
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the rotor housings though, those are still fairly exclusive to Mazda, but apparently Atkins is attempting to pull something off without a liner. They had some 12A housings made and posted on social media. So maybe somebody else will try.
https://www.rx7club.com/se-rx-7-foru.../#post12582627 unfortunately a number of racing classes require the engine “block” to be OEM, which is plates and housings on a rotary engine. I did luck out buying all the major engine components; all three irons, pair of housings/rotors/stat gears, etc. about 9 months ago. Glad that I didn’t wait. but I just posted a wtb ad for the REW “distributor gear” spacer on the eshaft stack between the front pulley hub and the oil sprocket, as it seems to be NLA. I didn’t readily find a revised part number for it and wasn’t sure if the Renesis part is the same thickness. Please lmk if you have one laying around. . |
It's entirely possible that they raised the price because they are production limited and wanted to reduce orders, and maybe want to have some actual profit margin. They can only build x amount of engines. At 11 grand demand will drop to match supply.
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like maybe zero 😭
well apparently I stumbled across the new part no. 0839-11-531 for the distributor gear spacer, but it’s coming up everywhere except on Motorsports. So I was thinking maybe JP only then, but I’m seeing it listed on USA websites. 🤔 . |
Originally Posted by arghx
(Post 12588729)
It's entirely possible that they raised the price because they are production limited and wanted to reduce orders, and maybe want to have some actual profit margin. They can only build x amount of engines. At 11 grand demand will drop to match supply.
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Need to find that scrapyard.
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Originally Posted by Redbul
(Post 12588827)
Need to find that scrapyard.
truck was full of 84-85 Rx7 leather seats, $3500 each in the USA, you can write off anything you scrap, which is more advantageous than selling at a discount. |
Beware random URLs from Nebies.
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so funny enough I checked the Motorsport pricing for a full set of new REW iron plates today, and the total price for the full set of three only increased $75 from a year ago. :dunno:
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Maybe that's vindication on where exactly the deficiency is. IIRC the plates and housings are all manufactured in Malaysia or something now. If the price discrepancy is between a collection of parts before and after its assembly, then there you go.
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yeah, the 8.5 CR T2 engine rotors are still a much better buy from Japan. Enough to justify the ship cost. So it does seem to be more of an assembly issue in that regard.
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