TurboFD

I hear so many stories about people blowing two motors a year or 2 turbos or 3 trannies or something like that... i was just wondering.. if its even possible.. have any of you get a **** load of money.. built a solid engine and got it right the first time.. (and havent had problems since it was tuned.)

duboisr

My mechanic does it the best he knows how , and must do it well or he would not have a list of people wanting work done. He stays behind , and as well as I can tell jobs are not returned for rework . His customers will return for other work and send their friends . The knowledge and skill has been learned after years of hands on work . Think ,ask questions work carefully . Read the factory books ,ect .

TurboFD

where does he work? (and where is it cause I might not have heard of it.) and also.. do you know how to get rid of the "exaust leak" thing on the side of my post, cause i know i never put it there and i dont c the place to change it.

-Jim

Mahjik

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Duboisr is talking about Garfinkle (or something like that). He's apparently located in TN, but I've only heard of duboisr and one other person speak of him so who knows.

Anyways, there are MANY reputable rotary shops that build engines and do great work.

Most of the problems you see with people blowing engines so fast is that they don't fix what cause the first engine to blow. They just get a rebuild and slap the rest of the old crap back on and blow the next one.

The stock internals of the 13B can take a lot of horse power. However, due to the design of the rotary engine, it doesn't take detontation at all. There are people like ErnieT who have upgraded everything around a stock ported motor and ran some serious times on the drag strip:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=128190

If you have someone tune a modified FD who knows what they are doing, then all you have to worry about it paying them and maintaining the car. If you tune the car yourself, you run the risk of running it too lean and causing detonation. In that case, you'll be paying for a rebuild. You will pay either way with your FD if you plan to modify it heavily (paying to have it rebuilt or tuned properly).

You can have a very fast and fun car without trying to make it a dyno queen. Modify the car smartly, don't get greedy and it will be fine. However, as with any car, things just eventually wear out and you are interested in a car that's about 10 years old. There will be things to replace and fix, it's just parts aging.

As for the "Exhaust Leak". You won't be able to have a custom text until around 1000 posts (IIRC). It will change as your post count increases.

TurboFD

thanks alot, by the way, do u know anything about KD rotory? I think it's in Pennsylvania and Ive heard good stuff about them. and you seem to know what your talking about, so i thought u might be able to tell me something about them because their website doesnt explain much.

wylie

I just got my motor back from KD. I had a Malloy reman street ported w/other mods.
Dave is who you want to contact. Just use the email address on their website and/or call. Be sure to leave a message, he will call you back.

Wylie