Seth W

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I just bought a 3rd gen rx7, I need a new engine, Is it generally less expencive to go and buy a factory rebuilt engine from vendor online for around $2500 shipped, or go to a performance shop and spend an extra $500? I can install it, and would rather do it than wait around on a back list for a shop to get time to do it. Im shooting for around 350-400 hp at the wheels and am after reliability. I was considering a spirit R turbo and maybe a engine port but nothing to extreme. Can someone tell me the way to go on this with out getting screwed?

Mahjik

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The price of the rebuild usually depends on what can or can't be reused. You might talk with Kevin at RotaryResurrection: http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/

Seth W

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Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated..

Seth W

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well we got the engine out the other day..all said and done it took about 5 or 6 hours from getting it on the rack and draining out the fluids to pulling the motor out. We took a few brakes as well because it was hot out. For never pulling a rotery motor it went very smoothily, other than a few hard to get to things it wasnt that bad. I think putting in the V6 in my MR2 was a much harder process.

We went ahead and got a new engine from the dealership because we got everything at cost and didnt have to pay for a core charge up front (good resource). the only down side to this is everything is stock but we arent building a million HP drag car, the paln is to make a very nice street/track car. We also picked up the factory vaccume hose kit, new upgraded gasket seals from pineapple and got a new aluminum radiator (koyo or fluidine). as expected with any swap dont have a set budget becuase things pop up real quick. who ever owned the car before really monkeyed things, to do things right I think we will need a new engine wireing harness, I guess the heat and time got to it because the soft plastic is now hard and their are a few exposed wires and cut connections.

This got me thinking, I guess it wouldent hurt to put some sort of heat shielding around the new harness when the time comes as well as ceramic coating the down pipe and any other component in the engine bay that would heat things up.

Anyways thats about it for now. I'm taking a break on the car so I can work on mine again (supercharged V6 MR2) and get back to the RX7 later on when my brother gets the parts for it, it's his car I just do the wrenching along with the shop owner.