She Who Must Be Obeyed (wife) has a '94 FD. Front rotor has zero compression (118,000 miles, original engine/turbos/clutch). I was wondering if anyone has dealt with any of the engine rebuilders or swappers and has a recommendation. I would like to street port it, put in a new clutch and replace the exhaust while I am in there.

I rebuilt a piston engine a while ago (with good results), but don't think I will be able to do the rotary myself (time and knowledge constraints).

Any guidance/assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Mark

 

www.pineappleracing.com, i'd let rx7store.net do the swap

 

Here's a link to a thread that I started when I needed rebuild advice/information:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...highlight=port

I also spoke to all of the Rotary shops in the SF Bay Area. From my research here's what I did:

I ended up ordering a Mazda Reman from Ray(Great Guy!) @ Malloy Mazda($2195). Then had it shipped to Pineapple Racing for teardown, street port, stage 2 oil mods, upgraded coolant seals($1400)... Joel found some "bad" parts that were used in the Reman when he tore it down and inspected it.

Mazda Reman motors are a crap shoot...Some people get good ones with no issues and some people get poorly rebuilt motors with old, reused parts and seals that a crap!. None of the Rotary shops that I spoke to will install a Mazda Reman motor. They have too much trouble with them.

I also bought a Power FC/Commander/Datalogit which is required if you run a ported motor($1300), a new ACT S/S clutch ($500), + misc hoses, fasteners, gaskets, FPD, ect($500)

My car is in the shop getting the new motor swapped right now($1400-???). I can't wait to get it back.

I hope this helps!

John

 

You are also close to KD Rotary in PA, which is one of the most respected shops in the country. You will have a wait though. www.kdrotary.com

Everything I've heard about Pineapple is excellent as well.

Jpandes: Hey John, are you having C2 put your new motor in. I noticed your car was there two weeks ago.

 

Hey Tyler,

Yup, they are in the process of doing the R & R. It's taking longer than I expected. RC engineering is taking a week and a half to turn around 850 to 1300 cc injectors, and Will had a baby last week.
I really need my car! I am commuting from SF to San Ramon on my motorcycle(CBR 600 F2) and it's drag!

John

 

Pineapple, gotham, KDR all do high quality rebuilds.

 

it is not too hard if you get a reman. i have details about my first engine swap on my web page:

http://www.alexwan.com/rx-7/journal/012103/012103.html

if you rebuilt a piston one i think you can handle this as long as you have the patience, tools, and mechanical aptitude for the job. oh yeah a lot of time too.

 

I went with a Mazda reman. I have been happy with it so far but if I had to do it again I would go with pineapple or gotham.