View Poll Results: How many miles/engines?
Less than 25k on first engine
41
6.89%
Less than 50k on first engine
79
13.28%
Less than 50k on second engine
60
10.08%
Less than 50k on third or more engine
12
2.02%
Less than 100k on first engine
197
33.11%
Less than 100k on second engine
59
9.92%
Less than 100k on third or more engine
17
2.86%
More than 100k on first engine
74
12.44%
More than 100k on second engine
36
6.05%
More than 100k on third or more engine
20
3.36%
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How man miles do you have/how many engines have you had on your FD?
04-04-02, 08:26 PM
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If your OMP is working properly, I don't see the point of pre-mixing. I have read that some drivers add a LITTLE bit of pre-mix if they are racing. Too much oil in the combustion chamber isn't good either.
04-04-02, 09:26 PM
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Car has 138k, on its 4th engine with 15k on it. However the 3rd engine (mazda reman.) blew a side seal on the front rotor with 7k, due to a huge boost spike. Im getting ready to rebuild my old engine just to have as a spare.
04-05-02, 09:56 AM
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wow I was trying to get an average life of a motor and its so sparatic. I am going to take a large guesstimate here but it looks like a motor lasts around 40-50k miles. I hope my new rocket lasts a while...
04-05-02, 10:47 AM
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last time i spoke with roger(hes from here in el paso) about 4 months ago he had 150,000 plus miles on his first engine still running strong with the stock turbos, he has a black 93 r1 and i have known him since 99 when i got my 3rd gen. but mine went out at about 80,000 miles but that was my fault over boosting.
04-20-02, 03:08 PM
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Well, i have a about 13k on my 4th motor. Yeah, i have had some bad luck with motors. Original died at 105k, then next one overheated and blew up (stupid *** front mount intercooler on 110 degree day!). The third one blew because of too much ignition timing on my wolf controller. The apex seal exploded as though it was cut with surgical precision, 3mm seal at that. It had a perfect 1 inch by 1/8 inch chunk gone. Engine gone, but all housings ok and just resurfaced. I built the 4th motor myself, went back to 2mm seals and my street port was retained. IM very happy right now with the WOLF and how my car runs. Took alot of paitence, but works great. Get 21.5 mpg on the highway with my ported motor, not too bad either. 4th motor, 140k on the car, and an empty wallet. Such is life......
Graham
(yes, this avitar is of my car, not just some picture i found on the internet)
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04-30-02, 05:54 AM
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Originally posted by DelSolVTEC
I am going to take a large guesstimate here but it looks like a motor lasts around 40-50k miles. I hope my new rocket lasts a while...
I am going to take a large guesstimate here but it looks like a motor lasts around 40-50k miles. I hope my new rocket lasts a while...
The stats also point to the fact that newer (sub 50k) engines and older (more than 100k) cars seem to significantly more replacement than 50-99k cars. Here are the my quick computations:
Cars under 50k on their first engine: 64.7%
Cars between 50-99k on their first engine: 74.1%
Cars with 100k more more on their first engine: 58.6%
Total number of cars on their first engine: 68.7%
So if I was going to interpret these results, I'd say that if an engine's going to go, it will either go quickly (within the first 50k) or due to age (100k or more). Those in the 50-99k range seem to have survived whatever issues may have plagued our poor rotary and probably have owners who watch for problems, hence they are the most reliable...
05-08-02, 05:21 PM
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bought the car w/ 93k
motor went at 94k
as far as i know that was the stock motor so i wasnt to suprised
105k motor popped while passing one of rotorsports cars.
still saving up money for the next one
motor went at 94k
as far as i know that was the stock motor so i wasnt to suprised
105k motor popped while passing one of rotorsports cars.
still saving up money for the next one
05-20-02, 02:07 AM
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heh, I'm not a troll really. I've been checking out 3rd gen RX7s for a while now, reading up on this website. Yeah, ever since the Fast and the Furious came out..... just kidding. I realized, though, that I'm not rich enough yet to buy a $20k car and put a lot of money into it too. There's a black 93 in Milwaukee for $19k with 60k miles or so but I'm probably better off sticking with Hondas until I can really afford a real sports car. See ya later guys, hope I didn't **** anyone off.
Ben
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