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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?

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Old Sep 5, 2003 | 06:09 PM
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76k on the body, 800 miles on second engine.
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Old Sep 5, 2003 | 07:22 PM
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137k on original motor and body and still got very good compresion. Getting change soon just to be safe.
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:08 PM
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17k on 1st motor, just gettin broke in...
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:45 PM
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Originally posted by hondasr4kids

137k on original motor and body and still got very good compresion. Getting change soon just to be safe.
Wow, 137K on the orginal engine, eh? That's almost unheard of. Wonder who has the highest mileage before needing a rebuild?
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Old Sep 8, 2003 | 11:24 AM
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100,000 + miles on the chasis. 10,000 on my third in three years of owning the car.
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Old Sep 8, 2003 | 01:13 PM
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12,000 miles on original engine - 93 Black R1 stock.
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Old Sep 8, 2003 | 03:37 PM
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126700 on body/chassis. According to documents obtained at time of purchase 4 months ago,... the car has gone through 2 engines.

The current reman engine has 23k miles on it. I'm currently driving my FD about 850 miles per month.
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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 03:46 PM
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150K on first engine, currently have 61K on my second engine.
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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 04:03 PM
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I have 133600 some odd miles on the body. Put in the 2nd engine lest that I know of as the 2nd one at around 114000 some odd.
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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 06:34 PM
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i just put 114.888
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Old Oct 2, 2003 | 09:16 AM
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My car had a "second" motor put in by its previous owner, a retired MP who bought it new, at around 50k. I'm pretty sure he left the oil cap off or something. I bought it at 60k, lost a coolant o-ring to freak baby chipmunk incident at 70k, and have had my KDR streetported, balanced, blueprinted, etc. motor in since, and now have 90k on it.

All else major is original, including the turbos.
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Old Oct 4, 2003 | 07:17 PM
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Around 170,000 miles on 3rd engine.

1st went at 105k from old age, second at 145k from detonation due to cold day/timing advance/lean mixture, and 3rd is streetported, rebuilt by me and running strong. Also on 2nd tranny, 2nd diff, and 2nd turbos.

Stock seq. twins and streetport makes 355hp at the wheels.

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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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132,337 on car, 47,000 on Pettit motor, 11.77 at 117mph and 357hp at 15psi. (motor is 2nd motor in chassis)
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 06:20 PM
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Originally posted by RTS3GEN
132,337 on car, 47,000 on Pettit motor, 11.77 at 117mph and 357hp at 15psi. (motor is 2nd motor in chassis)
For some reason I thought you had more miles on that motor. Don't ask me why...

BTW, update your location.
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 08:50 PM
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I'm at 71,000 Miles on first engine and turbos. But the turbos don't seem to be doin so hot.
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 11:25 PM
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I have around 74K on my R-1. The engine was definitely replaced around 35K and I think the turbos were as well. Garnered this info between carfax reports and KDR's feelings about the drivetrain. I wasn't given the info, but research helps.
Travis
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Old Oct 17, 2003 | 02:05 AM
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Bought Car with Blown motor at 104k
New rebuilt in for 1500miles then Kaboom
Another Rebuilt in for 210miles then boom

Now rebuilding the motor currently!

JP
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Old Nov 7, 2003 | 06:26 PM
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Got my car from a rich guy that had a lot of other sports cars. Had less than 41,000. Haven't put much on it since.
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 10:50 AM
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it seems to me that replacement engines dont last as long as the original motor even the mazda remains.
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 09:28 PM
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78k before the coolant seal went bad. In the process of rebuilding right now.
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 11:04 PM
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28,000 miles
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 03:28 AM
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56k on original motor and its not moving anytime soon..
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 02:49 PM
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32k on original motor
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 02:49 PM
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32k on original motor... still going strong
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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Got car with 46k on it, at 60k engine went, now 12k on second.
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