Gotcha...thanks for the 411. Makes sense.

 

Holy crap, I just realized it's been a month since my last update and I have little new to report....

I have officially ordered the BNR Stage 3s from Bryan.

I've gotten all of my parts in so far -- the Stoptech brake kit is simply AWESOME. My injectors are back from RC, one of the primaries was leaking and all four injectors had poor spray patterns.

I'm still debating whether or not to purchase a wideband or wait until later -- it's probably another $400+ purchase I don't need to add to the very large total right now. And I am talking to Rishie at Auto RnD about some Zeal coilovers....

The actual engine rebuild hasn't even started yet -- Racing Beat STILL has my side housings after 3+ weeks, they are pretty backed up I guess. That's it for now, pics of the Stoptech kit and some other items to follow.

 

Good luck Rynberg.

 

I had the same thing with Mazdatrix on my side housings. I think it ended up taking a little over 2 months to get them back (lapping and porting). Good luck!

 

Valve Covers????

 

Valve covers ? ? ? ? No ****.....that explains why it took me so long. I never found my valve covers ! ! ! ! LOL couldn't resist.

 

Maybe he did the V8 swap

 

rynberg,how did you come to know that your engine had low compression? I mean was the vacuum low,or was it just not as fast as it used to be.I hope that i can get 85k out of my engine and turbos,it should be paid off by then. BTW, i went with toyo T1s tires because of some of your posts,and i like the toyos better than S03s,good luck with your rebuild.

 

I was experiencing the "typical" symptoms -- poor fuel mileage, loss of low end power/throttle response, and hard hot starting. Those things coupled with 85k miles on a motor frequently taken to the track clued me in...

Enjoy the Toyos and thanks for the good luck wishes.

 

good luck rynberg and congrats on the progress..

we want numbers when everything is complete!!

 

Ha ha... I never said the engine was a rotary

 

why go 99's? from what i have read/seen they arent an upgrade.

 

HAHAHA... I know this was old, but I had a flashback to my first week with my first car, a 1.8L '91 Protege... I beat everything I raced, and if it beat me, I wasn't really racing...

 

I need new turbos period, so it's not purely a matter of "upgrading" for me. The 99s are great new turbos, better than the 92-98 turbos, with more efficiency and quicker spool.

It was a very tough internal debate for me whether or not to get brand NEW turbos, or to go with Stage 3s, which are built with used housings. As you can see, my housings weren't reusable, at least not for a sequential situation.

I have seen a few bad sets of the old BNR rebuilds, which had me heavily leaning toward the 99s...however, conversations with Rich, Stephen, and Bryan, leaned me far enough to risk going with the Stage 3s. I hope I'm not disappointed.

 

i think u will be happy with the new bnr's. When the time comes thats the route i will end up going or ball bearing single.

Having said that...I would buy a low mileage used set of 93-95 for cheap before buying the expensive 99s.

 

I hope so...

To be honest with you, as much of a fan I am of the sequential twins, I would have gone with a very small single if I didn't have to worry about the Cali emissions laws. As much as I track the car, a nice 320-330 rwhp with great boost reliability at low psi would have been nice....

Maybe...there's a lot to be said for the quicker spool and the fact that you are getting brand new turbos...

 

True, very true. I'm still waiting for my engine to take it's last spin so I can get a new one before I install my brand new '99s which have been sitting in my spare room for almost 2 years (along with a lot of other brand new parts).

 

All engine parts are in, Rick should start putting my motor together next week. Bryan should be building my Stage 3s first thing next week. Possibly done in as little as 2 more weeks. Whoohoo. Car has been in shop for 2 months now.

To those who are curious and to dump a little more fuel to the flame that is the 3mm vs 2mm seal debate:

I stopped by Rick's today for a quick visit -- he had a motor torn apart that he rebuilt several years ago. The motor was streetported and had 3mm seals. The reason for the teardown was evident on one of the rotors -- detonation had occured so badly that not only was the rotor dented, but the metal was cracked, allowing oil from the interior of the rotor to leak into the combustion chamber. Despite this, NONE of the 3mm seals showed the slightest signs of any damage. In fact, after ~50k miles, the apex seals had only been worn down less than 0.5mm and looked great. To address the comments of 3mm seals tearing up rotor housings, both housings were in incredible condition with no chrome flaking or visible damage of any kind. And I KNOW that the owner of this car drives it hard, I've personally seen him powersliding the car around the corner in front of Rick's shop...

Seeing that motor today made me feel even better about trusting Rick to build my motor as he feels it should be done.

I hope Rick and the owner of the motor don't mind me posting that, I just thought it was very interesting info.

 

I also got my tail lights back from Ryan Wolfe (rx7even on the forum). For those of you who haven't been on the forum long enough, Ryan was the original converter of tail lights to the "99-spec" tail lights. He has done dozens of conversions and had an impeccable reputation on the forum.

Anyway, the lights look GREAT! The lights look OEM, the quality of work is outstanding, and Ryan even cleaned/polished the lights for me! I'll post pics later.

Ryan has been in semi-retirement, but he may be willing to do more sets of lights if you are interested. I strongly urge you to do so! I have seen a set of lights converted by another forum member (who shall remain nameless) and they had flaws easily seen from a foot away. I also had reservations about the lack of professionalism displayed by some of the current tail light conversion guys on the forum.

No such worries with Ryan, he is a great guy and is professional. You can PM him (rx7even) if you are interested.

 

whats with all the deleted posts. also i hope you get the car up and running. my car has about 139,000 on my original motor and it just starting to act wierd. hard to start when hot. so im going to get her rebuilt soon. good luck.

 

Absolutely. Ryan did mine as well a few years ago and it was well worth the price:

https://www.rx7club.com/interior-exterior-audio-26/99-spec-fd-round-tail-lights-rx7even-work-83529/

Rynberg, take some pics of the engine work if you can.

 

Whoohoo, Bryan shipped out my BNR Stage 3s today...

I'll do my best to get some pics of the motor build-up, as well as of some of the other upgrades.

Damn, I miss driving her.....2-1/2 months now.

 

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say he prob had Mahjik delete all the unncessary posts since for a good page or so this thread become the official "how many miles do you have on YOUR engine" shoutout thread

Tyler, I bet you're gonna be coming home every day, checking, double checking, and triple checking each and every *possible* entrance and bush to see if the turbos arrived yet Keep us posted!

 

It's my fault. I was slamming this guy that posted a lame-*** comment about how long it took him to remove the valve covers from his rotary engine

Rynberg:

Definitely look forward to seeing the results of this build. I may have missed this, but what did you use as a core for the BNRs.

 

Bryan (BNR) had a few good hotsides sitting around...

Oh, and Ramy, the BNRs are going straight to my mechanic...no delivery shenanigans of leaving $2400 on my porch when no one's home...