silver93

haha! True! But look at it this way - it'll sound different than any other RX-7 out there - and it least if it's making noise, then you're diving it!

silver93

Hinson Supercars for the swap parts and car-parts.com for the engine/tranny

Rex7-93

Hinson Supercars was that a shop you went to or is it a site?

d1rx7

dont worry, ive had mine four just over two years and its allways playing up. its going single now, as my twins where blown, and yea cant wait to get it on the road. but i do have another fd two drive, its an auto though so its not the same.

1QWIK7

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Its a site as well as a shop although most people do the swap themselves if you're mechanically inclined, have some time, and some friends to help.

Rex7-93

yea im not sure what do do with mine yet. Whatever i do i want to keep it though. Right now its leaking coolant. not sure where from and also the idle is real rough with low vaccum. I dont know what it is. If i do need a new engine or rebuild i dont know if i should do a streetport with a single or an ls1?

Rex7-93

i have a friend that is very fond of v8 motors and built himself a 700+ hp nova. im sure he could help.

FDNewbie

iTrader: (10)

REAL TIGHT. Now all you LS1 evildoers (lol) have poisoned this guy's mind. Dude, if you take care of the car, she'll take care of you. And WHOOWEE, 9K rpm is fun

So sad, but true. Every FD meet is like 25 guys, but only 3 FDs

GregFD3S

I wouldnt give up on it yet, crappy idle and coolant leaks are a common thing for these cars, from what i hear.

you cant have a car and expect it to never be maintained. especially an FD.

1QWIK7

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Nah, reality is soon gonna hit all of FD owners whose cars are down.

I was soo against it in the past but little by little it was taking me over. Im sure people who thought the same went through the same, and now have the LS1 in their car.

I was on the hinson website, the actual swap part completion alone is like 3500 roughly + engine and tranny = 6-7k

How much do rotary rebuilds go for nowadays? 3500 starting? Plus you always spend more cause you want to install something else because "engine is out" anyway. So the bill comes out to 5k+ on average. This swap is soo much affordable and the out of pocket expense comes out to like a weeks worth paycheck. I think its really worth it. Plus some people have their car down for months so im sure another month or 2 doing this swap will be worth it.

Def something to think about as winter approaches.

Cause im in the same boat as the other guy, i really dont want to sell my car. I promised myself i wont. But this might be my last resort to keep my interest otherwise it will go.

Im still getting the supra though

7 BOUND

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i think its the same as a GUY getting his weinner cut off and putting somehting that does not belong IN lol. no matter how easy it may seem, DEEP inside your going to feel very funnny about having a v8 in a true race import.

silver93

All it takes is just saying "fuckit - LS1". The swap is really not the bad. And it is SO worth it.

1QWIK7

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I do feel funny about it, im not a fan of swaps at all. Especially swaps into rx7s. I believe our rotarys are what makes our cars different from the others.

Obviously..

And thats why its better for some change.

Just think of the LS1 swap as a ***** enlargment surgery. haha

You are embarassed about it, skeptical and feel funny about the whole thing. But when its done. BOY you're gonna be happy.

7 BOUND

but a ***** enlargment looks good but wont work with those 2 tirangles in your pants, so you change the ***** and leave that ***** ls1 swap/ rx7fd hate to go on a date if i was chick and find out lol your parts dont match lollllolool, hey did you guys see the write up on the ls1 vs FD vs camero the FD beat it out.

Rex7-93

i would like to stay with a rotary. I want to find out what is wrong with mine and try to fix it. I mean i just bought the power fc and a high flow cat so i dont want that to be for nothing. if anyone knows why the idle would be rough but then it drives fine i would like to know what it is and how it can be fixed.

Rex7-93

and what could be causing such a bad coolant leak

RaPtOr-T

If your really having that many problems, and this one turns out to be "fatal" to the engine, maybe the 13B is not for you. Alot of things go bad on a 13 year old car, before you swap consider that. V8 or Rotary powered the FD is a great car, and its sad to hear somebody having so many problems when its such a fun car.

7 BOUND

first thing first check your turbo coolant hose, main radiator hoses, throttle body coolant hose, have you atleast dont that before you call it over.

Rex7-93

i completely agree with you. when i bought this car i knew it was gonna have problems and i would have to do something with the engine but i knew it would be worth it because like you said its been such a fun amd awesome car for the 2 years ive had it. and im going to do whatever i can to get it going again

RaPtOr-T

When does the car leak coolant?

Rex7-93

after running for a while and sitting still or off

RaPtOr-T

So it still leaks coolant when the car is cold?

Your going to have to hunt for it a little, coolant leaves a pretty nice path so it should not be to hard. Just check anything that looks remotly suspicious real well, its extremely hard to spot a leaky hose if its just split so you really need to be feeling the hoses.

Buzzardsluck

If you are having to add quite a bit of coolant Im going to say you've lost a coolant seal. I had this happen to me two months ago and hopefully I'll have the car back up and running next week sometime (if work leaves me alone lol).

If you can't afford to do the car right then sell it, no shame in admitting that you are over your head.

Also if you want a LS1, I hear there is this very nice car that actually comes stock with that engine. Its called a Corvette, I've never seen one before but I hear they were even designed to have the the LS1 in it!

I can see and understand why you feel down but remember this car is not new. All my problems other than the engine will happen to any older car.

KeloidJonesJr.

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I thought you're supposed to be fiancinally prepared when you own one.

dradon03

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Paid a little more for my car and the only trouble I had was a blown blow off valve. The fact that Steve tuned it and said everything was good kinda calmed me too.