MavrickFD

She gave out on me... I slowly maintained the car since I bought it with 83,000 miles on it. I'm just happy it was strong enough to go 3,000 miles from Va to Ca. I guess it was just her time though. Just when I got her back on the road when I replaced the radiator too. For some reason I'm a little okay about it. I guess I'm just looking forward to rebuilding it. It just sucks that I'm borderline broke at the moment. Got to start somewhere I guess .........FIONAAAA! WHHHHHHHYYYYYYYY! It's okay baby... You sleep now .

j n

ouch sorry to hear, i dont have much exp with fds but i've rebuilt 3 motors for my fc, 1 was a failure though , i see your in the bay, if you wanna look at some books and videos of mine i'd be glad to help ya out

nocomply24

sorry to hear it man. i guess all us fd owners are always expecting something to go wrong, so when it happens it doesnt feel that bad. just take it slow and in no time you will prob have a better build. good luck man

Montego

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104 is not bad at all. Mine died at 108.

Good luck with the rebuild

4CN A1R

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yeah that very impressive...good luck with the build.

keep us posted??

AdamBench

i rebuilt mine at 91k but it was getting weaker and weaker and harder and harder to start

MavrickFD

Thanks. I might take you up on that offer one of these days, but I got a rotary mechanic that has a little shop just a couple of miles from my house. He's got a website started at larsonsrotary.com

I'll be sure to keep you guys updated, but in all honesty, I probably won't be able to get started until late spring to early summer . Don't have the cash flow at the moment.

crcleofdst

Mine made it to 80k before I decided to rebuild. I suppose that I could have kept it on the road for a while longer, but since I don't drive it in the winter I figured what the hell.

arghx

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not bad. friend of mine got 110k out of his, and he really wishes he had just rebuilt it instead of letting it blow an apex seal and take a housing and a turbo along with it.

t-von

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Mine blew at 108k (my fault). Suck it up! Now this is where all the fun begins.

TRISPEEDFD3S

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I might build mine before it even blows. I guess I will never get to even over 100k...

yuichiror

iTrader: (1)

Sorry to hear about that Flynn. At least now is a good time to do all those little things people like to do when they have to have the engine rebuilt.

BTW, I'm daily driving my FD now. Got a whopping 10 minute commute everyday to my new job.

t-von

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Yea you can never trust those shitty factory brittle 3 piece apex seals. Rebuild when you can to avoid additional damage if they let go. Funny thing is, everything else within the engine will be perfectly fine and with-in spec if the engine was taken care of. The one non damaged housing in my 108k engine hardly had an edge wear and no corner flaking. My side and corner seals are all well with-in spec as was my step wear on the side plates. NA rotary's have been going 200k for years. Turbo rotary's can also achieve this, just not with the original factory 3 piece seals. The extra heat and pressure with-in the turbo engine and the engines tendency to be more detonation prone make the seals more brittle. When the top piece gets shorter as the miles pile one, they can't be trusted as they can easily be broken at slightest little detonation. They are the weak link!

agentRX007

**** im at 96,746 miles onit should i rebuild or buy new motor ?

t-von

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See my above post. At the very least start saving. You really could actually get away with opening the engine and only replacing the apex seals, oil control oil ring seals, and a full gasket kit if your still stock. Modified engines need a little more attention. Go buy the RA rebuild video. It's a really good starting source for a DIY'fer.

22GoinOn2

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I've got a fully built 13B for sale if you're interested. Dowel pinned, low compression rotors, large street port, etc. Low miles, professionally built.

93ttwankel

Mine made it 83,000. I beat on it daily since I bought it with 59,700 miles. Would have lasted a lot longer but a 20psi boost creep killed it last month. Gay part is I really wasn't beating it when it blew, lol. Sounded cool when it blew though.

agentRX007

i got $6k to work with what can i do?

t-von

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^ It all depends on your resources. Who you use to rebuild, what you want as far as additional performance ect. If your using a specialized shop to do the rebuild and mods, that 6k could disappear very quicky. However if your like some of us who know how to fab and do our own work, you could do a **** load of work & mods to an Fd.

1QWIK7

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I dont think this question has been asked so ill ask it.

When did it go?

LIke under WOT, cruising. etc?

agentRX007

**** i better find a good mechanic that knows how to work on rotors im pertty much new to rotors this is my first import and i dont really know **** about thies cars other than the fact the fd hasve sic body lines and are hella fun to drive i really hope i can find someone that can help me on this build causknow if i take it to a shop and they know i dont know **** about fd's they will rape me so i better do my home work so they think i know what im talking bout