You guys remember the story, $4500 FD, going ls1 blah blah blah, had to replace the clutch, install aluminum ast, aftermarket downpipe, chopped the airbox, solenoids were reversed for boost control

well, now it has 63,500 miles on it and i've been driving it for about a thousand miles, say 500 miles since it was running properly, i'm a little disturbed with the around town mileage but i deal with it (new plugs/o2 sensor already), I am severely addicted to this car though, everything about it is just "right", the wrx is for sale and will be gone this week and I do not want to face a day when this engine no longer runs, considering doing a premix and making sure boost pattern is in spec and not overboosting until I inevitably buy a PFC

what do i do! besides premix and general maintenence/common sense, do i just wait for it to pop?

 

have 3000 in the bank for a new engine when it pops, and dont worry about it.

if you want it to run for a really long time then dont mod it.

 

What does any of this have to do with a LS1?? Im so confused.

 

I was stating at first how I purchased the car for $4500 and only needed the above fixes and was running like crap, I intended on going LS1 immediately, turned out the plugs were just bad from prolonged frequent idling as it didn't move with the bad clutch, coolant o-rings and compression were good so I decided to drive it, at which point I fixed the boost issues and added downpipe and chopped airbox, now i'm addicted to the rotary power!



now after some mechanical fixes and detailing, i'm willing to put up with any **** the car throws at me

 

Right on, the car looks great. Keep her goin.

 

Most lightly modded motors make it over 80k miles, many to nearly 100k. If you drive 10k miles a year, you should expect at least two more years of trouble-free driving. If you are that worried about it, this isn't the car for you.

Nice clean white FD.

 

If the engine blows, put in a new one. You bought the damn car for $4300 ferchristsakes.

Paranoid people should not buy RX-7s.

 

I'm not worried about it, I do all my own work and can pull the engine no problem, but i'm hoping by the time it's ready to go i'm fluent enough to fix all this car's problems and rebuild the engine myself

 

If I were you and I had the space, I'd buy a either a good core, or one that needs rebuilt and tear it down and rebuild it myself. Then swap when this motor finally dies.

I forget - did you say this one was already eating coolant?

Dave

 

no not at all, no smoke on startup and runs beautifully, only a black puff on WOT shifting into the next gear, engine leaks a small amount of oil but i'm sorting that

 

Wow, 4500 for a car with very little wrong with it. You are dead to me, Fredo

Dave

 

wtf does that mean shitbrick?

 

I forgot the smiley. I was giving you a hard time since that's such a deal (and I paid a whole lot more).



shitbrick!

 

heh, trust me, i respect and appreciate the deal i got, i'm 24 years old and conservative with my income, i have wnated one of these since i could afford purchasing it, but i don't make enough to pay retail AND keep it on the road... this is heavensent for me

 

whoever sold it for 4500 is an idiot and shouldn't have owned it in the first place. Sounds like it's atleast in better hand now.

Tim

 

he had no clue how to work on cars, didn't know the turbo solenoids were switched and somehow killed the clutch by 62k, who knows what happened but whatever i'm happy

 

Damn! That white car you payed 4500 for and the motor was still good.. Congrats! The outside is in great shape too it looks.

 

You've been a very big noob here...asking a LOT of pretty general questions that could have been easily searched...and I gave you a lot of crap. But it's nice to see you've come around. Congrats.

 

takes a minute dude

 

Im a little jealous. Nice car man. I too have plans to go LS1 very soon, im just waiting for my motor to go pop.