Anybody had luck with Nick Nugteren at Rotary Reliability & Racing?

 

I took my motor to a place that fixes semi-trucks and have them use one of thier impact tools to get the bolt off. Tell you the truth, it took longer to drive to the place, rather than get the bolt off.

 

hey nicad2 if you do go back to wanting a shop rebuild for you i would highly recomend talking to Chris Sanders at Banzai Racing (www.banzairacing.net). he rebuilt my motor about a year ago and cost, quality, return time and customer service were the best i have seen in any business. i got a web page.... actually multiple web pages of pics that showed the progress of my motor since i live 2 hours away. it felt like i was there everyday watching him work on my motor. he had it done before i could get the money which didnt take that long. he was quicker then i was lol. i had to replace an iron and before i knew what was going on chris already had a replacement for me and gave me an awesome price for it.

i had my motor streetported, and acouple of other things done. its an auto 89 vert. kinda a slow rx7, but just last night i smoked an audi TT on the highway. he had no chance to catch up. and the motor has taken some beating. and its running better then the day i got the car back.

i will trust chris on anything for my rx7 for the rest of my life. im planning on moving to florida soon and i will drive or ship my car up to indiana for any of the work i need done.

my motor build: http://banzairacing.net/winnie_02-05.htm

 

I would also include Banzai Racing, I have ~10K on my motor and I've beat on it everytime I drive the car running 15psi without any issues. I've been taking my FD there for 2-3 years now, and Chris and Elaine are like family. They will take care of you.

 

Bottom line, it's not so much about the builder, but the buyers' budget, expectations/mods, and how they treat the car afterwards. You need to decide what you really need from your build, and whether that warrants a $3000+ price tag or not. Everybody has different needs and wants from their setup, so there is no one best builder or setup.

Lots of people can build good strong engines; it's the condition of the car it's going into, and the loose nut behind the wheel that determines how good it will end up in a year or 2's time.

Food for thought.

 

I'd say you are partially right Kevin.

I feel the builder plays an important first step in building a solid motor correctly. My ~1400 mile rx7store built/broken in/tuned motor only had 102 psi compression on the front and 85 psi compression on the rear rotor. And that was a $2k+ rebuild w/ street-port that they broke in for 1200 miles using a new front housing and other supposedly new parts.

 

The last guy I took it to also recommended that right after he twisted off his 3/4" to 1/2" adapter :o. He also said places that deal with construction equipement have these very large air tools (1"). The problem is that they would not likely have metric sockets of that size, so you have to be lucky and they have an equivalent standard socket.

 

I am also a big fan of Banzai Racing. Chris Sanders builds great engines that last. My Fd takes more abuse than most, and keeps coming back for more. If I was you ship your engine up to Chris and get a soilid rebuild without all the hassle.