My first rotary engine rebuild everyone! A lil' bit nervous but the feeling and experience were so great. Especially after getting disappointed with everything that happened with the car I finally can see the end of the tunnel. Most importantly, everything is done by me. Is it going to run perfectly fine?? The time will tell but I feel more confident for the next time. I tried to be detailed on the steps so hopefully, this video can help someone. It isn't that hard to be honest, just needs a lot of attention to detail. The most complicated parts to me are the proper installation of the apex seals and the assembly process of the middle iron..
Some info from the engine:
* Cosmo (13B RE Irons)
* Semi bridge port
* Turblown's Intake Manifold and studs kit
* LS (Cadillac Escalade) throttle body
* Pinned 4 extra dowel pins
* REmedy water pump
* BW EFR 9180
* Nexus R3
* everything else is just 13B REW parts...

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I didn't know you were on the forums, when you get the chance, it would be cool to see some more FC tweak content. You're the only one on YouTube that talks about it. Keep it up!

 

Thank you!! I haven't posted rx-7 in a while. I can probably contact Xavier and see if we can talk about his new PFC Master. That thing has a lot of features and I think it's pretty cool. Depending on the views I can go back a do some FC tweak content.

 

Looking good!

I think building your own engine is a great thing to do. It can be intimidating but there are SO many resources out there now that help so much.

The only thing I would have done differently is to glue the corner piece onto the apex seal. I saw how you had one try and get away from the front rotor, I had a similar situation a while back and fortunately a buddy spotted the corner piece on the ground!

- Have a flat, clean surface to work on
- Lightly sand the mating surfaces of the main apex seal piece and the small corner piece with 220 grit
- Clean both mating surfaces with Brake Clean and let dry
- Use Super Glue GEL and apply a bead to one side
- Lay them both on the flat surface, bring them together and press the two pieces together
- Give a few minutes for the glue to set up them pop the apex seal off the flat surface (it may be partially glued on)
- After the glue is totally dry use a razor blade to clean up any squeeze out.

Done that many times, it works great and makes engine assembly so much better. You can do it with pushing the corner piece in but it takes VERY little to lose that corner piece.

Good luck with the engine and hope the car is up and running soon!

Dale

 

Thank you Dale,

I'll definitely take that into consideration. I think that will make it a lot easier or not worry so much when putting the middle plate. I can wait to finish and "hopefully", everything will go smoothly. 🤞🏼
Yesterday, I installed the brake booster, 929 BMC, and brake lines. Today, I just need to remove the previous engine harness, ABS sensors, wires, and the engine is ready to go back in.
I have so much footage but don't have the time tonst down and edit it. 😭

 

Looks like exciting build.
to keep corner seal springs stay put you can put vasoline in the corner seal hole first the. Install corner seal springs and corner seals line em up with apex seals and they won’t move while stacking

 

Thanks!! I'll keep that in mind for the next time. Hopefully not soon lol!

 

Hell yeah Tony! Looks good bro! Looking forward to the engine bay paint video. About to pull my engine and go down the same route with a rebuild and repaint.

 

Thank you bro. 🙏🏽 I already uploaded the video. However I didn't cover too much of the painting process since I've covered it in other videos. This is the link:

 

Hey everyone! The car is almost 90% to be completed but I haven't post any videos since I moved to Maryland. Here, I install Claudio's (Tunning Technology) Nexus R3 harness, a GM gas pedal (DBW), and the Haltech's uC-10 digital dash. It's been crazy cold (at least for me, lol) but hopefully the weather gets better because I want to take this car to Deals Gap. A couple of bugs but nothing serious.

 

I decided to replace my oil cooler setup since my front rotor bearing was shot. The copper in the oil was noticeableso I went with SakeBomb Garage Smart Cooler system. Pretty straightforward install and a clean setup. I reused my brackets since they were in the right spot already. There's barely room in the oil cooler location due to the bumper style.