Time has come for me to retire from the rotary seen but would like to offer my knowledge to those that will carry on with this awesome engine. So to pass along the torch to the true enthusiast my offer to those is I will do the final steps in the engine rebuild process for free and teach along the way.

Here is how I would like it to work:
You do all the leg work, pull the engine, strip it down into parts, clean the parts, buy the parts needed for the build, bring what would be a short block to me at my home and I will do the rest with you present to watch and learn.

I hope to help as many people out as time and reason will permit, inquires will be done by PM only, remember this for total non profit on my behalf....I just want to give back before I’m done completely with RX7’s and rotary engine’s.

 

Holey crap Jim, thats an amazing and very generous offer and I hope that people take you up on it. I hope your transition period takes a fairly long time as your level of knowledge and experiences are hard to replace.

All the best in whatever your future endeavors entail.

Eric

 

Thanks Eric, mean's a lot coming from you....

 

If I lived in GTA I would take you up on that offer in a heartbeat! Glad to see someone making such a generous gift of their time and knowledge in order to further the development of fellow rotary enthusiasts. I commend you JDK!

 

Wow. This is an extremely generous gesture for the members of the community Glad do see there are some amazing people that still walk among us!

 

I bought everything needed, did the leg work and Jim built my new engine for free.
Honest and down to earth guy, he won't lead you down the wrong path. Two thumbs up for JDK.

 

Good on you JDK. We need guys like you in Vancouver!

 

this, too bad im 3 provinces over and just rebuilt mine, I like learning from guys who have lots of wisdom... So they can help me avoid stupid mistakes...

 

Definitely going to take you up on that offer once I get things sorted out with my motor.

Props to Jim for providing and giving so much value to the rotary community. To say that is an understatement.

 

A great offer from an awesome guy! Not many people would be willing to do this for people. Thanks Jim for your contributions to the rotary community!!!

 

Very generous offer. Now how do I get me and my engine to Ontario. Might be a summer vacation project. Thanks for giving back Jim. PM sent.

 

Amazing, simply amazing.... I thought giving me injectors was generous but this is above and beyond.

 

Wanna build mine? I don't have time to work on my own car. Maybe this will take some of the load off my back, I'm backlogged for at least 3 months . +1 for Jimmy.

thewird

 

Wow,this is fantastic!

Idea: if you had the room,maybe do it like a small classroom affair.Say 3 people at once.
I know time is valuable and hell,your expertise would shine through in more cars!..(that get rebuilt and get back running..THIS summer..lol!)

Small question.What time frame would the build entail if all parts were spec'd and all rebuild parts were on hand?

 

This is pretty awesome Jim it's just too bad I don't have a rotory right now, I'm back on my honda kick

 

It takes like 2 hours to put a motor together once all the prep work is done. 30 minutes really once the side seals are clearanced on the rotors along with the rest of the rotor pieces and o-rings in place ready to start the sandwich. Building a rotary is by far the easiest engine to build, its just different. The only real hard/time consuming part is cleaning the parts. It's all in the manual and pretty easy to follow. If your trying to teach someone, probably take an afternoon since you'll have to explain everything as once you know what your doing, you take things for granted.

thewird

 

Thanks for offering this. I've never seen this kind of offer in 24 years of owning a rotary...

 

Jim

Very generous offer, and great way to pass on the knowledge and any tips and tricks to doing it right.

Any interest in making a video of one of these building sessions, it could be a great reference tool and also allow more people to gain some insight into the build process.

 

Charles Spivak could make you Famous Jim! (video!)

 

+1 for Jim, generous offer, keep contributing to the rotary community.

 

Quoted for truth!

 

Jim, this is amazing.

We should definitely have Charles film one of these!

 

Jim you rock


and now to turn up the boost.... lol j/k

My motor is fine (since you built in Jim, even after 3 years of time attack too!) but I'd love to watch and learn someone else's engine get put back together

 

Wow Jim that's amazing, you're a great guy.


Can I ask you a favour? If you're going to do a rebuild, can I come help, and by help I mean watch and be your tool bitch? I would love to learn and my schedule is completely free all week every week.

PM me if you'd like. I just want a better understanding of the rotary.

 

I wish I was closer, I'm about to rebuild my first 13b in few days...too bad I'm in Alberta..oh well

it's really nice to encounter people like you here
In the forum

Not everyone is making life easier for the rotary newbies..

That should be one of the last thing on the bucket list of rotaries builder :P