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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 02:15 AM
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How many engines have you blown this year?

0,zilch,zero,not one
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 02:17 AM
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0. Impressive for the crazy stupid **** I do to them, amusing that people seem to blow them just by looking at them however, or people who go through 4 engines in one month, never did quite figure out that one.
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 02:26 AM
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0 for me. yay!!!!
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:00 AM
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1, didnt blow. but the seals where getting pretty worn (smoking for a little during start up) so i pulled her. im not sure if it really counts cause it still runs and has good compression
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:09 AM
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1, didnt blow. but the seals where getting pretty worn (smoking for a little during start up) so i pulled her. im not sure if it really counts cause it still runs and has good compression
So in other words, it did blow
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 06:07 AM
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one engine, blown > rebuild > blown in 7 days
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 06:13 AM
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one, my first engine with my first rx7....
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 06:16 AM
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one engine, blown > rebuild > blown in 7 days
What in the world do you do to your rebuilds!?
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 06:40 AM
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What in the world do you do to your rebuilds!?

Always learning the hard way. Engine was rebuild around november 2003, broken in on stock ECU, haltech E11V1 installed may 2004, blown during tuning, rebuild next day, broken in and blown again during tuning (7 days after first blew up). After that i took a break for about 20 days, went to Cyprus, borrowed E6K from George and after getting back home, rebuild it again, installed E6K and i am running on E6K now.
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 07:20 AM
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1 this year due to a coolant seal failure.
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 09:41 AM
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2. First one blew driving it home from buying it. The guy did a poor rebuild, and the side seals siezed in the front rotar. Dropped in a used jspec, drove great for 2 months, blew a month ago. Apex seal failure from what I can tell. So I bought another jspec, with the intention of dropping it in, and driving the car while I rebuild the other one, but theis one has such a deep sratch on the housing near the exasut port I'm not going to chance it. I'm just rebuilding it now. Glad I have Mom's car to drive for a while!
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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2. First one blew driving it home from buying it. The guy did a poor rebuild, and the side seals siezed in the front rotar. Dropped in a used jspec, drove great for 2 months, blew a month ago. Apex seal failure from what I can tell. So I bought another jspec, with the intention of dropping it in, and driving the car while I rebuild the other one, but theis one has such a deep sratch on the housing near the exasut port I'm not going to chance it. I'm just rebuilding it now. Glad I have Mom's car to drive for a while!
Are you rebuilding these yourself?
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Old Dec 29, 2004 | 05:02 PM
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damn. yall mothafuckas just blow engines left & right. how much do you guys drive your cars I only drive my Fc on the weekends.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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Are you rebuilding these yourself?
The first was rebuilt by the old owner, the second was not rebuilt, just dropped straight in. The third, I'm about to start today. You want something done right, you better do it yourself right?
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