What are the MOST miles you got out of your rotary?
Whether you autox it, race it, drag race it, etc... What are the MOST miles you've got out of a rotary before replacing or swapping it out?
Considering heavily when I get this rx7 to do a lot of mods but it will mainly be raced in autox and just also a weekend car for me and my gf when we get married, she got as addicted to cars as I am, got her hooked on rotaries and now I can't convince her otherwise ;) hahaha, guess that isn't a bad thing. But I'm curious, I've heard stories of 100k to 120k, and someone told me 200k which I doubt because I heard that the seals may fail and compression goes to crap. I can't confirm nor deny this so I was wondering what you people that OWN them get out of them ;) A little more detail, I AM buying a 1st gen for autocross DESIGNATED as well as a possible drifter, will be stripped and drove like I stole it while at autox, SHE wants to get a 3rd gen for the weekend and for a bit of autox. So if that helps, you have an idea of what kind of miles the engine will see. |
You might hear this alot
but did you even try searching? Their was a post a week ago about this My father's engine lasted 156k before it died, yes its a 3rd gen all stock with no "relabilaty mods" my engine lasted 67k The average "well taken of" 3rd gen will last you 60k+ unless you fuck it up :) |
I have an FB that died with 274,963 miles on the original engine. I have all the receipts for the car from new in 1981. It was GIVEN to me when it had 257,000 miles on it!
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My old FC had 189,000 on it when I sold it for 400 bucks. Passed smog without a problem.
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What I got and what you or anyone else will get depend on whether the car was maintained. I got 367,000+ miles out of the original engine.
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If the compression is over 90 psi per rotor and both are within 5% you should be fine regardless of mileage. Also make sure it has been maintained.
BTW my SE has the original engine with 182,000 miles. |
Originally Posted by Marcus_F
What I got and what you or anyone else will get depend on whether the car was maintained. I got 367,000+ miles out of the original engine.
No offense, that sounds very hard to believe that you got that many miles out of the stock 3 piece apex seals. I can't imagine the top piece of that seal being tall enough so it doesn't flip out of the rotor groove with that many miles. |
My brother got 382,000 miles out of his daily driven GSL-SE Love thows 13B's with 3mm Apex seal
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From what I can tell they last longer than I expected... impressive. :) Wasn't trying to piss you off MrRx, this forum is HUGE, I'm very busy, and to be quite honest didn't really feel like searching through hundreds of threads... I figured if there were any helping souls out there they'd be nice enough to post and help me a bit, and these people were kind enough to do so. However, I know what you mean, and I'm sure it annoys some people, I'll try not to make it a habit.
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Originally Posted by Rx7_Nut13B
My brother got 382,000 miles out of his daily driven GSL-SE Love thows 13B's with 3mm Apex seal
I can imagine the 3mm 2 piece design lasting that long but not the 3 piece design. I would love to see pics of those housings after that many miles. |
Originally Posted by t-von
No offense, that sounds very hard to believe that you got that many miles out of the stock 3 piece apex seals. I can't imagine the top piece of that seal being tall enough so it doesn't flip out of the rotor groove with that many miles.
http://marcusfitzhugh.com/SOCALRX/mbf77.jpg |
My 94 FD has 117000 km's on the orig engine.
Still runs perfectly, never spent a cent apart from following the Mazda servicing schedule. |
Eight years ago I sold a mint red 1981 gsl rx7 that had 160000 and it is still seen around town . Oh yeah I was the third owner. I lived down the street from the second owner so I felt like i actually bought it from the original owner.
I was told by the person that bought this car from me that there family had owned a 1st gen that went over 300000 miles. The key was to drive them hard. It seemed to be a bullet proof car. I now have a second gen non aspirated that has 130000. It drives like new. My mechanic told me to expect 150000 an the average. |
marcus f has a nice rx-7
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Originally Posted by KoiHoshi
From what I can tell they last longer than I expected... impressive. :) Wasn't trying to piss you off MrRx, this forum is HUGE, I'm very busy, and to be quite honest didn't really feel like searching through hundreds of threads... I figured if there were any helping souls out there they'd be nice enough to post and help me a bit, and these people were kind enough to do so. However, I know what you mean, and I'm sure it annoys some people, I'll try not to make it a habit.
Belive me I understand :) ive gotten yelled at a bunch of ppl for not searching I was going to post you up some links but yeah, I cant search for shit :) |
Woooww
:D I'm impressed!!! I didn't think that the 7s lasted that long!!!
So that means the myth of dying under 150000 miles is gone now!!!!! |
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