https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/hmm-buy-rebuild-jspec-743715/

share thoughts plz

 

Ok dont know whats going on with that S4 engines turbo but you said the motor is in good shape. The black 88 shell that you have needs a motor and possibly more work besides a motor so maybe you should go for the S4 motor. Clay had multiple engines to choose from when he got his overseas motor and although you cant start the engine hopefully they will have some background on it. I would say try the S4 motor rebuild

 

Well if you rebuild yours, i'll give you a hand. I have to rebuild the
new one I bought, so we're in the same boat.

 

That would be cool

 

i got a jspec a while ago and it didnt need to be rebuilt, it was all pretty and had great compression, then my car was hit

 

hmmm went and looked at it again today, parts of the harness look damaged, not cut,but pretty dang beat up. The hardlines next to the turbo are black, these are teh ones that were glowing red when it was running. All together motor looks old, but it did run about 3 months ago...I asked if we could get it runnin again but someone took teh spark plugs off the car ect ect, they dont wanna bother with it....I dont think im gonna shovel out money if i cant see it run again.

 

is this the one out of the junkyard that you were talking about a while ago? and how many miles are on it?

 

yes and 140k i think.

 

with what you described as the condition and the miles that are on it
you should seriously be thinking about rebuilding it anyway. I'm thinkin'
that it doesn't have much life left in it.....

 

yeah honestly in this situation i would say its more of which engine would you rather rebuild

 

sry to thread jack but, since I'm in the same boat and lookin at a rebuild,
Fumihiko, you know anywhere close to us (I'm in Kent) that I'd be able to
rebuild my engine? Live in an apartment, and Drift Office said they wanted
nothing to do with my car......

 

cuz drift office doesnt work on them. lol.

 

umm how much work are you looking to do?
like are you able to pull your engine or do you want to just take your car there and be done with it.
sorry about the thread side route shane

 

I don't have a cherry picker, and I've never pulled a rotary,
but that was what I was planning on was pulling it and trying
to rebuild it. I found a rebuild kit (Mazda OEM I think) for 120,
so I figure I'd give it a go.

Just want to get it daily driving till I got all the parts for a t2 swap.
I already was talkin a little to Shane, since he's never done it, and
I've never done it, but we both need to do it, about helpin each
other. Would make things a bit easier to have a second hand I'm
sure.

 

pulling an engine is cake.
lol believe me. its a one day thing.
do you have a garage at your apartment?
or would it be in a parking spot?
are you sure your apartment will allow you to do jazz like this too?

 

Ive pulled em and put em in, just never tore apart the block. No biggy about the thread side thingy lol. The more feedback the better and its always nice to have sources for help that are local

 

Nah, management here at my apartment are ****'s, I was checkin my
oil in my Subaru the other day and I had em' come down on me like an
iron fist......

So I gotta find a place to rebuild it, or pay whatever to have someone
rebuild it, which is dumb since I have two hands and the RX7 Workshop
manual.....

you guys pull your engines with a trans, or did you disconnect it from the
transfer case first?

 

I pull it with trans its easier, especially when you put it back in

 

yeah its easier to pull the tranny too when you do it.
and when i had my motor built i went here

Import Auto Repair
Engine, Repairs
Lopie
(360) 753-5887
9611 Littlerock Rd. SW
Olympia, WA 98512

its a bit of a drive but he does good work and he'll do all the work.

 

how much you pay for yours fumi?

 

lol i dont remember anymore.
i just know that i brought him a short block and a rebuild kitand had him port it and build it

but i dont even remember anymore too much **** happened with that car in a short time so i was more forced to remember insurance angenceys and jaz.