why is it so hard to find decent t2's in the northwest......anybody?

 

If you need a TII engine, I have one that was rebuilt and only run engough to break it in. $1400.

 

Because I've got 3 of them and there's only a few here in the NW.

BTW... Fairlady motors recently just got a TII front clip into inventory.... Engine, tranny, driveshaft, rear suspension rear brakes, front brakes.... everything to convert your NA car to a TII, harness and ECU. $2500

 

everything to convert it no ****?im gunna have to check them out...i'd love a t2 but i wouldn't mind turboing my gxl......

 

Because the northwest sucks

 

Yeah you just gotta wait until a good one hits the market and have money availible right away and ****** it up asap. Try looking for cali TII they seem to have nice ones there search craiglist in SF Bay area they always have a grip of sevens for sale.

 

TIIs come with a turbo rotary, which will blow a lot earlier in its potential life than an NA rotary. Given the non-cult like following of the TII in comparison to the FD, they get scrapped after they blow in most cases, unless some poor kid owns one and decides to forego his future wealth by throwing money away trying to get one to be fast and last.

 

Why so angry? Jeez... I understand your hatred for the rotary now and that you are going v8, but not everyone shares your extreme outlook. Lots of people have engines that last a very long time and don't have issues. You just don't see them post, why you might ask? People only post when they have problems or when things go wrong. You never see the thousands of people doing good posting. Or let alone the many thousands that aren't even on this board.

Rotary is fine if well built and maintained. Problem is that 80% of the people on this board are either too stupid or too poor to properly maintain their cars. Hence **** breaks, and they give up. And I'm not innocent either, something went wrong and I parted my rx7. However it was because I was tired of what it had become. Too loud, too stripped, too uncomfortable. It was no longer fun, that's why I said F it. I'm looking for a first gen now as a simple/fun car, nothing extreme. IMO that's the best way to go.

 

Hey whassup ddub, long time no see! No one is hating here, it's cool bro, sit back and relax. Your rotary investments are safe, you have made a wise business choice in motive power for your sports cars, and the rotary will not let you down.

 

You really crack me up sometimes Jeff.

But yes long time no see. I ventured over into the other engine conversions section the other day to see what you had been up to. Congrats on the project management job! Just the title reminds me of the statistics class I just finished last quarter, Operations Management. It was all about numbers and statistics as far as seeing if the system was in control or not, and how waiting line distributions could be improved. I hated it

And you must remember! To protect yourself from rotary risk you must diversify your rotary portfolio! Putting all your rotary into 1 car creates a risk beta that no sound invester would touch

By having at least 1 other rotary vehicle, I have protected myself from rotary risk and diversified my portfolio. Thus I am much more protected.

*laf*

 

Oh yah and since I get the luxury of being the 1st and only owner of my rx8, I've decided to treat it the way it deserves for the life it is with me. No more second guessing what BS the last owner did, or finding a new surprise as I try to fix something. It is all mine and I know what is or isn't done to it!

And no way I'll let Mazda touch it again. I have a lot of friends that went through auto-tech programs and are now dealership techs. I can't believe it, it scares me. Even if there is a recall, if it's minor I'll buy the part and do it myself, screw dealerships.

So hopefully my rx8 will have a long and happy life

 

I used to work at a local mazda dealer and the service writter (not naming names) said that the RX8 needs no break in period?

Is this cause he wants the car coming in in a year for a new engine or cause its true you don't need to break it in?

 

Engine is broken in from the factory but nothing else is. The manual suggests a 100 or 200 mile (can't remember) break-in of varying speeds and ****.

 

Ok good I was just making sure he wasn't trying to get a bunch of brand new cars coming back in a year with blown engines.

When you turn your RX8 off do you rev it to 4,000rpm before you turn it off too?

 

Why the hell would I do that? That's what broke *** low compression rx7's do

Never flooded the rx8 once, never will.... People that flood their rx8's fail at life. I purposefully tried to, still started fine.

 

The bitterness is evident! Scrapped my ***! (at least in the NW) And yes, I could be considered a "poor kid", while at the same time throwing a wee bit of money at my Turbo II in the attempt for it to be fast... Well, not too much. A few hundred bucks I suppose. I've got about 20k on an RA seal'd rebuild, streetport, 9:4:1 N/A rotors etc. etc. etc. and it's been just fine. Super reliable, fast and *decent* on gas.

Liar! :smiley_12

j/k

 

Your holy lifestyle has put you in the inner circle of the rotary elite. Unfortunately for me, I was rejected by the rotary gods enough times to bow down to the one true God, who directed me on my path to logical motors that do 300whp on 87 octane with 27mpg on the freeway.

 

Fuel mileage is soooo over rated! It would be nice having something that gets better than 8 miles a gallon (My FD, and its the way I drive it that causes this.) or 18 in my Tundra. My wife usually gets 21ish in our Rx-8.......ohhh how I wish I could get near 30 again. CJ

 

You can, if you make the choice........

 

While I don't have a problem with anyone who wishes to travel down the dark path, it appears that I have been blessed by the rotary gods. So, I shall remain true.

CJ

 

I have owned two roterysover ten years which are both still running with out motor problems.... I have heard I no one owner that put 300000 miles on a 1st gen with out a rebuild. My mechanic tells me 150000 is typical for a NA moter which I havent not seen . A budy of mine owned a T2 which had about 120000befor it blowed. no symptoms to that point of blown motor. have a good one

 

if you can't pay, don't play, and if you don't like rotaries, go the hell away.

 

I like them, I'm just making people like you post with my provocative comments. I would have kept my Lysholm supercharged large streetported rotary if kalifornia would allow custom supercharger installations to pass the smog visual, but they don't. I might live there in a few years.

So take it easy you hypertension harboring washingtonian, I've been up there to pick up a TII drivetrain and all you guys seemed tense. Driving the freeways was like driving in socal except the kalifornians are more predictable.

 

no tension here, I should have said (insert sarcasm). I just felt like rhyming. really I got no beef with piston engines, even chev 350's. If I had to choose between losing the rx-7 chassis, or its rotary heart, I would get a boinger. but it wouldn't be a 350 I could tell you that.

 

How about a built 302 with GT40 aluminum heads?



Look at my poor FC. It's crying because its heart has been replaced with a big heavy american POS, bwahahaha.