John Magnuson

Can someone recommend a shop in the San Diego area that can do a compression check on my FD other than the dealer?

Thanks,

John

fsae_alum

No No No John....say it aint so. Hope it turns out ok.

Try Speed Machine Performance www.speedmachineperformance.com They run the Falken D1 FD so they should know what they're doing. I haven't been to them yet but I've read good things about them. With Puresports gone, they're the alternative from what I've heard.

They're in Vista.

Thanks,
Money (Black FD with idle problem)

PS: We missed you at Fuddruckers last Saturday

RX7 RAGE

iTrader: (22)

Did you blow it John?

John Magnuson

I forgot about speed machine. I made an appointment with them in a couple of weeks (they're really busy right now).

The motor has about 2500 miles on it now and three track weekends. It runs great at the track. It just has a hell of a time starting when hot. I've heard that this can often be due to low compression. So I'll get a compression check to find out. Hopefully it's something other than the motor!

John Magnuson

I was racing my FD at Buttonwillow! Loads o' fun despite the heat. Next month I hope!

RacerX7fb

Thanks for the ride during Mazfest John!

John Magnuson

Anytime! Glad you enjoyed it and didn't get sick! Maybe next year I'll have some good tires!

DaveTurnerMotorsports

Seth is now at JMC Motorsports
2277 National Avenue
San Diego, CA 92113
619-230-8866

zillionaire

These guys are in Chula Vista

http://www.autotechmotorsports.com/index.htm

John Magnuson

Compression Check Complete... result... no compression on the front rotor at all.

Sigh...

fsae_alum

Damn John....sorry to hear that. Who did the check for you? Any idea what the root cause of the failure was? How many miles were on it? Rebuild or replace? Who are you going to get to do the work? Sorry to hear about all of this man!!

RX7 RAGE

iTrader: (22)

damn, that sucks!! Did you happen to get a crappy reman?

John Magnuson

No, I had the engine rebuilt at a reputable shop. It has about 2500 miles on it now and started to idle and start poorly as soon I broke in the engine around 750 miles. The engine runs fine once it gets going it's just idles like crap and starts poorly when hot. I didn't change my setup from what I used on my last engine that I got 70K out of before a water seal finally went bad.

Most likely it is a problem with the seal springs so the rotor has no compression until the centrifical forces of the engine spinning push the seals against the housing.

Fortunately my engine builder said he'd warranty it.