kain

what the ---- does this mean? rx7 owners dont need mechanics. we work on our own cars.

Scott-EP

they really should have made apex seal replacements a lot easier on those cars. i have never owned one, but i know they go through them like people on this site go through oil. turbo cars always leak

kain

the engine takes 30 minutes to pull out, and less time to tear down, and about a couple hours to rebuild.

its.... not that hard.

plus apex seals arent made of plastic. if you treat it right it will run for a long time.

hyper4mance2k

Rataries are enherantly more reliable then piston cars. There are only 9 things to break. The only problem is that any 1 of those 9 things requires a rebuild to fix. There are plenty of 200k+ rotaries out there. My FC had 235k before it finally blew and I beat the ---- out of it. I've built turbo rotaries on cars with over 300k miles on them. It's all about tuning. With a piston engine you can survive a few detonations and tune around them. with a rotary 1 and it's blown. The thing is to have someone tune the car who knows what they are doing. The biggest problem with FD is that they are tuned to the extent from Mazda running 13:1 afr's for peak power at 8 psi. People throw and exhaust on there with no other mods and all of a sudden you're running 14.5:1 afr's at 10 psi and people wonder why their car blew up.

j3w

idiot

hyper4mance2k

You can drive a rotary car for 200k and not have to replace 1 thing... I've done it. I've never heard of even a Honda going 200k without replacing a timing belt, head gasket, etc... Other than mods my FC never had anything replaced but brakes, oil and air filters and it lasted 235k.

j3w

you've driven one car 200k miles yourself? you're 26, so assuming it was your first car, you'd have to drive it 20,000 miles per year on average for ten years, which is well outside what an average person drives.

Scott-EP

im not trying to get into the rotary/ piston debate. it will never end and im not closed minded enough to think pistons engines are the best. i am open to all engines

78NOVA

i loved my rx7, no longer own it, wish i had the cash to keep it. oh well im sure i can get another one. one thing for sure is this as a known fact, the exhaust note on a rx7 will own all others cars for life!!!!! its the best sounding thing ever to my ears.

hyper4mance2k

I didn't put all 200k on it, I was the second owner. I was a manufacturers rep and drove an average of 45,000 miles a year when I had it. Yes much more than average you should've seen my gas recipts and tax exemptions. I love piston cars as well. Both engines have their benifits and both have their drawbacks. I will always have both types of cars and modify both. I'm done with the debate because it's as pointless as a n/a, turbo, super charger debate. Noone can ever win.