Hi guys, I just joined here but have been lurking around on MRC for the past 2 years or so because I always had a keen interest in the RX7 and the rotary scene. After looking at some of the horror stories on forums, I was really put off, and it was touch and go whether I would ever purchase an RX7. Even after looking at many other sports cars, the rx7 still won my heart, so I took the plunge on purchasing an rx7 in early August last year. The vehicle was a 92 rx7, street ported, changed to a non sequential turbo setup with a number of mods done to the vehicle. The vehicle had been rebuilt and mapped by WGT, with only 4k on the new engine and a remaining warranty.
Cut the long story short, I used the vehicle for less than 500 miles when the inevitable happened. I drove the car literally down the road from my house when the engine lost all power, sounding just like a lumpy Harley Davidson:eek:. I managed to pull the car over and switched it off, as I did not want to cause any further damage. Called the good old AA man but if never had a clue and said the best he could was to call low loader truck and have it towed home.
I had the engine checked and one of the rotors has lost complete compression:eek: whilst the other seems to be firing fine.
The engine is currently being removed by Laeeq and will be rebuilt by JayDee with one of his famous street ports. This engine will also be accompanied with a 1 year warranty or 12k. After the boring 1000 mile run in, JayDee will also be mapping the car. I’m also looking to go single at the same time:mmmm.
I’m currently on the look out for a Greddy 3 row intercooler or similar, a Garret/HKS T04S complete turbo kit and a Trust/HKS 80 mm high flow silenced midpipe. If anyone wants to part with any items mentioned, please leave a reply..
On completion of my engine, I will have some parts up for sale due to changing to single turbo. I will post the parts for sale when they become available.
Thanks for reading chaps and hope to see you guys around:driving.
REW_D
welcome here dude...was fun taking that engine out yesterday in sub 0 temps:Nono!:Laugh
should\'nt be long before Jay can do his magic and you will be back on the road:burnout
Welcome to the club. :Thumbs-up Sorry you had to come into rotary ownership the ugly way with it going phut so soon, but at least it looks like your car\'s in good hands! :)
Laeeq - my fingers are still bloody frozen right now and i had my hands in my pockets most the of time!
Nik - nice to meet you Nik, yeh i really had a nightmare with the car but hopefully the boys will do a superb job and get me back on the road.
Hi, Welcome to the club !
If the engine still has a warrenty surely pip will fix it ??
Any photos of the car ??
Shaun
Hi Shaun, nice to meet you mate.
With regards to the warranty, basically the car was sold with an engine warranty only later to find out that the warranty never exsisted and that it had expired months before the car was placed for sale by the owner. Therefore the problem has nothing to do with pip. Thankfully the matter has now been resolved with the previous owner.
i got pics of the car, but i\'m not a full member here!
REW_D
Stick them on photobucket and then you can link them easily :D
Good to hear your getting it sorted !
Shaun
Shaun, if your up for the task of posting the pics, then i can email them to you:D. I never liked using photobucket:Hammer
REW_D
lol, no problem. my email is shaunDOTwilmer[att]btinternetDOTcom
Shaun
Hey Shaun, pics been sent mate..:cheers
Didn\'t post right, just a minute !
Shaun
Right This :
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/shaunwil/rx7.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/shaunwil/rx71.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/shaunwil/rx72.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/shaunwil/rx73.jpg)
Shaun
welcome, looks very nice mate.
let us know how you get on with it :)
Hi thanks Karl thanks for your comment about the car.
Hopefully, she will be on the road pretty soon, i\'ll keep you posted on the progress mate:yes.
REW_D
Shaun, thanks for posting the pics mate.
REW_D
looks very nice mate the wheels arnt really my cup of tea though, the colour is wicked
ahh Doms old car...fantastic car that....went out in that an all i can say is that its a fantastic piece of kit! surprised it needs a rebuild so soon though! it cant have been rebuilt too long ago and the engine was sweet as when Dom had it!
Gandy - hi, and thanks for your comments..
Jit - nice to meet you mate. I also was also very suprised that the engine needs a rebuild so soon. The car was driven less then 500 miles in my ownership, before it collapsed.
Hopefully she going to be back on the road soon.
REW_D
good luck with the re-built engine - had mine rebuilt in November after destroying it due to a water seal failure and a stubborn refusal to pull over straight away!
im half-way through the run in period and its not anywhere near as bad as i originally thought although it is starting to drag on a bit now..
There seems to be some issues that need to be resolved, firstly i was told by laeeq not to port engine, and with your power goal the ports that already exist in this engine are surely not up for the job for example the exhaust ports are standard. my main point of concern is warranty before any work takes place would like to make a point of letting you know that will not be giving any warranty with this engine apart from if the engine knocks, smokes and low compression. I think this is fair as i have know way of checking and testing various ancillaries, there clearly shows there is a problem somewhere as the front was completely trashed, a shame at such low millage. So as a result i feel that the person replacing and installing the engine should warranty it. I\'m noy willing to put my name and reputation to other peoples work. If this is a problem for you, your engine is ready to be collected i hope you can understand my point sorry for any miss understanding.
Hi Jay, i fully understand what your saying, thanks for clearing things up. I\'m just about a give Laeeq a call now.
REW_D
Quote from: JayDee;571377There seems to be some issues that need to be resolved, firstly i was told by laeeq not to port engine, and with your power goal the ports that already exist in this engine are surely not up for the job for example the exhaust ports are standard. my main point of concern is warranty before any work takes place would like to make a point of letting you know that will not be giving any warranty with this engine apart from if the engine knocks, smokes and low compression. I think this is fair as i have know way of checking and testing various ancillaries, there clearly shows there is a problem somewhere as the front was completely trashed, a shame at such low millage. So as a result i feel that the person replacing and installing the engine should warranty it. I\'m noy willing to put my name and reputation to other peoples work. If this is a problem for you, your engine is ready to be collected i hope you can understand my point sorry for any miss understanding.
Hi Jay! Yes fair points here as i will be the one putting the block back together and put it back in the car and it will be my resposibility. As long as you will give the warranty for engine knocks, smokes and low compression as said above. Could you also please clearify that you will mape the car too as it will be your engine and should not be maped by others?
Cheers
laeeq what are you getting yourself involved in:o...call me bro.
Quote from: Laeeq;571412Hi Jay! Yes fair points here as i will be the one putting the block back together and put it back in the car and it will be my resposibility. As long as you will give the warranty for engine knocks, smokes and low compression as said above. Could you also please clearify that you will mape the car too as it will be your engine and should not be maped by others?
Cheers
:D :D ooops just read my own post its not me who is going to put the block together its going to be Jay im just gonna get all the Ancillaries togethr so that i can drop the engine in and start..:3gears-rh
PHEW....I was begining to think you were getting a bit adventurous!!!!
doms old car or should i say sham\'s old car.
sorry to hear that its blown, i\'d consider it one of the more sorted fd\'s about.
tbh im fed up of hearing about engines going pop with a few thousand miles from rebuild its a sad thing which seems to be ruining the whole scene and rendering superb cars worthless.
hope you get it sorted.
that is very true mate,
i carnt help but think why, would be interesting to compare them all.
the engines are seriously strong and can take lots of abuse when everything is working right, if a part fails or people play about with them they blow quicker than you know
Oliverash – Hi mate, good luck on your rebuild and I’m to glad to see that you have your car back on the road.
M4DRX – Hi Tharek, how you been? long time no see. I can’t believe my luck that the engine blew up so soon, but hopefully she will be back in action soon:yes.
REW_D
Quote from: JayDee;571566the engines are seriously strong and can take lots of abuse when everything is working right, if a part fails or people play about with them they blow quicker than you know
I agree with Jason here,often people can be the cause with minor things being altered when everything is setup right,so if your are even altering an exhaust speak to a specialist first,also sometimes engines are said to have been rebuilt when they are clearly not,so wear and tear can be the cause.And alot of parts external to the engine are getting quite old now too,but it would be totally impractical to replace every ancillary to be like new as it would be prohibitively expensive.
Regards
Carl
Quote from: REW_D;571580Oliverash â€" Hi mate, good luck on your rebuild and I’m to glad to see that you have your car back on the road.
M4DRX â€" Hi Tharek, how you been? long time no see. I can’t believe my luck that the engine blew up so soon, but hopefully she will be back in action soon:yes.
REW_D
dude what wrong with your phone:confused:
A beautiful car amazing drive and gave dom no hassle when owned. Shame the problems started for him after it was sold eh.
:D Sorry Laeeq, i\'ll call you now! had no reception.
Quote from: John_Hudson;571668A beautiful car amazing drive and gave dom no hassle when owned. Shame the problems started for him after it was sold eh.
What part of the car was sold with warranty but did not have warranty do you not understand?
The car drove fine etc... that\'s fine but why sell saying it has warranty if it did not? I am sure like many rx owners they check for warranty.
If you got sold a car that the person you bought it from said had warranty but never did I am pretty sure you would be ....ed off too. So keep the snidy eh to yourself next time.
heh whatever i know who i believe and it certainly isnt you, Dom is a good lad and everyone i know on here holds him in high regards. You screwed him end of story thubs up to friendship huh