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That sounds horrible. Kit cars are grim in the cold. I did mine in July and the gearing meant that at least the miles went by quite quickly. The cramp was dealt with by having to fill up more often than on my bike

I had a 231 that Rotary Motion rebuilt engine 6k ago was sweet. Got no warranty as out on time but was half the cost of the 1 above. Price seems about right from a rebuilder with that nice 2 year warranty....worth a looksee at least ....you gotta run it in? Its a pain if you have too.

Thanks for the reply, sounds positive.

Will be a pain to run it in. Have run the wife's 231 in last summer and the fc motor in the kit car. The gearing on the 231 made it a lot more boring.

It's up for sale from rotary motion and has just had a rebuild and has a few bolt ons...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-MAZDA-RX-8-231-PS-BLUE-EXTRAS-RECON-ENGINE-2-YEAR-WARRANTY-/331624559027?hash=item4d365d31b3

Anyone know anything about it or can recommend rm?

Already have a 231 that belongs to the wife. Been borrowing it for a few days and it's a lot more fun that the 5-series that's the family car I have. Also have an fc turbo engined kit car but it's awful on the road and just gets used for track stuff and early sunday blasts.

Cheers,

Mark

Freshly built engine so hopefully not.

I got mine from the states...with shipping far chuck of cash. I couldnt go deeper as my 8 engine low in westfield....would be great to have some pics and specs of your car....fisher fury?

Cheers, I have to say I didn't build this car but bought it like it is about three years ago. It's an SSC Stylus running an FC turbo motor. It lost compression over the first year and then Hayward rebuilt it for me, installed a later ignition system and an apexi ecu. We've not put it on a rolling road but we're estimating it's making about 400bhp. Certainly feels quick.

This winter I'm taking it apart to clean up the install a bit, especially the electrics. During that time the plan is to take out the rx7 gearbox and install an rx8 gearbox assuming I can get the gearstick in a reasonable place. The original gearbox is like stirring porridge and the gearbox in my wife's rx8 is way better. The ratios work better according to a gear calculator I found.



Cheers,

Mark

Easiest option would be to fit the Racing Beat sump surge plate, also did I pick up that you have no vent on the catch tank ?

You must vent this if this is so because the system will pressurise and blow oil

hope this helps

It does, thanks.

I was speaking to Karl (Carl?) at Hayward yesterday and he recommended fitting a catch tank with a vent. I'm going to measure it up when I get a minute and get a vented baffled tank with more capacity (I think mine is only 0.5l).

Any idea where I could get that baffle from in the uk?

Thanks,

Mark

So I could solve or improve matters with a sump baffle? Is there anyone in the UK supplying these by any chance?

Thanks,

Mark

Hi,

I have a kit car with an RX7 from a 2nd gen rx7 and took it to Castle Combe on Friday and was having problems with the oil catch tank filling in a single session. The setup I have for the car is the one I got with the car which is an oil line from the oil filler tube into the oil catch tank and then another oil line from the catch tank to the turbo intake between the turbo and air filter. It's perfectly fine on the road and sometimes I get a bit of oil but not a huge amount but if I'm on a track with big sweeping right handers like at Combe then the catch tank fills up and then oil gets in to the turbo intake and the air filter which makes a hell of a mess. The oil catch tank is unvented.

I've done some searches on this and my setup doesn't appear to be too weird or wrong although some do drain the can back to the sump which I'm not that keen on.

Is there any way to reduce the oil surge up the filler neck or any other way to adjust or change my setup that will stop the catch tank filling up quite so quickly. Don't mind there being oil in there obviously, just don't want it filling up so fast it escapes while doing this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0-zm8-5Pu8

Thanks,

Mark

Apparently I also need a shift select spindle (R503-17-550)... any ideas where I can get one in the uk?

Thanks,

Mark

PS. Sorry for replying to my own post, can't see the edit button for the life of me.

This is the right hand spring I need I think...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Atkins-Rotary-Rx7-Rx-7-Shifter-Return-Spring-5-Speed-1981-To-1991-/281621151983?hash=item4191edc0ef

...the price is fine but the postage is 

Does anyone have a source in the uk for shifter return springs and bushes for an FC?

I'm particularly interested in getting a new spring that sits on the right side that provides resistance before allowing you in to 5th/reverse as mine has snapped. I'm looking at overhauling the whole shifter though so the parts on the other side that center the stick in 3rd/4th position are needed too. I would also like to know where I can get the bushes for the selector ball just in case that's contributing. Is there anything else I'd need?

The symptoms are no centralisaion of the stick and missing changes from 2nd to 3rd. The centralisation I can live with but judging the throw from 2nd to 3rd so that it's completely reliable is what I want to sort out. On the road this isn't a problem and even on the track it's kind of ok but a pain. However I was at Gurston Down hill climb school yesterday and there's a lot of other stuff I need to be thinking about going up the hill than where 3rd is.

Cheers for any help.

Regards,

Mark

Ok, thanks. I\'ll try again tomorrow.

Thanks. Been trying the phone, email and text so just wanted to check if they were still there.

Has anyone been in touch with Hayward Rotary recently. Trying to get in touch with regard to the progress of my car but without success. Just trying to figure out if they\'re still there before I drive over.

Thanks,

Mark

Figured it out... the diaphragm in the wastegate had deteriorated and was not air tight. Replaced it with a new one and all is working as normal again.

Thanks for the info and help.

Regards,

Mark