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[matthewbellamy]

Hi.
 
Is there anyone in here nearby or willing to travel to the Birmingham area to have a look at my car to see if my engine is running right? Surely just a drive you can compare to the power of your own car and see where mine lacks in certain points.. Just need peace of mind as i have no local rotary buddies

[jamison1982]

whats making you think there is something wrong mate

[matthewbellamy]

I dont know, i maybe just a bit paranoid but because ive never seen another working RX7 in my entire life and never sat in any other RX7 but my own i just want to make sure everything seems right with it?

[matthewbellamy]

It has an intermittent rough idle and sometimes conks out on me, i start it up and everything works fine again especially when i keep driving..when im stationary at traffic lights it holds its idle about 250-500rpm.. i have alot of aftermarket parts on such as intercooler,induction kit,exhaust but a stock ECU and according to Pip at WGT it hasnt been tuned, i dont know if thats why its idling rough sometimes.. Just need peace of mind mate..

[johnf]

I\'m in Solihull

Owned a 3rd Gen for 5 years - a 3 rotor cosmo for a year and currently have a T11

If you want to arrange to bring it over I\'ll compare.

Far from an expert but the offers there if it helps.

John

[matthewbellamy]

johnf thank you, that would be really helpful, im meant to go down to Solihull next week sometime to deliver a set of FD3S headlights for adarmo on here.. my email is matthew_bellamy@hotmail.co.uk and we can hopefully arrange a time,place etc.

[rx-dave]

If you are ever down in Wales pop in and i\'ll put the compression tester on it for you matey :Thumbs-up
Dave.

[matthewbellamy]

Thanks mate but Im afraid of that Dave... i dont know if i want to know how close it is to a rebuild especially now after losing my job recently..

[RotRex]

You mention Pip. Did he identify a problem with it? Might be worth asking him to have a check and test drive as he would have more experience than most.

[jamison1982]

has it been serviced ? plugs leads at all

if your after peace of mind mate i would take it to a specialist and get them to look at it

[Ricco_04]

If its idle is 250-500 then thats to low, should be 750-850rpm im sure?

Also with those mods there is a chance you can hurt the car by giving it the beans so would need a re-mappable ECU (like an Apexi PFC) then needs to be properly tuned/mapped.  This must be what Pip was referring to - as you say you have a standard ECU, these can not be re-mapped hense Pip saying it wasnt tuned properly?

[Pantera Chris]

Haven\'t you been told many times before you need a power fc and remap. Why don\'t you actually do that?