Think its blown

[davefrith]

you can take the price of a rebuild off and a bit more for the hassle if its blown i reckon

Blown engines are a unknown quantity for a buyer cos they don\'t know how much damage has been done until its been stripped right down and inspected

Dave

[J4P RX]

I was thinking more of exact numbers.

Like would 5k or something be reasonable or not?  If someone were to pay that then they would have a nice car with an engine specced how they wanted providing they didnt mind the hassle.

[davefrith]

I don\'t have a clue about resale values, and I don\'t know anything about your car anyways

get it rebuilt !

[J4P RX]

Dont think I can.

Dont have enough money just lying there that I can afford to rebuild it.  I could stick it on the Credit Card, but seeing as im also un-employed (bar this crappy temp job) this may not be the best idea around.

To top it off, my insurance is due in <2 months and I didnt think I was going to be able to get it insured next year anyway.

[davefrith]

mate thats a pain in the arse, your money is better spent at this precise moment on a specialist diagnosis and compression test

then you will be in a better position and can decide how to proceed

lifes a bitch sometimes my friend

[Wav]

I\'m really sorry to hear about your motor:(. I think your best bet is to get it re-built using your credit card to pay for it, then you\'d be able to sell the car with a full warranty etc etc for alot more than you\'d be able to sell a blown up FD for imo.

But as said previously get it checked out and find out exactly what is wrong with her, before you make your decision.

Good luck getting her sorted,

Paul:)

[gsb876]

Hii Lee,

so sorry to hear about your troubles mate, one thing that does bother me about rx7\'s is the reliability and normally i run mine at low boost with the boost right down as low as it goes!

Hope you can find a solution if not post some pics and hopefully someone will take her:(

Hope it hasn\'t put you off the rotary\'s?
Goodluck

[bnaellis]

Sorry to hear lee,

thinking about how much bhp you said the car had with just the few mods you had makes me think that they were running very agressive timing advance especially at around the peak torque area. Which ok at a set boost level but anything above that level whatever it would be set at 0.8 or 0.9 bar then your timing advance becomes too much for the given boost level and detonation is the result. How much did you overboost by ? and didn\'t you have a boost controller ?

rgds

[J4P RX]

No I dont have a boost controller - it runs 1 bar but it just runs like that from the ECU.  I dont know what it was going to either as the guage gets a bit hard to read over 1bar.  It didnt seem to go that much over this, maybe 1.1 just a sort of fluction around that area.  

Lee

[bnaellis]

I don\'t know for definite but I doubt very much it was running lean with your setup it\'s more than likely the advance on your chipped ecu at the that boost. I am sure those knightsports chips are tuned/designed for .9 bar Stil you never know with a bit of luck it might be something a lot simpler and the engine is fine. If so the first thiong I would buy is a boost controller.

rgds

[scooby_si]

Booger sorry to hear of yer seeming woe Fingers crossed you manage to land on yer feet in then end....How long have you been with the agency can\'t you get a loan if you have 3 previous slips or such like? Anyway dont wana get you in debt as i fekin hate the stuff but as i say hope it aint as gloomy as it may appear.......
Si

[J4P RX]

Yeah well as said the thing for me to do is get it looked at and just go from there, so thats what im going to arrange.

[Gman]

Man what a shitty thing to happen, a bet u feel ilike RX7s have somthing against u!

No chance of getting sponsored for your drifting?

[J4P RX]

Yeah was thinking that might be worth persuing considering at the very least 2 magazines are covering it.  Thing is I couldnt do that without commiting to a year, and cant do that if I cant get it insured lol - its all fun :rollin

Im just going to get it looked at and hopefully sorted ASAP.

[Robertio]

Sorry to hear of what sounds like your engines demise Lee

I would have driven my car home if I could have, but after my tip went it wouldn\'t hold a solid rpm at any point, and even with my foot on the floor would only do 55mph tops.  Not a nice experience.

I agree that getting it rebuilt on the credit card and then selling it is the best way for you to go, I doubt you\'ll find many people willing to give any real money for an FD with a dead engine.