Picking up an FD with 55k on.

[ramirez]

Hi guys,

I\'ve found a cheap FD (circa £2000) which is on its stock engine, with 55,000 miles on. I know it will need rebuilding soon, which is why i\'ve gone for it really.

I would like to attempt to give the rebuild a go myself, ideally before it goes bang.

This probably gets asked all the time, but whats the best reading material for doing this kind of work? Any DVD\'s / manuals?

I should be ok sourcing parts as I work within 2 minutes of Lindop Bro\'s in Queensferry and live not far from Northwich for WGT. I\'m not a newbie to RX7\'s, i\'ve had an EGI and Turbo II but this FD seemed like a very good deal for one which is in decent condition.

[Brett]

TBH with FD\'s I\'d forget the condition of the engine, look at the overall condition of the car.  A good FD body/suspension wise is now hard to find...

:wave

[dthebuk]

TBH with FD\'s I\'d forget the condition of the engine, look at the overall condition of the car.  A good FD body/suspension wise is now hard to find...

:wave

+1 ^^^


engines get taken out and put into these cars all the time. its all about finding a good chasis

[grinder]

thats a cheap FD

[robedwards99]

thats a cheap FD

A lad local to me just picked up a T reg (1999) with 39,000KM (not miles!) on it for £1995.

It needs some work but nothing too major and it\'s running!

[Jono FD3]

A lad local to me just picked up a T reg (1999) with 39,000KM (not miles!) on it for £1995.

It needs some work but nothing too major and it\'s running!

I\'d be getting a compression test on that straight away, as that sounds tooooo good to be true :o

[slingo]

thats a good price,even with a rebuild you wont lose anything ! compresion test it before pulling it out just to give you a idea of the engines health but its going to be alot cheaper if you rebuild it before tip faliure(i learnt the hard way )  .atkins rotary .com  for your rebuild d.v.d

[Jit]

I\'d be getting a compression test on that straight away, as that sounds tooooo good to be true :o

It was lol... it was an auto which had beeen bent a fair bit in japan i imagine...!

[ghostjd]

Hi guys,This probably gets asked all the time, but whats the best reading material for doing this kind of work? Any DVD\'s / manuals?

Hi try these sites for info and parts for DIY Rebuilds


Rotary Engine Illustrated (fantastic free resource)
http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com/

pineapple racing
http://www.pineappleracing.com/

Rotary Art
http://www.rotaryart.co.uk/

DIY-Re for rebuild dvds and parts
http://www.diy-re.uk.com/

[ramirez]

right guys, good news and bad news!

Good news :

Car is in generally good nick, nice body, respray, lowered suspension. Custom exhaust etc.

On the road it drove pretty good

Bad news :

1) Had a compression test done just a moment ago at Lindop Bros.

Results were :

Rear rotor

7.5
7.3
7.5

Front rotor:

Predicted a chipped seal, the machine said "9.5, 0, 0"

The idle is a little shakey, car still starts fine and does run ok though.

Any thoughts? This hasn\'t in anyway demotivated me, I had expected that the engine would not be perfect.

[SmbFD3S]

All depends really what that "chipped" tip has done to the housing and/or rotor to be honest which you wont know til you pull it apart...
 
But if it\'s a good shell, it\'s still a good price as others have said

[grinder]

the 9.5 was a good start on the rear

[ramirez]

Hah I know, I saw that and thought Zoiks thats good!

Top guys at Lindop Bros / Silverstone Autos though, very very friendly and knowledgable!

[SiH]

Was it the white one from Brum? That supposedly just needed a new fuel pump?

Almost bought that myself just to learn how to build engines

[ramirez]

Nope, purple / maroon one on ebay!

had a nice kit, BBS alloys etc