my unexpected rebuild project

[petesonfire]

Well were do i start, had my rex for about a month now and was loving every min of it until ....... i took her to santa pod. after 2 runs the best being a 12.59 at 118mph (not bad considering i dont really know the car) i thought i would give her a rest, on the way home had an audi up my ar** and to show hes not worth it put my foot down, upon doing so my car spluttered and chucked out some black smoke and gained a miss fire and with some investigation found it had done a seal. now correct me if im wrong but i found a car with some engine mods and a recent rebuild (no proof though) in the interest of this not happening and spending money on the rest of the car untill she needed a rebuild, how wrong was i, in the interest of saving money and being a mechanic im going to man up and rebuild it myself.

So here she is in th first part of being rebuilt, the aim after the rebuild is to hit 400/450 bhp all going to plan.

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After everything has been labled its not to bad to get out, wen you find out the clutch stays on th g/box that is lol it all has to start somewere

[Mir]

Best of luck with your rebuild. Wishing you luck on every stage of your rebuild.

Regards
Syed

[s1Edwards]

i am jsut about to join you on the self rebuild
good luck

[petesonfire]

cheers people its suppriseing how much the bits are for these engines, and so many different ppl to buy off

[s1Edwards]

hi mate
 
where are you getting your rebuild kit from
 
cheers
scottie

[petesonfire]

still looking in to it at the mo, going to take the block to hayway rotary for him to strip find out whats needed then get the parts, theres a few to choose from

[s1Edwards]

ok cool, i am rebuilding myself but going to get the plates ported by some one, if you dont mind once you got your seals and where to get them from would be great

[petesonfire]

prob going to get it ported by haywood rotary, the engines all bare now ready to be ripped to bits by carl (so i can see how things come apart) on monday, i know he sells rebuild parts or mazada rotary parts speak to clive hes really usefull

[BlitzBoy]

s1Edwards as you live in Portsmouth,  Reworx are based in Portsmouth they sell rebuild parts as well

[petesonfire]

engine is all stripped now ...... turns out it was 2 tips on the rear rotor had chipped  luckily (in  way) the bits went straight out the exhaust port so all  the housings are fine BUT what goes out the exhaust port tends to end up  at the turbo gotta check tomorow as the cars at work. Will get some pics up tomorow

[petesonfire]

well rang up air fix and got my engine in a box lol so let the rebuild begin, after speaking to clive at mazdarotaryparts (top bloke mega handy) got the news on the cost of the parts £560 odd for all the seals bearings and counter balance weight (for the lightened flywheel i havent got yet) and that doesnt count all the rest of the stuff i need to get her running what i want i.e twin plate cluth, porting turbo rebuild etc. also got a pic of one of the tips that decided to brake, such a little part can cause so much hasstle

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[petesonfire]

just cleaned the rotors of the carbon stuck to it, while i wait for money to grow on trees ill paint up some of the other parts over winter more pics to follow

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[BlitzBoy]

good news the rotors are fine, any damage to the housings?

[petesonfire]

none what so ever, not even a little scrape and it looks like they havent damaged the turbo, i will still get it refurbed though dont want the turbo to die and kill what will be my nice new engine

[fil_auto]

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none what so ever, not even a little scrape and it looks like they havent damaged the turbo, i will still get it refurbed though dont want the turbo to die and kill what will be my nice new engine