Hello! What do you think...

[dthebuk]

its worth noting that FC engines tend to last longer as they dont run as much power as the fd engines.

As for buying. The shell is the most important thing in my eyes as it\'s the hardest to replace. Then engine, either look for a rebuilt one or a dead one. Then depending on budget you might wanna look at the state of the suspension, interior etc.

If you want to go single I suggest you buy one already done, much much cheaper than doing it yourself. Obviously it depends what you want out of the car etc. Make sure you get one that has the right single tub set up, they aren\'t all the same.

But generally the more you pay in the beginning, the less you pay later, unless you get bummed and your engine dies

[trotter]

to answer an above question. You can get 350bhp out of the stock twins, but they will be starting to squeal lol. IIRC the most boost you can \'safely\' get out of them is 1barg. After that they don\'t like it much lol.

You can get uprated twins from either Knightsports or BNR that will get you to 450ish, but they are pricey

[Edd1Ninety9]

Well I\'ll be buying a FD \'cos they look sweet and are awesome!

So now a decent shell is the only thing I should look for?! Would a high mileage import be undersealed and all ok over here in the UK? I\'m sure I\'ll get round to doing stuff like poly bushes at some point anyway so not a huge problem.

With regards to factoring in a rebuild, how much time does it roughly take and how much in pure parts? All brand new...? I\'d be undertaking it myself for sure so not a problem, just hoping to have it out on the bench and back in over a weekend.

Also, when I buy my car I would want to at least drive it for a bit before having to immediately rebuild it!! :O

With regards to the power, stock will be enough at first then usual mods then perhaps non-seq twins up to ~350 and we\'ll see. That\'ll be more than enough due to this being my first RWD turbo... :wiggle

So are the turbos the first to go at higher boost pressures as opposed to the actual internals? How good is the 13B at handling high boost and power? I know a 2JZ-GTE that is running 1200hp on the stock block and crank so....

Thanks guys, hugely helpful. :cheers

[splinter53]

I might be selling my fd soon as I\'m going self employed and need to get a van. It\'s a single turbo set up looks sweet it\'s red just changed the engine Aswel to a different engine which had high compression results the chassis has only done 50,000 miles some of which is kilometres. It\'s running 368.9 bhp as needed a new cluth and a front bumper that doesn\'t block the front mount so much. The clutch is getting changed today as I write and the bumper is in my back garden just needs painting but should be able to get 440bhp ish then. But will be looking for 7500, can even thrown in my old engine so you could rebuild that one and still drive the fd.

[StreetracerHCI]

Edd1 you\'re lucky, you\'re living in uk
I think that I live in a country that can not even pronounce the name Wankel.
 Here are all incapable of knowing, only a few fans like me looking for information, but otherwise you can feel comfortable, it\'s me who should I worry if I have some serious problems :rolleyes::Hammer

[Edd1Ninety9]

Splinter, sounds awesome mate. What\'s more of the spec? Where are you based as well? Might nip up and see if you can give me a passenger ride sometime soon so I can extend the overdraft! Haha

£7500 is a bit out of budget at the moment, well depends entirely how much I can sell my existing car for. Either I\'ll have to wait a bit longer or would you be open to offers? :wiggle


Haha streetracer, it seems there are many awesome rotary specialists in the country with three within 50miles of me!

Got to get one now... It be rude not to.

[dthebuk]

Well if we\'re all plugging our cars.

My T04r turbo\'d FD is up for £6.6k atm. Absolutely no rust on the shell and 5k miles on the engine! Running on coil overs and has uprated brakes too

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71190

[Edd1Ninety9]

£6.6k? Are you serious?! :O Would you take a part exchange?!