This happened today
#11
Originally Posted by Brian S.' post='808607' date='Mar 19 2006, 03:08 AM
piston or rotary? it's a miracle if its a rotary.
#12
Originally Posted by Kentetsu' post='809401' date='Mar 22 2006, 05:16 PM
Umm, rotary of course... My theory is, as long as you rev her up high (7k) on a daily basis, she'll run forever. Working great so far. lol.
damn. that's ******* crazy.
#14
Who the hell let that guy in the forum - "Piston or Rotary".. it's people like that that gave the rotary a bad name... the rotary is highly reliable in the NA 12A and 13B forms.... i've probably seen more rotaries w/ 200K+ miles than any other piston engine besides the 4.0L Jeep motor...
Congrats on the mileage and keep it rollin'
Congrats on the mileage and keep it rollin'
#15
really though, ask many FB owners, as 75% of them are over 100k miles. Mine personally is at 140kish and I can attest to the fact that high revving once in a while does help. The 12a likes a little abuse. Pistons do not. nuff said
#16
Originally Posted by Lapis_Blue' post='809656' date='Mar 23 2006, 08:05 PM
really though, ask many FB owners, as 75% of them are over 100k miles. Mine personally is at 140kish and I can attest to the fact that high revving once in a while does help. The 12a likes a little abuse. Pistons do not. nuff said
#17
Originally Posted by Lapis_Blue' post='809656' date='Mar 23 2006, 07:05 PM
really though, ask many FB owners, as 75% of them are over 100k miles. Mine personally is at 140kish and I can attest to the fact that high revving once in a while does help. The 12a likes a little abuse. Pistons do not. nuff said
the previous owners of my SA22 took poor care of it . its at 93k, and its 2nd engine (probably soon to be its 3rd). its staying at 93k until i'm done working on it (which could be a while) i just wish i was able to let it run for about 10 minutes a week, so i wouldn't have to worry about the engine.
#18
Originally Posted by Brian S.' post='810050' date='Mar 25 2006, 01:55 PM
the previous owners of my SA22 took poor care of it . its at 93k, and its 2nd engine (probably soon to be its 3rd). its staying at 93k until i'm done working on it (which could be a while) i just wish i was able to let it run for about 10 minutes a week, so i wouldn't have to worry about the engine.
true true, I didnt count that into effect. quick to judge, ya know? My 7 is my daily driver, and I think that plays a key part in it. Granted, I am finishing high school right now, so I am not exactly commuting, but I just drive a 140 mile round trip the other day and it was a beautiful thing how well it drove.
#19
I bought my car with 175,000 on it, and the PO was an older guy. He was a sales rep that covered a 10 state area (hence the high miles), but he always drove it pretty easy. The car was pretty low on power, and idled like crap when I got it.
After I read up on rotaries, and how they need high rpms to keep them clean, I decided to redline it for the 1st time on the way home from work (still kind of scary with that kind of miles on the motor). It was like 3 am, and going from a stoplight I redlined it in 1st and then 2nd gear. When I looked in the mirror there was this huge cloud of smoke. I though I had blown my motor! I pulled a uturn and rolled the window down to get a whiff of the smoke, but it didn't have any odor at all. What a relief, I was expecting burnt oil or something.
After that, the power was very noticeably increased, and she idled as smooth as silk. Ever since then, I have been a firm believer in high rpms to keep a rotary healthy. I figure the cloud was just all of the carbon that was built up in the motor.
Like I said, she is now just a hair under 200k but I would not worry a bit if I had to drive from Michigan to Cali. Just check the fluids and go. Gotta love that!
After I read up on rotaries, and how they need high rpms to keep them clean, I decided to redline it for the 1st time on the way home from work (still kind of scary with that kind of miles on the motor). It was like 3 am, and going from a stoplight I redlined it in 1st and then 2nd gear. When I looked in the mirror there was this huge cloud of smoke. I though I had blown my motor! I pulled a uturn and rolled the window down to get a whiff of the smoke, but it didn't have any odor at all. What a relief, I was expecting burnt oil or something.
After that, the power was very noticeably increased, and she idled as smooth as silk. Ever since then, I have been a firm believer in high rpms to keep a rotary healthy. I figure the cloud was just all of the carbon that was built up in the motor.
Like I said, she is now just a hair under 200k but I would not worry a bit if I had to drive from Michigan to Cali. Just check the fluids and go. Gotta love that!
#20
I have an RX-7 with over 250K miles that still runs strong. Burns a little coolant, but still runs. My other one had 215K when it finally let go. Ive seen more RX-7s with 100K+ and 200K than anything else and they still run fine. The mileage you can get out of one of these things is amazing to me. I guess its the fact theres only like 3 moving parts vs all the damn parts in a piston engine. Less joints to fail I guess, I dunno.
~T.J.
~T.J.
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