1988RedT2

Mine was terrible on hot restarts until I pulled the injectors and had them cleaned. I couldn't shut the engine off to get gas, or I was certain to be under the hood pulling fuses.

RX7_TT

Ok so, next paycheque, im having the injectors cleaned, new driveshaft, new oil cooler lines, new oil pedistil seals, shifter bushings, and mabe motor mounts.

nightwolf_4_98

a sight i see most people recomending for driveshaft's and other misc parts



http://mazdatrix.com/getprice.asp?partnum=2691-705



only $250 or so, not too bad i'd think

HeffSpooled

Funny Canadians



Try holding the throttle wide open from the get-go on hot starts. Should work like a charm.



Oh, and if the lines are only leaking at the connections, why do you need new ones?

teknics

key-note here: dont bother fixing the stock boost gauge...just get an aftermarket one. The stock one is (a) unreliable (b) unreadable © useless, especially once you start modding it.



To check if the motor mounts are bad try rocking the motor with your hands from side to side, obviously do this when the engine isnt hot. Its easier to check from under the car with a prybar, and a couple other ways but most of the time the rocking method works fine.



As for the leaky ABS, get a bypass kit and kiss the ABS goodbye...unless you wanna have your ******* enlarged by 10 inches when the mazda man charges you $2000+...without including labor.



Also something you might want to do is replace at least both of your heater core hoses...they're known to blow apart and since you dont know when they were last replaced i'd do it just to be safe. Mine blew up on me and luckily i didnt blow my engine, but a number of people have fucked their motors when the heater hoses went while they were driving.



Having a reliable rx7 is all about preventative maintenance. dont wait for **** to break cause then all kinds of havoc happens, you get depressed, then sell the car. ya know?



kevin.

nightwolf_4_98

werd, listen to the man

RX7_TT

WOW, thanks for the info guys.



Well the stock boost guage seems to be working. It sits at -20 when just putting around, but moves up close to +40 when i get on it on the highway.



Ive had the car for a day now, put less than 50kms on it and i went through a quarter of a tank :P Is this common, i heard they are bad on gas but that seems excessive.



I have a coold missfire and the warm start problem. This tuesday i think i will have the injectors ultrasonicaly cleaned, replace the plugs, plug wires, clean out the IC, see how much the heater core hoses are, try tightning up the oil cooler lines and see if that helps, replace the oil pedistal o-rings, wash the bejesus out of the car.



Im all for preventitive matinence, but rigt now i dont have much $$ to spend. Im waiting for my tax return. ($595.30) and my next paycheque (590.60). Then i have to pay my insurance on the 15th($289). Then i will put some money into the car. Put some good oil in her. I heared that redline is good. What is a good oil recomended for the T13B??

HeffSpooled

I run Castrol 20/50 in the lump, Redline MTL in the box and Redline lsd diff lube (forgot the exact name).



As a matter of course with a new-to-you car you should change out all your fluids. And double check your low level warning systems. Keeping them full of oil and coolant is crucial.



Fuel consumption. Yeah they're pigs for their size/wt., but you should be able to get around 20mpg. I always keep a log book in my cars. I've calc'd mine over thousands of miles and the number is always close to that.

RX7_TT

Othere thing i am conserend with is that i still have the stock (1987) BOV. I was looking at some local units such as the HKS SSQ BOV, but im conserned, do i have to run to atmosphere or can i recurculate it?



I dont need the shound, although i think it adds a cool effect, im sure that with a SSQ you could hear it even if its recurculated :P



Dont mean to sound like a "ricer" but im curious. I can pick up a new SSQ for 250, or a Greedy Type-S for 200. I know that the greddy requires a specail flange adapther to hook it up to the stock piping and such, does the HKS unit come with the adapter?

teknics

instead of spending 250 on a BOV (mind you my car with a t04e blew up an hks ssqv) egt everything running strong and solid just as it should when it was brand new (snice yours is unmolested err unmodified)



Once you have a strong running, solid stock car then you have a solid base to modify on. My first mods would be any free mods (TB mod/port etc). Then I'd probably do the TID mod (removes the airbox, but its not completely an air intake). Look into exhaust systems and pickup a Fuel Cut Defender (FCD).



thats the general "first steps" to addiction...err modification.



but another little phrase for ya:



building an rx7 is like building a house, you must start with a solid foundation.



kevin.