I'm going to get a FD. I've been looking at many sports/weekend cars and none other than the FD have caught my eye for so long... something to drive other than the damn Altima and Land Cruiser.
I'm going to get one within the month, and I know plenty about them, about their engines, problems, and everything else... it's just I've never worked on cars before. I have turned into a rabid FD enthusiast over the past 4 months, reading the boards on this site every day, reading Rob's site, downloading manuals, all of this. I know much about them as of now, but I feel it won't be enough. **** I don't even know how to change the oil. I don't want a shop to be doing the work on my car. I want to do it on my own, I just don't think it'd be as fulfulling otherwise. What I'd really like to know is how those people who have just bought their FD within a year's time... and from first purchasing the car and knowing zilch, to learning how to rebuild the engine within that time frame up to this day. How do you do it? How did you learn? If I could get some experiences and first hand advice I'd be very greatful. And please, if you're just going to say "Don't buy it.", just don't post. I'm willing to learn as much as I can to be independent as far as labor. Thanks, Richard |
you cant really learn from reading. Its more hands on. Try and find others around your area with rx7's. Get together and work on them. Start small by taking off things you dont need. Cleaning up the engine bay. After reading about something, go out and look at it, mess around with it.. etc. Try to get as much under the hood time as possible and learn about each part. I would save the rebuilding the engine for a little down the road. Once you learn the basics its all down hill from there.
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I basically had IGY and Chris(Dragon) teach me the ropes...whenever they wanted to do anything to their FD's, I'd volunteer to help. When Chris blew an engine, I'd be there to help clean rotors....or when IGY blew a diff...I'd always wanted to see how hard(or easy) it was to take one out. 2 years later....I'm rebuilding my own engine's https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif
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The best way to learn is do it and when you break it you learn not to do it that way again... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png also if you have a problem post what it is on here and let sombody talk you threw how to fix it before you go screw things up. There are a lot of people around here that can help you out. I'm to the point where if you show me pretty much any bolt on the car I can tell you where it goes... Just be leery of the advice you receive from some people that know just enough to be dangerous. If you look around here for a while you will see who knows what they are talking about and who's advice you can trust. Some people know allot about specific problems because they have had to deal with it before, others know damn near everything. If you have any questions don’t be afraid to ask it and just ignore the stupid posts that end up in your thread... The most important thing to remember is never give up and don't lose hope because damn near anything can be fixed regardless of how hard it may seem to you now.
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Mr Dragon.
I was looking at your avatar and is that the way that the rotor/plugs fire. I thought that the top plug would fire first then the second one. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683621.gif |
Originally Posted by Girlpowerrx7' date='Jan 4 2004, 05:28 AM
Mr Dragon.
I was looking at your avatar and is that the way that the rotor/plugs fire. I thought that the top plug would fire first then the second one. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683621.gif |
Thanks for that Dragon.
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I modified the .gif file to show the wast spark as well, but it made it just over the maximum avitar size.. grrr.. but here it is..
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Originally Posted by Dragon' date='Jan 4 2004, 07:14 AM
I modified the .gif file to show the wast spark as well, but it made it just over the maximum avitar size.. grrr.. but here it is..
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Originally Posted by Girlpowerrx7' date='Jan 4 2004, 07:34 AM
Wouldn't the bottom plug wear out quicker than the top one, as it sparks twice as much.
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That's ok then. My car gets services every 5000km.
Thanks Jen |
Originally Posted by Girlpowerrx7' date='Jan 4 2004, 07:59 AM
That's ok then. My car gets services every 5000km.
Thanks Jen Some day I willl come over to your country.. The Ausi's rock when it comes to the rotory engine and good quality parts. My Microtec LTX12 and datalogit both came from there as did my DIY Wide band O2 kit.. All great stuff that has yet to fail me. If you have any links to any sites in Ausi with rotory parts can you post them? Always looking for more cool stuff.. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/cool.png lol.. we have officially Hijacked this thread.. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...R#>/unsure.png |
ahh I like the wasted spark animation...
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The only site I know is Pacperformance.com.au . That's where my car goes to, to get serviced. Luis knows more about them than I do.
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Originally Posted by Judge Ito' date='Jan 5 2004, 01:20 AM
ahh I like the wasted spark animation...
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Back on topic for two secs.
There really is no need to worry about taking car of the car. You learn as you go and as long as you know how to read and are of average IQ there is all the info you need on the net. And if that doesnt work you can always bug the resident rotary wizards such as Ito and Dragon Goodluck. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/blush.png |
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