SOON TO BE 4 SALE FD!
01-09-2006, 11:10 AM
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I had my fd rebuilt on 9/30/03 at alamo rotary in san antonio tx spent $10,000 & now my ride is back in storage. I them rebuild it with a street port, 300mm rotors & seals new efini twin turbos, water pump pulsation damper, act clutch & pressure plate, misc hoses & fluids. drove the car for about 9,000 miles. the sits in my garage quite frequently cause ive been deployed (us navy) well long story short i was doing 70 on my way home when i got to a red light & the car started to idle extremly rough 200-300 rpms then it ran like **** ever since it feels like its running on 1 rotor? could it be an ignition problem? did the motor go bye bye? i also notice a sheen of oil on the rear rotor housing.i checked the oil level after i noticed it, & it was full. i changed the plugs & wires last month. if any one can help me id appreciate it. thanks
01-09-2006, 11:46 AM
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pull your plugs and have someone turn the engine over for you. Do you hear even "whooshes" or do some of them sound different? Get a compression check to verify..
01-09-2006, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by CrassFC3S' post='793014' date='Jan 9 2006, 12:08 PM
alamo rotary..... god what a bunch of screw up's tito is a freakin loser and i hope he reads this.
hey crass so i guess you dealt with (THE HOME OF THE TEXAS 3 ROTOR!) HUH. What kind of experience did you you have with him? I thought he was pretty helpful when i dealt with him but then again so were the guys who burned me in chicago he talked me out of getting a single turbo & get the 99 twins there aight but i kinda wish i had opt'ed for the single hell i,d rather have a running FD with NO turbo right now. well i'm just pissed i blew over $10 G's & my car is back in the garage. im starting too loose the love i had for these rides..
01-09-2006, 03:15 PM
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i pulled the plugs cranked it over & got three constant swoohes almost like a train rollin down the tracks i'm not sure if thats a thing or not all i know is that it runs like ****.. if i get a compression gage for a crappy piston engine what should i read on the gauge? do i check both leading & trailing from both the front & rear rotors? 
01-09-2006, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MSTHTD1' post='793031' date='Jan 9 2006, 03:35 PM
hey crass so i guess you dealt with (THE HOME OF THE TEXAS 3 ROTOR!) HUH. What kind of experience did you you have with him? I thought he was pretty helpful when i dealt with him but then again so were the guys who burned me in chicago he talked me out of getting a single turbo & get the 99 twins there aight but i kinda wish i had opt'ed for the single hell i,d rather have a running FD with NO turbo right now. well i'm just pissed i blew over $10 G's & my car is back in the garage. im starting too loose the love i had for these rides..
wow i have not posted in a while...
anyways i just wanted to say do not give up! it will all be worth it in the end trust me!!!
01-10-2006, 11:46 AM
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cant get any readings during compression test. i bought a comp gauge piston specific removed the check valve removed all the plugs tried leading & trailing of both the front & rear rotors. gauge doesnt even move. what am i missing? without any gauges i can here three consecutive swoohes i tried the thumb thing on the spark plug holes & it didnt budge my thumb. all help greatly appreciated.