So.. Have an old 86 RX7 sitting here
03-19-2007, 03:24 PM
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Hey,
Have had an old retired RX7 sitting in the drive that was given to me. I ended up giving up on it as it had fallen so far into junkyard state that when the motor wouldnt run right I started pulling it apart. Story goes, 1 owner, was parked some 7-9 years ago because of needing too much maintence. Ran great with a rebuilt 13b that has about 18k on it as it sits. He would periodicly start it untill one day it wouldnt anymore. It sat for about 3-4 years that way then was given to me. Had a frozen fuel pump, the battery actualy took a charge, and the coolant resembled that of 20 year old iron in a bucket of water LOL. After cleaning out the tank, unfreezing the pump for the basics of just getting it started.. it wouldnt start. After much agrevation i about gave up untill one day it started with the help of throttlebody cleaner in a vac line. It ran.. kinda.. on its own. very very lean. Ran great if ya tipped the afm open some. Never could find a vac leak. Eventualy i gave up after the clutch master gave up and 2 tires followed shortly after. I pulled the motor out and in the process.. found the problem. The dealer mech didnt tightn half the bolts on the engine. The intake manif to engine gasket had blown out the bottom. So I have a good motor afterall. The car is toast though and have parted nearly every useable part from it. Im sitting here now with a complete drivetrain, harness, everything. My plans are to eventualy use this to power a project iv been dreaming up but no doubt am going to need a little bit of professional insight to learn more about these motors... Im a mechanic, but the only experience i have with tuning and repair is piston engines. From what im told, its somewhat fortunate I have experience in 2strokes, mostly piston port engines which may help me out? Enough yap out of me for the time. (goes reading through the site now)
Have had an old retired RX7 sitting in the drive that was given to me. I ended up giving up on it as it had fallen so far into junkyard state that when the motor wouldnt run right I started pulling it apart. Story goes, 1 owner, was parked some 7-9 years ago because of needing too much maintence. Ran great with a rebuilt 13b that has about 18k on it as it sits. He would periodicly start it untill one day it wouldnt anymore. It sat for about 3-4 years that way then was given to me. Had a frozen fuel pump, the battery actualy took a charge, and the coolant resembled that of 20 year old iron in a bucket of water LOL. After cleaning out the tank, unfreezing the pump for the basics of just getting it started.. it wouldnt start. After much agrevation i about gave up untill one day it started with the help of throttlebody cleaner in a vac line. It ran.. kinda.. on its own. very very lean. Ran great if ya tipped the afm open some. Never could find a vac leak. Eventualy i gave up after the clutch master gave up and 2 tires followed shortly after. I pulled the motor out and in the process.. found the problem. The dealer mech didnt tightn half the bolts on the engine. The intake manif to engine gasket had blown out the bottom. So I have a good motor afterall. The car is toast though and have parted nearly every useable part from it. Im sitting here now with a complete drivetrain, harness, everything. My plans are to eventualy use this to power a project iv been dreaming up but no doubt am going to need a little bit of professional insight to learn more about these motors... Im a mechanic, but the only experience i have with tuning and repair is piston engines. From what im told, its somewhat fortunate I have experience in 2strokes, mostly piston port engines which may help me out? Enough yap out of me for the time. (goes reading through the site now)
03-21-2007, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rb855' post='864290' date='Mar 19 2007, 01:24 PM
Hey,
Have had an old retired RX7 sitting in the drive that was given to me. I ended up giving up on it as it had fallen so far into junkyard state that when the motor wouldnt run right I started pulling it apart. Story goes, 1 owner, was parked some 7-9 years ago because of needing too much maintence. Ran great with a rebuilt 13b that has about 18k on it as it sits. He would periodicly start it untill one day it wouldnt anymore. It sat for about 3-4 years that way then was given to me. Had a frozen fuel pump, the battery actualy took a charge, and the coolant resembled that of 20 year old iron in a bucket of water LOL. After cleaning out the tank, unfreezing the pump for the basics of just getting it started.. it wouldnt start. After much agrevation i about gave up untill one day it started with the help of throttlebody cleaner in a vac line. It ran.. kinda.. on its own. very very lean. Ran great if ya tipped the afm open some. Never could find a vac leak. Eventualy i gave up after the clutch master gave up and 2 tires followed shortly after. I pulled the motor out and in the process.. found the problem. The dealer mech didnt tightn half the bolts on the engine. The intake manif to engine gasket had blown out the bottom. So I have a good motor afterall. The car is toast though and have parted nearly every useable part from it. Im sitting here now with a complete drivetrain, harness, everything. My plans are to eventualy use this to power a project iv been dreaming up but no doubt am going to need a little bit of professional insight to learn more about these motors... Im a mechanic, but the only experience i have with tuning and repair is piston engines. From what im told, its somewhat fortunate I have experience in 2strokes, mostly piston port engines which may help me out? Enough yap out of me for the time. (goes reading through the site now)
Hi welcome! I'm new here too about a couple of weeks. Dam youre story sounds kinda familiar. I'm currently working on mines it was sitting for about 7 years too. Came across alot of problems but luckily its on its way. Good luck on yours.
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