my friend just got a 98 na from his step mom for his 1st car.....he drove it for about 3-4 months then i started to have a overheating prob. he took it to a shop and they said he had a blow headgasket......but everyone knows theres no headgaskets on a rotary..sooo anyway he was fed up w/ the car and was about to send it off to the junk yard because he is not a matnence* intensive kinda guy soo i told him i would take it off his hands for a few bones...what does it need....a rebuild...it does have 170k on it and how much would all the stuff i need cost and approx how long to install i am a mechanic and have a shop w/ a lift for my use if nessecary any thoughts would help thanx

A '98 NA?

f*ck my bad...i do that sometimes....its a 89 not a 98

Just givin' ya a hard time man. I don't really know what to tell you...other than I'm sure it needs a rebuild if it has 170K miles on it.



The rebuild, IMO, would take care of any problems your friend had with respect to the heat issue, as long as the radiator works! But I would definitely listen to what other people have to say about this...



*edit: rotorheads, just yell at me if I'm wrong.*



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if the body is in good condition and you have about $800 bucks laying around for sure rebuild it! sounds like you have the tools and space for the work...good luck

Can you get good used engines from Japan?



Down here we get turbo motors for $1000 aus and N/A for less. I'd be tempted just to chuck one of those in unless you want to learn to rebuild a rotary.



From experience, it costs 1.5-2 X more to rebuild than throw a good "import" motor in.

Oh yeah, unless you try to get your hands on a REW motor like for my S6, where rebuilding it was half the cost of a good second-hand unit! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

yah the body is in perfect shape just a small amount of rust on the sunroof and a little under the driver side door..nothin i cant fix.....and it does have 170k on it and ya gotta pull the motor anyway to rebuild it.....soo if its cheap ya ill def put a new engine in...i wanna keep it na..but i want around 200-210ish hp..is there a rotary that i can just drop in that makes around that?? and if so how much??