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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Is a 4 rotor engine reliable? Because i getting a 94 fd3s soon and it going to be my weekend car.



Sorry i search but not find anything.



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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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Really reliable, they really like regular treatmens of duralube mixed 20:1 with in the tank, to date I have never seen a broken down 4 rotor Rx7 .. I would bet no one has on this forum..
Old Apr 2, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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what parts do need to make 4 rotor motor are there kit availiable
Old Apr 2, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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I think Kiwi and an Aussie shop both have a center plate and e shaft, sometimes one shows up on eBay too. But I don't get the impression you realize how a costly making a 4 rotor is. We're talking tens of thousands. The e-shaft alone could set you back 10k IIRC
Old Apr 2, 2009 | 08:25 AM
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yeap 10k just for the shaft
Old Apr 2, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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Plus isn't a 4 rotor inherently LESS reliable because of added e-shaft flex? All in all, I think answer to the OP is "No, and you probably can't afford it anyways"
Old Apr 2, 2009 | 11:37 AM
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Will a 4-rotor even fit in an FD?
Old Apr 2, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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There's an FD with 2 13Bs in sequence to make a "26B" so I'd imagine one 4 rotor keg would fit.
Old Jun 3, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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yeah there are all kinds of 4 rotor fd's. you tube "mike whiddet mad bull" its the ****!
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 04:45 AM
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we can build you one. realiable and we stand by every motor we build.

we built this for mad mikes red bull sponsored fd drift car. check it out...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWTULnclu6Y
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