Hey i was thinking of selling my 2001 Celica GT-S and buy a 1995 twin-turbo RX-7. Celica is too slow! But I'm being a bit detered 'cause I heard that the rotary engine has a very short lifespan. Like 100,000km or something. Anyone know anything about this?

 

Alot of engines have coolant seal failure in the ballpark of 60k. Now that is original stock ones. A rebuild with some cooling modifications can livce longer.

I have seen one or two go as far as 130k. I havent heard of too many going further than that.

Bone stock RX7's arent gonna blow apex seals. It would be a rare case anyway. Once you start doing modifications to the car all bets are off.

It's all up to the tunning then, and a little luck

-Dave

 

Oh and good luck finding a 95.

 

Thanks for the reply Fd3BOOST. Dang, 130k is a pretty short lifespan. I was hoping to do some mad modifications to it but that would probably cut the lifespan in half. CRAP! I really don't want to rebuild an engine every 100k. Guess i'm stuck with my **** *** lift system.



Peace!

 

You can always go the Supra route for reliable high horsepower..(go ahead and beat me with a cane)

 

I know this has been beat to a bloody pulp so I'll keep it somewhat short. Doing the reliability mods and modding the car PROPERLY and not half-assing or pushing anything will not decrease engine life, some things will actually help to increase engine life and overall reliability of the car. Heat dispersion and the cooling system are the car's major downfalls, along with improper modding and tuning. You have to know what your doing or your gonna get burned. Meaning you can't stick on a straight-pipe or up the boost and call it a day. As long as you are not running LARGE single on bone stock engine your really not going to sacrifice engine reliability and longevity. And even at that, I believe Ernie was running 10s on a stock reman boosting 25ish psi when he unfortunately sold his 7. AS LONG AS YOU DO IT CORRECTLY, which takes a lot more with FDs than other cars. And going single reduces engine bay heat and gets rid of the complicated twin set-up FDs have, so many will say that going single is more beneficial than staying with stock twins. Hope that clears up some things up.



Here are a couple good websites you should check out:



http://www.rx7turboturbo.com/robrobinette/

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/index.html

 

sorry I wanted to include this as well, but couldn't edit my post.



FDs have a lot more quirks that other cars, and it takes a knowledge of the car to mod it properly.

 

kane whipping...people dont know but rotaries last very long if you maintain them properly. People are just to cheap to change the oil and all the necesary things on times thats all

 

Also:



You can also do everything right and things can/will happen, its just the way FDs are.



ok I think I am done now.

 

Thanks a bunch for the low down ROTARYFDTT. I'm willing to spend big cash on a 7 if I get one. Just, even if I'm willing to take care of the engine, I'll never be really sure how the previouse owner treated it. Damn the car is so nice! So quick! If it wasn't for this downfall I would have already sold my celica.