N00b Here Couple Of Questions
07-11-2003 | 03:12 PM
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whats up guys? just wanted to introduce myself before i start posting the mandatory new guy questions (after i read the FAQ's obviously)
my name is Tyler Robles and i just got my first rotary two days ago. it is a 1990 Rx-7 GRU. super clean for a 13 year old car. i know VERY little about rotaries but that is why i am here--to learn. i also own a 2002 saturn SC-2 that is HIGHLY modified. it spits out 302hp and 320ftlbs to the wheels when it is working right. that is actually the reason that i got the rx-7. i would like to use it as a daily driver and maybe do a little drifting with it. it has a couple of problems though, it smokes like crazy when it is cold but runs fine after it is warm. is there a place on this site when i can read how rotaries work (preferably something with pictures). i know APEX seals on these things have a nice little tendency to fail, but i have no idea what an apex seal is or what it looks like. so i guess any info would be greatly appreciated.
--grumpy
btw: you guys have cool smilies
my name is Tyler Robles and i just got my first rotary two days ago. it is a 1990 Rx-7 GRU. super clean for a 13 year old car. i know VERY little about rotaries but that is why i am here--to learn. i also own a 2002 saturn SC-2 that is HIGHLY modified. it spits out 302hp and 320ftlbs to the wheels when it is working right. that is actually the reason that i got the rx-7. i would like to use it as a daily driver and maybe do a little drifting with it. it has a couple of problems though, it smokes like crazy when it is cold but runs fine after it is warm. is there a place on this site when i can read how rotaries work (preferably something with pictures). i know APEX seals on these things have a nice little tendency to fail, but i have no idea what an apex seal is or what it looks like. so i guess any info would be greatly appreciated.
--grumpy
btw: you guys have cool smilies
07-11-2003 | 03:18 PM
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http://travel.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm
http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com/
Smoke is probably either coolant or oil seals. Think of apex seals as piston rings, not like gaskets.
http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com/
Smoke is probably either coolant or oil seals. Think of apex seals as piston rings, not like gaskets.
07-11-2003 | 06:20 PM
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SWEET. those links were VERY informative. so now tht i know how this stuff works, is there anything that i should be looking for in this year car that could give me some trouble? like on the older satties, at about 60k miles, replace the alternator. the rx-7 has about 147k on it, but has a brand new tranny, and the owner took really good care of it. also, what would it take to throw some boost at this thing?
--grumpy
--grumpy
07-12-2003 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by grumpy' date='Jul 11 2003, 02:20 PM
SWEET. those links were VERY informative. so now tht i know how this stuff works, is there anything that i should be looking for in this year car that could give me some trouble? like on the older satties, at about 60k miles, replace the alternator. the rx-7 has about 147k on it, but has a brand new tranny, and the owner took really good care of it. also, what would it take to throw some boost at this thing?
--grumpy
--grumpy
you'll want to do some research on the differences in the n/a to the tII blocks tho
compression differences 6ports vs 4 ports ect...
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