After a year I found it!!!! The 8 is in the shop
 

Took me about a year to find a Real rotary mechanic. Guy is 40 minute away from me in Roanoke Rapids. He has been building rotaries for over 15 years. Got great feedback from people over @ rx7club.com


If only I worked closer I would turbo it. Ill get it back in about 1 1/2 weeks.
Also he will install a new clutch, new rx8performance motor mounts, and Ralco/rotary FX pulleys.

Here are some pics of the cars he is working on.
He is working on a hotness 3rotor!!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d...330_162037.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y...423_175950.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s...423_182011.jpg

My 8 in the shop.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O...423_182820.jpg

Nice!

The new rx8performance motor mounts will be here tomorrow or wends. Cant wait for the call from the mechanic. He is going to call so I can be there when he rebuilds it. Ill take pics

I know he has been rebuilding rotaries for 15 years but has he rebuilt any Renesis motors?

yep, ive seen some of the 8 he has rebuild around NC. Didnt know he had built them at the time.
Not a big difference....

Engine out

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-f...gejpessddd.jpg

Auxiliary port clogged.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2...edeejpeg_3.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3...ffgejpeg_2.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u...dfdfjpeg_3.jpg

Bad motor mount, glad I got some new ones
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u.../s1024/rx8.jpg

That 3 rotor looks terrible. Ugh.

The issues it had.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...q4/s637/12+-+1

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X...4/s1024/12+-+2

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-q...Zc/s638/12+-+3

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m...Kw/s637/12+-+4

Look at the carbon on the Rotas is that much normal? I wonder what the inside of my motor looks like.
Are you getting it ported whilst its apart, it's the perfect opportunity to gain a few ponies.

hey novoken, sneed speeds is on reynolda rd on pfafftown right after winston salem, they rebuild and street ported my previous rx7. i dont remember if you on raleigh or greensboro tho, just to let you know

its sad and exciting at the same time when u see your 8 without an engine lol

yeah will get something less than a mild port.

The car is @ my new Rotary mechanic. So its will be well taken care of.

Looks like normal carbon build up. Not sure what gas or even premix my cousin used while he had it for 2 years. Im blaming all this on him lol it was perfect when I sold it to him. When I got it back it had the hot starting issue.

Solid single corner seals
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--...sE/s640/12+-+1

Clean rotor
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V...-E/s640/12+-+2

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V...V4/s461/12+-+4

Bad new seal. Need to get a replacement
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...rM/s771/12+-+5

Rotors
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...3U/s461/12+-+6

Need new stationary gear multi-port bearings

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3...8w/s640/12+-+9

Nice my runners had the same clogness lol.. And yep had hot start issues too. Car looks good super clean. Rx7 club guys are very helpfull guys here are ok I guess they get worn out by new guys lmao.. I'm going to try to post some pictures today. Thanks for info I think I'm going with atkins too on seals

Stock seals vs race seals
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5...hs/s640/12+-+1

new bearing
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...kg/s637/12+-+4
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-b...Bg/s638/12+-+5
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...8s/s638/12+-+7
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-g...0I/s638/12+-+9
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k...pA/s640/12+-+3
1st pass @ the housing
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V..._8/s637/12+-+8

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...nc/s638/12+-+6
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...00/s638/12+-+2
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i...00/s638/12+-+1
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r...fU/s638/12+-+3
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X...20/s638/12+-+4
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u...64/s638/12+-+6
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...NQ/s638/12+-+5
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O...wY/s638/12+-+7

Thats all folks lol

Love the live feed im getting from my mechanic, I was not able to make it to the shop.

Nice turning out good .

Very exciting

Lets see what else he completes today. Cant wait lol

that's what I thought too when I saw the pic, haha

So are you re-using your old housings and irons?

I wish you had a better picture of this one, I know we had a brief conversation about you using AlumaSeal in your thread that you had last November, did you find out which freeze plug/coolant seal that caused your leak and if it did cause any harm to the core?

^Ill ask my mechanic about alumaseal and if it did any harm.

Yes my mechanic said my irons and housings where fine.

how many km on this engine? and was it premixed or not? and what oil type/viscosity was it running?

details details please. I'm curious after seeing the engine tear down pics.

This was a reman motor from mazda from 2005 or so. The previous owner had it replaced @ 20k I think. when I got the car I started to premix and use 5w30 gtx dino oil. I then sold it to my cousin and he had it for 2 years and down hill it went. When I bought it back from him it was in bad condition with the hot start issue. Motor had close to 100k I think

What do you guys think about the engine? I think for close to 100k it did not look to bad.