right, hey im kinda flabbergasted that the car was on original un touched engine with 150k+

2004 model. early build date.

but in relation to the year my 92 is still kicking,
tho the engine has been used and tweaked for many a decade.

And I'm sure your 94' Mustang engine ran great but based on my experience with 90's era Fords I am sure just about everything else on the car was non functional.

lol my stang functioned perfectly, had no problems beyond the oem stuff, now the speedo was off due to the 4:10 ring/pinion. and the rag top was replaced due to age, other than tune ups there was nothing wrong with her when i traded her in. It was a one owner when i got her and had all of the receipts from day one with everything from window sticker to original tag.

the 92 f150 on the other hand has had a clutch at 125k and manual locking hubs at 120k plus at 130k a fuel pump, but thats service parts to me, at over 100k its to be expected, and should have been done closer to 60k

^ for the RX-8, the engine falls into that category. It's just another part, and replacing it is to be expected.

Why is the engine considered of more importance than anything else that would also disable the car? Especially when there is a 100k warranty on the engine, but not on the ECU, brakes, transmission, axles, driveshaft, fuel pump, etc....

It's a common perception, but not logical if you think about it.

right but those parts werent nonfunctional just felt they needed the servicing, just like when i changed the entire cooling system on the rx8, because of one thing i tend to OVERfix things i guess lol

Well weekend bump. For all u 9-5'er s. I envy u lol

Shades of the old "Is the engine good?" question people ask when getting a used car checked out. Not thinking about any of that other stuff.

A service writer at a Honda dealer used the "The engine is still good" line when he tried to sell me a $900 brake job on my then 20 year old Accord.

Ken

PS - I voted inthe poll, just so that a couple of years from now folks can come upon obsolete data.

Original engine with 40k miles...

My rx8 GT 6 speed
Engine replaced at 50,000 miles by its first owner

Car now has 89000 miles. Gets 21mpg and 19mpg with the a/c on.thanks to 4.1 gearing :) also did ls2 coils

It's not an original engine then... :icon_no2:

52,000 miles on the original engine. Getting a compression test done next month to see where my engine currently stands. Car still pulls strong after putting about 20,000 miles on it since we first bought the car from the first owner. The car fires up instantly within a second or two every time, even after numerous sessions at the track around 102 degrees back when I still ran stock ignition coils which was a couple of months ago. I guess it's safe to assume that my engine is still healthy. (Knock on wood)

Currently using Idemitsu premix 0.5 oz. per gallon of gas.

Oil is always topped off to full along with oil changes every 3,000 miles with Castrol GTX 5W-30

Hoping for another 50,000.

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Its not whether they are good its what's your experience of longevity of the original manufacture installed engine. I'd buy another rx8 with a replaced engine in a heartbeat for a decent price. My firebird has 198860 miles original engine and the head gasket has started a minor leave by the wgr valve on the drivers side. Still functional with really no problems but at 198300 is when I would count it as gone. I will be rebuilding it or replacing with a 6.0/ls1 sooner or later.