I have read that also.
I checked mine in a large cooler full of water just to be sure, and it was airtight.
I'm thinking maybe they had more than one supplier.

 

So while at work today some of the guys asked me to start the car up give it a review you know .. that fun stuff anyhow I let it warm up revd it up a bit, and the usual Backfire happens, one of the guys go awe man that soundnt pop like that... I'm thinking to myself surely that's normal for a rotary I've seen plenty of videos where it happens often but to be honest this is MY first rotary powered car since day one it's done it but now that the new exhaust is on it happens alot more often (doesn't bother me) but the guy made me question the health of the car runs fine drives fine idles fine ... so here I am asking is it healthy for it to back fire ... oh and I constantly see flames fireballs whatever you want to call them from videos online and I thought that was caused by a decat pipe because of excess fuel igniting when it hits the air again.. this is my first rotary my uncle had a FD when I was young and since then I've been hooked. Just want to make sure it's nothing to worry about or if I should have the car taken a look at again I'm asking here because I'd like to belive the experts (the rx community ) over someone at work or the lovely dealership lol

Thankyou for your time

 

check your cat. Pull it down and look inside. Shake it around and watch for bits falling out.

Search on line what a clogged cat looks like, and what it can do.

What exhaust is on it?

 

It's got the hks Hi-power exhaust single exit
Think I'm switching the cat out anyhow

 

I'm catless with a an SP2 catback and mine pops a lot..

 

Went to install Progressive rear sway bar with new end links as the end links are frozen to the stock sway bar. Used a grinder on both end links and while in the process of removing the sway bar bushings, 1 of the welded studs snapped off.
The studs are welded to the mount for the bushings, so now I need to figure out how to fix this.

Anybody have any suggestions???

 

Temporarily installed my Spirit R recaros just so they're not laying around til I take them to be restored and repaired. I sat in the seats right after installing and they are absolutely perfect and probably the most comfortable stock car seats i've ever sat in and the red leather on them is absolutely stunning as well (I really do need to replace my door panels though, the red in the seats and the red on the door panels together just look weird lol)

 

This is 100% completely normal. I'd be more worried if your exhaust wasn't popping.... and yes flames are very possible when the exhaust gets hot, even with a perfectly fine working cat.

 

Got a very special delivery today Can't wait to repaint the sides and touch up a few flawed spots, but now I have a complete OEM mazdaspeed exterior panel kit (with exception of OEM R3 skirts and Carbon mazdaspeed wing)

 

Looks good dude! I got the same going but on an S1, all genuine MS kit minus spoiler and rear diffuser. Just bought the sideskirts last week off another forum member... just need to get them painted/installed as soon as my car comes out of winter storage.

 

Awesome, I like the MS skirts, but I like the R3 skirts a lot more so I just painted them like MS skirts to match the rest of the kit and also not sure what you meant but mine is an S1 also

 

Haha, ic, I was thrown off by the R3 sides comment....

 

My mazdaspeed brake lines came in today and they came in a fancy RE-Amemiya box too lol

Idk if these really make any difference at all or if they're just more durable, but hey it's OEM, says mazdaspeed on it and they were only $150 shipped, so no complaints from me lol

*Mazdaspeed clutch line on the way too

 

I think you both bought the parts from the same forum member :-) I got something special off him too lol

 

It's perfectly normal. Mine used to pop with stock catback. But its alot more evident with ExoticSpeed exhaust, pops alot more with BHR midpipe vs my gutted cat.

For engine health, get a compression test done :-)

And don't let others stress you about your car, 85% of the times people have no idea what they talking about when it comes to a Rotary car :-)

 

Broke into the 210,000 miles; later on, I ended up following a rare sight of a stock RX-7 in pristine condition, some middle-age guy drove it and got me to chase him... I just wanted a picture of my car's predecessor!

 

Finally finished installing a Pioneer AVH-X5700BHS I picked up a while back on mega clearance for dirt cheap. Most complicated audio install ever!

And then to top it off, I never realized there was a difference between AppRadio and AppRadio One. So here I thought I would be able to use Waze on the head unit, but this head unit has AppRadio One which doesn't support screen mirroring, something required to do it. *&#! Oh well, now I'm on the hunt for a good deal on one of the newer NEX units that can do Carplay/Android Auto and has full AppRadio, and I'll install this one in my wife's car. She doesn't care about all that stuff, she just wants to listen to music on her phone.

 

Changed my oil, and took a weekend trip to Salt Lake City.

 

Finally removed the old POS engine I bought because it came from a running car and turned out to have low compression. Rotors look decent, front and rear irons are good, housings are done, one side of the intermediate iron needs to be lapped and rotor bearings are bad, but not spun. $1500 down the drain but should at least be able to make some of my money back. On the bright side though, I now know that buying my R3 donor car and doing my complete S2 drivetrain swap on my S1 was definitely the right move https://www.rx8club.com/rotary-swaps...-my-s1-261187/

*Last pic is how the car is sitting now (huge mess I know, but that's what extremely limited space to rebuild an entire car looks like I guess lol)

 

Hat's off to you on your rebuild journey. Keep us posted

 

Great post with the breakout pics!

 

changed my hood to revolution vented CF hood today.
here's a side by side pic of leg motorsport and revolution hood.
also some underside and installed pics.

 

I had my badly road-rashed rims resurfaced and powdercoated a dark bronze:

 

Now just track down some spirit R headlights and taillights and the exterior will be perfect lol Looks great though, awesome choice on color

 

I'm assuming you mean Dean? And yeah, when someone has some MS parts north of the border already you jump on that ****!!