yomomspimp06

I thought you had more miles on it than that. boosted mileage?

9krpmrx8

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Ah okay, I thought I remembered that it was rather fresh.

logalinipoo

Im with harlan don't put your finger where you wouldn't put your ******.

slash128

Warranty replaced a few years back for similar issue, but more pronounced. Boosted mileage is probably around 10K.

slash128

No ******* in my wankel

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

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slash128

Been running 15psi since last summer. Went to 17 this spring. Don't know the root cause yet. Plenty of N/A motors have suffered low compression and plenty of boosted cars have suffered worse fates with half the boost

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

A lil' water & meth won't hurt ...

slash128

Agreed, might be adding that while the car is torn apart.

firecran

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Sorry to hear about the engine... Nows the time to drop the renny and go REW


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slash128

That would be sweet! Not sure I'm up for the price tag or the skill level at this point tho... Maybe I'll go thru one more Renesis first...

firecran

iTrader: (3)

Understandable but at the hp your wanting it's the only wise choice unless you just like to rebuild your engine every couple of months.


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slash128

I agree it would probably be the better way to go, and I would actually like it. I just need to do a ton of research. Also, I would like to open up this engine to see what the failure was. It wasn't an obvious bang and it died so I'm curious, perhaps it was simply a poorly assembled reman that might have just as well gone weak N/A.

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

You have to go thru a few rennies before you give up. There are a few things you can do to increase longevity for the next round. If we wanted easy we would have bought fast cars from the get go

slash128

Exactly!

slash128

On another note I'm really liking these rx8perfornance mounts. They are definitely stiffer, but it's a good stiffness!

Brettus

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I'm going to resist the urge to say the first thing that comes into my head .


If you are going for a rebuild :

Dowells
Deep apexs

Then :
Water/Meth
Racing plugs

Then :
Dyno tune with knock detection

Then :
forget about REW and enjoy Reliable renesis power

IMHO

slash128

I like it! Also the comments about the rebuild

I'm on the fence. Do I tear into it now or wait for winter? I can still drive it, just idles like crap. But I imagine it will go down(hill) fast...

So, when you say racing plugs you mean?

Brettus

iTrader: (2)

It seems less serious than my engine failures ...........


I fitted 10.5s to leading and 11.5s to trailing . Yet to test on dyno .

slash128

Thanks for the advice! There's the hard part, it's not a failure that has me grounded, so it's a little hard for me to bite the bullet and tear into it, tho I know it's what ultimately needs to happen. I drove it today and it got around fine, but idle seems to be getting worse. On the flip side, I am looking forward to see what the tear down reveals. I need some gear like a hoist and stand, etc. Working on the list and then I'll see about getting started...

Brettus

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Mine made just as much power when blown ..... just bad idle and hard to start .

slash128

Interesting, do you know what the failure cause was?

slash128

I decided winter is too far away...

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

Unfortunately it's just the precursor for the obvious, once the flame front starts jumping across the apex seal the inevitable is just a matter of time

edit: guess I missed your post above, might be a good time to freshen up that engine bay too


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FazdaRX_8

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I am gonna guess its an apex seal with several cracks in it