Haven't had one of these in a while.
Miata brothers and sister also welcome
/rg/ - Rotary General
Adrian Harris
Henry Robinson
It lived it’s time already, let it die. Plenty of awsome new race cars like brz
Josiah Roberts
the post above is bait
Wyatt Butler
>2018
>Rotary Engines
lmao lmao lmao lmao seriously kys you jap shitbox-driving, ham-eating breadfucker
Colton Johnson
Hai :3
Nathaniel Sanchez
>2018
>seeing the rx7 as anything other than a platform for an LS swap
Angel Lopez
Original engine
>unrealiable
>first actual post because this is /b/ now apparently
Jason Howard
I would like to suck Wankel's rotary engine ;)
Kevin Gonzalez
>CEL
lmao
jokes aside, what exhaust do you have?
Logan Reed
$180 ebay catback since I didn't see a point in spending $500+ for "quality" noise.
Kayden Richardson
Respect, what do you use to premix?
Bentley Diaz
samurai blood
William Miller
Shittier bait
Chase Hernandez
Just payed my Porsche off.
Thinking about getting an FC. Any advice for looking for one? Seems a lot of owners list them on forums instead of typical sites. US btw.
Cooper Long
Weebs used to worship the katana, now they hide their fetishization by worshipping an outdated inefficient engine
Logan Jackson
>Shit-tier bait
Imagine being this insecure about the wankel engine
Ryder Williams
>Just payed my Porsche off.
>payed
Yeah you sound like a typical FC owner
Jack Mitchell
>>my beloved shitbox.
>>Should have had a rotary from the factory :(
Oliver King
The ultimate line of defense for any weaboo is to say everyone else is "baiting" them
Zachary Cook
Get an S5 at least. na or turbo is up to you. either lowish miles or had been rebuilt.
>this many shitposters
you'd think this was an alphonse thread.
Christian Russell
most important question to ask is when the engine was rebuilt, and if it has a functioning OMP/and or has been premixed. Check for white or blue smoke when starting up the car, for bad coolant/oil seals respectively. the engine should rev to redline smoothly with no problems, and to be sure conduct a compression test. If all of these go smoothly, the engine should be healthy.
Anthony Moore
I'm mirin, don't be sad. I own an FC and sometimes wish I had a miata to drive
Anthony Davis
>Driving a Mazda Miata
James Lee
What makes the S5 meaningfully better than an S4?
Thanks for the advice. Been reading up on the typical issues you encounter. Is it really better to premix than to run the OMP?
Austin Price
The last time I remember posting in one of these, I had just gotten my FD up and running, but it was idling way too high and I just couldn't figure it out. The problem more or less fixed itself since it was the result of the fast idle cam staying totally "open." After an alignment the car drives great and is free of any leaks or heat issues.
Luis Perry
>viscous lsd
>more hp
>higher redline
>generally nicer overall
James Bailey
>Rotards STILL exist
Kayden Myers
awesome, got pics by chance? need my daily dose of fd
Kayden Nguyen
>Miata brothers and sister also welcome
I swapped in the wiper stalk (pic related, bottom) and rear sway bar bushings from an RX-8 so my miata is practically rotary powered
Kevin Phillips
OMP much is cheaper, but only certain years of RX-7's can run on it alone. The S5's are notorious for having insufficient oil injection while the S4's are much better in that regard. Additionally, the FD's have excellent systems from the factory while the early RX-8's injected far too little. Later RX-8's had 3 injectors per rotor instead of 2, which helped tremendously. On an FC I would use premix no matter what, but the amount depends on whether you have an S4 or S5, and whether or not the OMP is still functional.
Here's another from that night. Believe me, you don't want to see it in good lighting.
Evan Parker
to add to this, I have an S5, and i'm using an s4 pump, because the s4 pumps were mechanical while the s5's were electrical. He's right tho, always good to premix regardless of the OMP sitaution
Michael Wood
I really want a FD but cannot afford. Should I buy a rolling shell for $5k and go from there?
Grayson Stewart
For 5k you're going to be getting a really shitty shell. Not to mention, you'll spend a fortune tracking down all of the parts you need. Just save up for a running or at least complete but non-running FD if you want one that badly.
Aiden Richardson
lmao, well done
Sebastian Morales
Is smoking not that bad for you? Is it just propaganda?
Isaiah Sullivan
M8, I can't afford $30k+ for a 90s car. Tbh I wouldn't mind just putting it together with non oem parts and a non rotory engine. I just like the body's aesthetic desu
Daniel Clark
NC I'm guessing? Why not swap both front and rear sway bars as well? Heard it's a pretty decent upgrade for NCs.
Nicholas Torres
Similar story. Debating pulling the trigger on some RX-8 sway bars. Practically dorito powered.
Robert Wright
fuck off.
Kayden Perez
Lmao. Where am I gonna get a FD rotory for a shell? I'd love an original Rx7 but I'm poor.
Angel Smith
Build a fucking kit car then. The FD is not for you.
Liam Sanders
$30K???????? lmao
buy a fucking FD without an engine for like 13K and put it in yourself
William Parker
gtfo
Ian Foster
Ah, the thread of my people. Ask an RX-8 owner anything, I'll be happily living in this thread for however long it stays in the catalog. I consider myself to be relatively knowledgeable about early model RX-8s as long as it's not some trivia game question.
Robert Adams
Is the handling really as good as some people say? As far as rotaries go I've only driven my FD.
Christian Anderson
FD a cute.
Yeah, I'm thinking of buying a shell desu
Aiden Moore
I also would like to ask this, I drive an FC, have never driven an rx8.
Josiah Cruz
The handling brings a new meaning to good handling. The way it feels connected to the road is unlike a car, and more like a living entity, a part of oneself. Every bump comes clearly through the suspension, every bit of tire scrub is portrayed by the steering in a highlighted, clean manner. Every motion of the steering wheel results in an absolutely laser precise change in line. A touch of the gas wakes up the billions of angry bees within the engine, and a constantly building, perfectly smooth powerband rockets it through one corner into the next with a thrilling level of perfection.
I haven't said anything yet about the actual performance, because it doesn't show that to you as the driver. It doesn't feel fast or scary or exciting. It feels controlled and so perfectly planted that you can perform at any level you imagine yourself at. With every corner, it encourages more speed, only acting limited by what you dare to try. I personally haven't managed to properly exceed the limits that this car offers accidentally, always able to recover in a split second, or often even before the tires begin to chirp. To put it in a comparative metric, I've raced a C7 Corvette in the twisties and absolutely kicked its trash despite having half the power and a lot less rubber on the road. I have yet to have any car I've encountered while driving make up ground through corners, although admittedly few of them have been in races.
The handling is very forgiving for a sports car, and in the background it has a DSC system that can keep things in check even if I'm not even trying to get around a corner front side forwards. As long as you're driving skillfully and listen to everything the car tells you, it'll stay completely out of your driving, and if you want it can be easily turned off entirely.
It can take a bit of time to learn exactly how this car talks in the twisties, as with any vehicle, but once you learn its language you'll find that there's nothing that compares.
Levi Ross
im going to put a rotary in an aw11 mr2 and theres nothing you can do about it
Isaac Morgan
>Implying anyone would try to stop you
What are you going to do about the transmission though? I can't think of any FF, MR, or RR rotaries.
Ian Davis
Not sure. That's the biggest issue is what tranny to mate it to. As soon as I figure that out I'm going to have one monster of a track car
Nicholas Gonzalez
have you changed your apex seals?
Juan Baker
my negroid brethren
I bought mine for 15 and it runs like a fucking top. And I beat the PISS out of it. Don't pay some mexican guy 30k for an FD with 19 owners.
Lucas Richardson
New (used) engine. I bought it at 100k with an abused engine for cheap and dropped a good one in it, I'm now at about 110k with the 50k (now 60k) mile JDM engine running as good or better than the day it went in.
Changing apex seals isn't like spark plugs. It involves a full tear down and rebuild of the engine, like "changing piston rings" would. Luckily when treating the engine right it's not even something to worry about until about 150k, these engines only die earlier because of people not driving and maintaining them in the correct way.
Jordan Brown
>my negroid brethren
There's just one of me, mate.
Lincoln Morgan
Tell me guys, did I make the right choice by passing up an '04 RX8 that had no compression numbers to back it? Dude wanted me to pay for the test if one was to be done, and I was short on time for getting a car, and that was the only one in the price range in my area.
I ended up getting an Integra, but every time I see an 8, it kills me a bit. I miss the Dorito life, but I dunno if I made the right choice in passing it my chance to live the Dorito life again based off of nothing but my own paranoia.
Easton Davis
You fucking retard you should know when buying a rotary car, you need to have spare change to rebuild the engine.
Yes you made the right choice.
Oliver Sanchez
Great choice. Rotary goons love to brag about compression numbers. He knew exactly what the compression was he just didn't want to tell you.
>t. shitpost about compression numbers on mine
Aiden Hughes
>04
Avoid the 04-05, shit omp rate and only 2 oil ports for the seals, 06+ is what you want.
t.05 owner.
Landon Morales
Gotta replace the primary injectors in my FC, just realized they're under a part of the air intake.
Im cryin'
Austin Watson
Believe me, the FD is far worse.
Austin Flores
It's not as hard as it looks, just have to remove the upper intake and they're right there. Should only take an hour if you've never done it before.
Jacob Moore
D O R I T O S
David Sanders
Has anyone tried drag racing rotaries? It seems that you can turbo the absolute piss out of them if you don't care about reliability.
Chase Gray
If it's still twin I imagine it is, never actually worked on a stock fd before. It's easy as piss with a single turbo.
Zachary Sullivan
RE-Amemiya
Jose James
Mazdaspeed R Spec
Levi Lopez
BRG
Chase Thomas
OEM
Dylan Foster
ARMY
Isaiah Diaz
PANSPEED
Robert Gomez
first gens are fun too
Kevin Myers
RMAGIC
Carson Turner
SCOOT
Leo Turner
series 4 13bt swap.
Brayden Wright
FAMOUS
Joseph Davis
WOODLAND CAMO
Austin Cooper
Alexander Martin
FD STANDS FOR FINANCIAL DISASTER
Nicholas Young
LAMBO DOORS ON THE FINANCIAL DISASTER
Jacob Wood
KNIGHTSPORTS
Hunter Powell
>the virgin rotary vs the chad v8
Landon Kelly
That's the exact reason I didn't get it user. I had an FC that I didn't do compression checks on when I bought it, and I loved it. Engine was still strong when I sold it after I crashed it (I know my mistakes and regret it every night). But since then ive learned a lot about them, which is why I asked him for numbers in the first place.
He said he got it in trade for painting some dude's house and "didn't know anything about rotaries". I told him it would help him sell it a lot easier if he had compression numbers, and if they looked good, I'd buy it on the spot. He refused saying he didn't wanna get it tested, so I just walked.
I got used to the premix life on my FC, so if I got an earlier model with good numbers, I'd be mixng straight away. Which I figured would give me more than enough time to save up for a rebuild down the road.
Thanks Anons. I know I did right, but sometimes I think of what could have been and it bugs me.
Connor Lee
BUGEYE
Noah Reyes
>increases weight by 100 kg
>sits on the front axle making it front heavy
>requires a full drivetrain swap
>increases moment of inertia
>rids the simplicity of the rotary for a hulking v8 thats a complicated mess of moving parts
Henry Stewart
Christian Carter
>tfw FD is my dream car
>tfw the pain of finding a reasonably not riced one is pushing me towards an M3.
persevere
Easton Reed
MAZDASPEED R SPEC
Levi Rogers
>not so subtle image limit attempt
>massive autism
Joshua Watson
NIGGERBURGERING
Camden Adams
engine swap wiring
Nathan Gonzalez
LEGEND
Cameron Taylor
CUM
Oliver Moore
Cooper Lewis
Fuck that shit. I like my 5 fuse per box setup OEM thank you very much. I've seen people nigger-rig their ignition coil back together with tape on 13B's.
Nicholas Myers
it wasn't that bad once we got it trimmed down.
Hudson Garcia
Liam Gomez
>tfw want a FD but will probably have to settle for a mx-5
Alexander Garcia
back when it had the stock engine
Andrew Allen
mom's cars