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Originally Posted by Shaun
Hi Guys,
Im from australia and was thinking about getting a 2001 rx7,
Now I have never had a rotary car before and was wondering how reliable a rotary is and how much it cost to maintain and fix if anything goes wrong compared to a piston car such as a wrx?
I currently own a WRX and its got a few to many kms on it now and I am looking for a new toy, I was thinking about getting the rx7 with about 50,000 on the clock or less.
I would be working along side a experienced mechanic to try to learn a little more about a rotary as well.
Thanks in Advance.
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First tip:
Don't waste your time on any of the Australia forums
asking for advice there is like asking a car sales man for an honest opinion.
The FD3S is a high maintenance car, they cost a fortune, especially if you are relying on others to do the work for you.
You will pay extortion type rates of labor charges to have any work carried out as they are time intensive cars.
Rotaries in general when you are buying unknown cars or staring form someone else's base cost even more, if money is an issue for you a rotary is not the engine you want, and 100% a FD3S chassis is not what will fit you.
I have tuned, built, and run RX7 all over Australia and I have seen people come and go from them all the time, over many years, you get MANY cock smokers who play little games on forums power tripping thinking they know everything when they themselves do not have a running car or it breaks every time they take it out LOL. Steer clear of these cunts mate.
Once of my customers who has an RS recently fucked his engine after 3 years track running and as a weekend car, it was a 50,000km example with all the basic mods done, running around 14psi and a 90-140kmh time of 3.8 seconds or so *pretty quick for a twins car* The engines them selves do not last very long when there are used the same as you do your road car, in a FD3S they are under allot of stress in the Australian environment due it being so hot here and they need ALLOT of re engineering to make them reliable like what you will get out of any decent piston turbo car of similar performance.
IF you are willing to spend the ca$h and fix all of the short falls of the original car then you can make a great little car, but as I said be prepared to urn up allot of money in the mean time.
There is a reason they are so so cheap and so many for sale on carsales, most owners HATE them and want out after waisting too much money basically. There are much cheaper ways to go fast, it just depends on if you are a true rotary person or just a drifter passing through your rotary stage in life
