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GySgtFrank · 04-03-2012, 10:10 PM

Welcome, very pretty car. Tear the old engine down first and find out what went wrong. There are quite a few people selling parts all the time either here, other forums, or ebay. It'll save you a lot of headaches if you can fix yours. Used engines are always chancy, especially with rotaries, if they weren't stored correctly. They are not hard to rebuild, with quite a few shops around the country specializing in parts as well as complete rebuilds for them. The downside is that if you take it to a local garage they'll look at you like you're crazy. Be careful of who you have do a rebuild (doing it yourself is always good). Others, here and elsewhere, have a lot of horror stories of shoddy and ill informed rebuilders.

twindragonn · 04-03-2012, 10:24 PM

That is a beautiful fb you have there one of the cleanest I have seen and nice set of wheels. And I second the comment on having a garage do the build inless they are highly knowledgeable on rotorys and as tempermental as they go I wouldn't waste it in buying a used one. Good luck on your car and look forward to seeing what it produces in the end

04-03-2012, 10:10 PM	#1
GySgtFrank Professional Stick Poker Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stafford, Ks. Posts: 1,018 Rep Power: 16	Welcome, very pretty car. Tear the old engine down first and find out what went wrong. There are quite a few people selling parts all the time either here, other forums, or ebay. It'll save you a lot of headaches if you can fix yours. Used engines are always chancy, especially with rotaries, if they weren't stored correctly. They are not hard to rebuild, with quite a few shops around the country specializing in parts as well as complete rebuilds for them. The downside is that if you take it to a local garage they'll look at you like you're crazy. Be careful of who you have do a rebuild (doing it yourself is always good). Others, here and elsewhere, have a lot of horror stories of shoddy and ill informed rebuilders. __________________ 1988 N/A SE 2+2, dead stock and staying that way. 1979 SA22C stock? Not so much. http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...ad.php?t=15585

04-03-2012, 10:24 PM	#2
twindragonn The Newbie Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	That is a beautiful fb you have there one of the cleanest I have seen and nice set of wheels. And I second the comment on having a garage do the build inless they are highly knowledgeable on rotorys and as tempermental as they go I wouldn't waste it in buying a used one. Good luck on your car and look forward to seeing what it produces in the end