Truenotch Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Gizz corolla. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 compete blocks in japan often sell for around 50,000yen and are readily avaliable. so you could go that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 They'd be screwed for that sort of money though surely Markku - giz monies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yeah, surely it's a "better the devil you know" in that instance. Unless you can get an importer to get you in a known good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Sell to Rookie to put an LSx into... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yea would be hit and miss but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yeah, surely it's a "better the devil you know" in that instance. Unless you can get an importer to get you in a known good one. Depending what it cost to get here, Y50k is almost worth the risk though. Found one at Y65k which is again almost worth it Sell to Rookie to put an LSx into... Haha - people who want to put LS's into them generally don't want to pay much for them.... Yea would be hit and miss but who knows. bring in enough of them, build one good from several, profit? I did do that many many years ago with 12A's from the Trade & Exchange.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 well thats the thing, you could get like 3 or 4 in from japan for what it would cost to rebuild yours. Ewan quoted me $300 to get a 20b here in a container if thats any use to you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yeah I have a quote at work for all REW bits, comes to just shy of $7k all told, though thats with 2 rotors. I'm sure if I found a friendlier dealer it would get cheaper though. However, all pipe dreams really. Can't afford to do anything now, so just gonna put the reg on hold and forget I own it. Edit, or 10k can take it away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHGWAG Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Well that sucks. How do you know you need new housings? Rip the thing out, pull it down and diagnose from there. It may not be all that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Minimum one new housing....low cranking RPM on that front housing means its jamming, I guess a bit of seal is wedged between the rotor and housing. If I were to rebuild it I'd want to do it properly with a couple of new housings anyway. Shame Mazda don't have those crate motors cheap anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Im sure if you asked around there would be plenty of people in Upper hutt that would do a sick as bridgeport and rebuild for you for cheap. Some of them might even know which way to turn a bolt to undo it Infact my neighbour builds his own 13b engines for his Rx323. The last one made it to the end of the street before it went pop pop Being serious though, so gutted for you man, it looked so awesome and sweet when I saw it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHGWAG Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Cheapest option is an import block. After what happened to mine, and the things I've elarned along the way: Leave it stock unless you have 10s of thousands of dollars to throw away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I have missed this, but who built the engine? wasn't it just recently? could you perhaps go back to them if it were a reputable shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Didn't the previous owner build it in his garage?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Im sure if you asked around there would be plenty of people in Upper hutt that would do a sick as bridgeport and rebuild for you for cheap. Some of them might even know which way to turn a bolt to undo it Infact my neighbour builds his own 13b engines for his Rx323. The last one made it to the end of the street before it went pop pop Being serious though, so gutted for you man, it looked so awesome and sweet when I saw it Haha yeah I bet....I think work could organise an engine build though Cheapest option is an import block. After what happened to mine, and the things I've elarned along the way: Leave it stock unless you have 10s of thousands of dollars to throw away. Might be short term cheaper, but not necessarily the best...might fuck out after 500ks, I'd rather do it once and do it right I have missed this, but who built the engine? wasn't it just recently? could you perhaps go back to them if it were a reputable shop? Nah was the previous owner, who is a mechanic but not a rotary specialist. I don't really blame him though, the excessive boost is the most likely cause of failure Didn't the previous owner build it in his garage?? Yup, but again, he's just a general mechanic/Tyre shop...it might/probably was poorly built but not likely the real cause of failure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 This is sad news. If you could get a motor for 800NZ + 300 shipping. 1100 + a weekend to do the swap. = FD-ing for 1200odd bux. Not too bad. And again, most only go pop in one housing. So even if the new motor craps out in 5000k you could make a decent-ish one out of the two and then get another few thousand k out of it. ?? Or just save and get new spec motor and never have to look back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Yeah its probably worth looking into...I'm just a little risk adverse to spending money on an unknown motor, spend a weekend swapping them over, only to have to do it again in 6 months. Time is a pretty scarce commodity for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 6 Months of motoring for $2k and a weekend is almost worth it though, as opposed to 2 years off the road while you save the $10k+ required to "do it the right way" and then lose motorvation and never get it back on the road at all. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 ^That. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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