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Ex RX-7 owner here. Not much room in the back of one of those things, but I always had room for cans of oil :-) Wonderful cars. I'd buy an RX-9 if they ever bu

by kabdib 12y ago

Ex RX-7 owner here. Not much room in the back of one of those things, but I always had room for cans of oil :-) Wonderful cars. I'd buy an RX-9 if they ever built one, but they're never going to. So I have to motorcycle instead, could be worse :-)

nicholassmith 12y ago
I know a few people who've owned RX-7s and 8s, one said it was the only car he worried about running out of oil before fuel. Beautiful cars, but they're a bit high maintenance.
- busterarm 12y ago
  10th Anniversary RX-7 owner here. If you actually maintain your car and don't treat it like a toaster, it's not too bad. They combust oil to lubricate the engine, so you just have to make sure it has oil. If your oil metering pump is electronic ('89 and after), run it with premix when you fill up. And drive your car hard & rev past 6k once a drive or so to clear out the carbon. Yes, I've gotten a speeding ticket for doing this. I love my car. It's about to hit 100k miles and it's a Turbo and despite what the naysayers say, it hasn't blown up yet and still has good compression. The electrical issues are far worse than the engine ones. The engine is bulletproof if you do your basic maintenance and listen to your car. Every sports car is high maintenance. The Alfa, Porsche and Ferrari owners have it as bad or worse - people just treat exotic powerplants like voodoo - I sure paid a hell of a lot less than they did though. I would rather pull and rebuild my entire engine than change the power steering fluid on a recent Porsche. The latter has a nightmarish set of steps likely to break all sorts of tiny plastic bits that cost more to replace than my engine rebuild kit would...
  - 5555624 12y ago
    > If you actually maintain your car and don't treat it like a toaster, it's not too bad. This. Never forget basic maintenance. I had a 1981 RX-7 and had over 194,000 miles on it when I got rid of it in 1998. (I still have the concrete blocks I'd put in the back when it snowed.)
nathanstitt 12y ago
Same. Mine didn't burn much oil, but would refuse to start when the engine was warm because of the weak compression. Would fire right up when it was cool though. Loved how it handled and the 9,000 rpm redline.
- busterarm 12y ago
  It sure is a pain in the ass when that happens. I have a chipped ECU so I don't have to get out and pull the fuse to get it started, but I haven't installed it yet. One of my cats is gutted and my exhaust is rusted to hell - right now my fuel economy is shit (~10mpg). This should actually improve when I put the Racing Beat exhaust in but then I have to upgrade the injectors and air intake and port the turbo. My 10th Anniversary is still bone-stock and I'm sad about having to change it.

by kabdib 12y ago

nicholassmith 12y ago

I know a few people who've owned RX-7s and 8s, one said it was the only car he worried about running out of oil before fuel. Beautiful cars, but they're a bit high maintenance.

busterarm 12y ago
10th Anniversary RX-7 owner here. If you actually maintain your car and don't treat it like a toaster, it's not too bad. They combust oil to lubricate the engine, so you just have to make sure it has oil. If your oil metering pump is electronic ('89 and after), run it with premix when you fill up. And drive your car hard & rev past 6k once a drive or so to clear out the carbon. Yes, I've gotten a speeding ticket for doing this. I love my car. It's about to hit 100k miles and it's a Turbo and despite what the naysayers say, it hasn't blown up yet and still has good compression. The electrical issues are far worse than the engine ones. The engine is bulletproof if you do your basic maintenance and listen to your car. Every sports car is high maintenance. The Alfa, Porsche and Ferrari owners have it as bad or worse - people just treat exotic powerplants like voodoo - I sure paid a hell of a lot less than they did though. I would rather pull and rebuild my entire engine than change the power steering fluid on a recent Porsche. The latter has a nightmarish set of steps likely to break all sorts of tiny plastic bits that cost more to replace than my engine rebuild kit would...
- 5555624 12y ago
  > If you actually maintain your car and don't treat it like a toaster, it's not too bad. This. Never forget basic maintenance. I had a 1981 RX-7 and had over 194,000 miles on it when I got rid of it in 1998. (I still have the concrete blocks I'd put in the back when it snowed.)

nathanstitt 12y ago

Same. Mine didn't burn much oil, but would refuse to start when the engine was warm because of the weak compression. Would fire right up when it was cool though. Loved how it handled and the 9,000 rpm redline.

busterarm 12y ago
It sure is a pain in the ass when that happens. I have a chipped ECU so I don't have to get out and pull the fuse to get it started, but I haven't installed it yet. One of my cats is gutted and my exhaust is rusted to hell - right now my fuel economy is shit (~10mpg). This should actually improve when I put the Racing Beat exhaust in but then I have to upgrade the injectors and air intake and port the turbo. My 10th Anniversary is still bone-stock and I'm sad about having to change it.