13B Rotary

I agree with above 100% but I still wouldnt buy one and no real mechanic would suggest buying a rotary. They blow the fuck up constantly as far as reliability haha that's a good one. Ive personally rebuilt four of my friends 13b's twice so far(to be fair the first was when they bought the cars). I rebuilt a friends rx-8 after only 25,000 thousand miles. There is a reason those motors are used in racing where durability isnt a factor because your going to rebuild anyway.They are not practical for a daily driver period.

is it hard to find people who know how to work on rotary engines? i know a mazda dealership would but other than that? it's not a popular engine style and even the auto school im attending now does not teach it.

joining a local mazda forum would be your best bet.

I'd stay away from dealerships unless they're well known for knowing how to work with rotaries.

As for the stock FD being reliable, yes and no.
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Oil Pan gasket

Couple of things that come to mind that NEED to be changed when you get the car.

FDs can be reliable if your willing to upkeep with maintenance - this applies to all engines - but let me tell you, FDs are money whores and the maintenance required for this car is not your average car where you can just set and forget.

FDs in stock form is as reliable as it gets ! Of course there's a few things that can be done in order to make it more reliable but I don't want to get into that. All talk aside this car is a true beauty and made for performance.

You dont know what you're talking about at all, They are not reliable at all. And no amount of regular maintenance will make them reliable. The engine itself has flaws that have never been figured out. Do you know how to read ive rebuilt a bunch of these things I know what the fuck im talking about. You should leave the car thread, as reliable as it gets? yea fucking right. My friends had built internals and still blew the fuck up. There is a reason he got rid of that car and went german. Im not taking anymore bullshit from people who have never worked on these engines. Ive been working in a shop since I was fifteen. I used to work at a very high end performance shop where I probably fabricated over a 100 turbo kits. I now work at a german speciality shop. I know my shit my friends dad take's his B7 to me instead of the dealership.(its still under warranty by the way)

"Built Internals".
Huh?

I don't think you get what I'm saying, I said FDs can be reliable which means that I'm implying that it is not reliable but can, maintenance helps it(obviously) - and it's shown that a lot of FD owners who do regular maintenance has significantly increased the lifespan of their engine.

You say that the engine itself has flaws that have never been figured out, tell me something I
don't know. The engine is still in development, that's why it's impractical.

And for your information, the FD in stock form is as reliable as it gets, add anything to it and your reducing it's life. You just proved my point in saying, "My friend had built internals and still blew the fuck up".

All you have been babbling about is how you fucking rebuild your friends engines,turbos and all your accomplishments with cars, you must be the fucking man, aren't you ? LOL, do you have any credentials to prove that ? Until I see proof, your insight will be classified as bullshit.

I know lol, perhaps he was referring to ceramic rotors, 3 mm apex seals, porting, etc. ?

Funniest shit about the FD. Its a Map sensor only rotary. So lets say you put exhaust on it without reprogramming the ecu. You're engine can go BOOM lol.

They're only fininky because Mazda was too stupid to put a MAF on the car aswell. It can only read manifold pressure and not the flow of air so it makes it really hard to judge for how much fuel to add.

Because we all know bigger turbos flow more air at the same PSI than a smaller turbo...

13B!

ah theres was no need for all my other posts after you said, "thats why its impractical". I dont have to prove shit you just did thanks man, fucking mental midget.