I’ve had an fc for a few years. They are definitely very fun. The powerband is smooth, but like mentioned not a lot of torque. I compared it to my buddys celica and he would be gone until it reached the top end. The thing I didn’t like was the weight. It is heavier than an fb and fd. Again as mentioned before, cooling is vital. If it were up to me as soon as one was purchased do a cooling upgrade to be safe. HAHA like weasel said about passion, I steadlily brought that car back from the grave for two years, and it seemed like only at the most inopportune moments would it not start or something go wrong. Lets put it this way, my family stated many times “I don’t know how or why you keep putting up with that car.” So the last fix I did was a fuel leak and on the test drive blew a seal. Now I have to decide to rebuild or just sell it. But don’t let this stop you cuz when it did work I had a blast. And btw keep up the research, that is one of the best things you can do. lmk if you need anything, I have a few parts and a wise rotorhead who used to rebuild them for Mazda out of his garage a phone call away.
hey, i appreciate the offer there. may hit you up on that at some point.
the actual construction seems very simple. just some intolerable precision involved.
it’s funny, like you and weasel stated; some people are drawn into the abuse an object will throw at you, and in fact, the more of a shitkicking you take, the more you love it. i have a feeling the relationship will go something like that:rockon:
ROTARY… I love these threads… FUll of HATERs…
I have owned 4 RX-7z.
An 85 GSL with Street Ported 13B with Delorto Carb and many other extras… She was FAST…
A 94 R2 Edition Twin Turbo Rx7 Black On Black. Pretty much stock. Very fun and fast.
An 87 Turbo 2Chrystal White with a Jap Spec 13B motor. Fast and fun.
And a nice 84 GSL-SE Chrystal White, with a rebuilt, Ported 13B. With a Cartec Turbo Kit. She was very fun.
Rotary’s are fun and reliable when you treat them right. Maintenance and tuning are the keys to making them last. Eventually I may get back into a 3rd Gen some day. There are still shops that know all about the rotary engines and do great work to them. Like any motor, money will need to be spent in order to make it powerful and fun.
Honda people are always about being efficient.
The rotary engine is the most efficient motor of all. Granted, it burns a shitload of gas, but why? Well there’s no stop of energy prior to reloading the ignition charge and burning it. I’m sure most of the people here know generally how a rotary motor works and thus I’m going to leave it at that.
From a fuel economy standpoint they suck.
From measuring delta energy at any point they put every reciprocating motor on this planet to shame.
Are you into it because you wanna be fast or because the engineering is what tickles your noodle? With any engine out there if your primary focus is being fast it’s going to fight you constantly (but you will be fast), but if your focus is the engineering side of things making it work well etc. then you will have a strong reliable motor, with the side effect of being pretty fast.
Ask yourself if you are just interested because it’s different or because you see a potential hobby that you will continue with till you’re incapable or you’ve explored every option. (The former always happens first)
well, the fact that it’s different does certainly make it interesting. but really, it is the difference in engineering that make it so appealing. if it will be a fast car as a by-product of learning everything i can about it, that’s great. not my main focus though, for sure
i think what a lot of nay sayers don’t really understand is that these cars were designed for people who will give them the attention that they demand. for people who enjoy and respect their cars. not just give them oil changes and typical maintanance, but really learn about them.
to some, a car is just a tool to get you from point A to B. but i like to actually know my car from all aspects. IMO, learning about the way things, all things work ranks pretty high in the objectives of life
welp. just thought i’d drop in and update this thread. last summer i bought an 87 turboII with a blown engine. had been sitting for 2 years after the incident. bone stock. body is in pretty nice shape. couple tiny dings. no rust, really. had plans on rebuilding the engine. pulled it out. tore it apart. not much salvageable in there. as is pretty common with a blown apex seal.
ended up just buying an s5 tII longblock and swapping everything over. i’m hoping this weekend i will be firing it up for the first time. it’s just about there. got everything hooked up. all fluids. machined the rotors. serviced the calipers. go to pump the 3 year old gas out of the tank lastnight. fuel pump out of commission. obtained another from a fellow fc owner. pull mine out. covered in barnacles. bottom half of the tank had about a quarter inch of hardened varnish coating it. i actually thought it was rust, it was so hard and thick. so i brought it to the shop, poured a couple of cups of acid etch in there-undilluted (supposed to be 30:1). swooshed it around. pressure washed. voila. like brand new.
and so that’s where i sit now. gonna fire the tank back in tomorrow, throw in some premix, and hopefully she lights up
she’s alive! hahaha!