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widely regarded on the owners clubs for new owners that if you dont know (IE receipted proof) that they have been changed in the last 30k get them changed as I believe they are treated as consumable items. fortunately you dont need to pay Mazda UKs prices as their is a US shop called Zapparts that sells genuine mazda coils, new leads and a set of plugs for the price of just 3 coils from Mazda UK
Could it be attributed to the damage from the previous incident that damaged the car?
See Tinycappo's comment
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...
See Tinycappo's comment
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...
Edited by motor mad on Thursday 30th August 13:10
edo said:
I dont think the low bonnet would take a "normal" engine
You can fit things in aftermarket that would not be allowed OEM - nobody is going to measure your clearance between hard points and the bonnet skin, nor require you to publish crash test results. I don't see the point of fitting a piston engine when you could just buy a 3-series, though.
motor mad said:
Could it be attributed to the damage from the previous incident that damaged the car?
See Tinycappo's comment
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...
See Tinycappo's comment
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...
Edited by motor mad on Thursday 30th August 13:10
TinyCappo said:
I really wish you had contacted someone like Haywards after you had had the accident in the first place. You could have had a decent payout from the insurance instead of a dead engine and a scrapped Rex.
Basically because you had to that big impact to the rear of the car which meant you had to replace the exhaust due to the impact of the bike where do you think a good percentage of that impact engergy on the exhaust travelled up to with no real flexi on the exhaust system It all went straight upto the engine.
I had an accident someone went in to the rear of me at a set of lights and Haywards insisted on checking out their freshly rebuilt engine as any shockloading like that can damage the engine tips. Mine was all ok but the insurance company had a bit of a bottom clenching moment when i told them the engine was being inspected for damage with a possible rebuild cost of £2.5k....
such as shame as it sounds like a shockloading problem has occured and damage a seal or tip which has now fragged itself into an engine failure when you took it to 10/10ths.
yep as said on the previous page however this may just be rubbing salt into the wound as this particular horse has bolted and already left the stable and is having its front end removed and put onto another RX8 from the report above.Basically because you had to that big impact to the rear of the car which meant you had to replace the exhaust due to the impact of the bike where do you think a good percentage of that impact engergy on the exhaust travelled up to with no real flexi on the exhaust system It all went straight upto the engine.
I had an accident someone went in to the rear of me at a set of lights and Haywards insisted on checking out their freshly rebuilt engine as any shockloading like that can damage the engine tips. Mine was all ok but the insurance company had a bit of a bottom clenching moment when i told them the engine was being inspected for damage with a possible rebuild cost of £2.5k....
such as shame as it sounds like a shockloading problem has occured and damage a seal or tip which has now fragged itself into an engine failure when you took it to 10/10ths.
McSam said:
Podie said:
Is proof reading a lost art?
That and he didn't car how much damage he caused, and the option drivetrain options are good.article said:
seperated
I do wonder sometimes.
Anyway, this isn't what you want to hear right now chap, sorry to hear you ran out of luck. But I'm sure the E36 will be a fantastic replacement, massive potential to work on these as they're so popular, and it'll look right at home at the 'Ring too!
motor mad said:
Could it be attributed to the damage from the previous incident that damaged the car?
Or perhaps mechanical abuse while it was in the hands of the repairers (start/stop, never warmed up properly, revved the nuts off it, etc.) My understanding is that RX8s are reliable if treated with mechanical sympathy but this one was out of the owner's care for a long time and anything might have happened to it.LotusAlfaV6bloke said:
I sold my rotary (RX7) which was 100% reliable, and bought a E46 330i.
Then the engine blew up, and in changing it I got to see all the German rust. No more Beemers for me!
And WHO suggested go French?????
Ditto! Sold my Peugeot 306 rallye (totally relaible) and bought an E46 330ci and the thing NEVER stopped going wrong- and the rust spread like a cheap h*s legs.Then the engine blew up, and in changing it I got to see all the German rust. No more Beemers for me!
And WHO suggested go French?????
LotusAlfaV6bloke said:
Be a shame to but a VAG lump in a RX8? It takes away its unique feature to my view?
I like that people say "buy a Porsche instead, the engines are properly developed and bulletproof" without a single reference to Boxsters and the RMS/IMS failures that randomly write them off and make the secondhand values such predicament.
I do feel for this chap, his car looked very good. I do wonder if the previous accident led to this failure? Like I said earlier, my M54 lump in the 330i failed at under 100k miles before the 13b in my RX7 ever did (at the same miles but 9 more years as it was very much older).
Hope you have fun in whatever you buy next
Sounds like your 330ci was a total lemon.I like that people say "buy a Porsche instead, the engines are properly developed and bulletproof" without a single reference to Boxsters and the RMS/IMS failures that randomly write them off and make the secondhand values such predicament.
I do feel for this chap, his car looked very good. I do wonder if the previous accident led to this failure? Like I said earlier, my M54 lump in the 330i failed at under 100k miles before the 13b in my RX7 ever did (at the same miles but 9 more years as it was very much older).
Hope you have fun in whatever you buy next
Having a 1973 Mazda coupe in storage in Aus this scrappage of a future classic wankel engined Mazda makes me sad.
I feel the cheap prices of cars in the UK tend to promote the 'throw away' attitude when something goes wrong. IIRC one German PHer said these cost >€10,000 on the continent... I'm guessing they wouldnt be so quick to scrap it as a result of a blown apex seal...? Sigh
Si_man306 said:
LotusAlfaV6bloke said:
I sold my rotary (RX7) which was 100% reliable, and bought a E46 330i.
Then the engine blew up, and in changing it I got to see all the German rust. No more Beemers for me!
And WHO suggested go French?????
Ditto! Sold my Peugeot 306 rallye (totally relaible) and bought an E46 330ci and the thing NEVER stopped going wrong- and the rust spread like a cheap h*s legs.Then the engine blew up, and in changing it I got to see all the German rust. No more Beemers for me!
And WHO suggested go French?????
Stop pratting about. ;-)
RevOne said:
I feel the cheap prices of cars in the UK tend to promote the 'throw away' attitude when something goes wrong. IIRC one German PHer said these cost >€10,000 on the continent... I'm guessing they wouldnt be so quick to scrap it as a result of a blown apex seal...? Sigh
Yes, and indeed. But hey, this is how future megabucks classics for the happy few are being created.
edo said:
I dont think the low bonnet would take a "normal" engine
RX8s have been transplanted with allsorts - various Nissan turbo motors (including the classic RB26) and an LS1 V8 certainly fit - although that's a s
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