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Originally Posted by Tiderider51
Trust me, if I could find a reliable Rotary engine, I'd stick with it.. The LS1 is just so easy to find, fix, and get parts for.. I'm a RX-7 fan... I've owned 4... But I just want something to keep not something I need to fix every 6 months.. So Find me a nice roller!
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If you've owned four then you should know that a rotary is as reliable as the sum of its parts. If you cut corners and put cheap parts on, or have somebody (who really doesn't know what they are doing) tune it to the ragged edge of safety and then whomp on it regularly and neglect maintenance then OF COURSE it's not going to be reliable. Not to get all fluffy-bunny faggoty-idealist here, but you have to look at the engines as you would a living, breathing, sentient being, with one HELL of a personality. If you treat it wrong it's gunna punch you in the face, then clean out your wallet while you're trying to gather your bearings and figure out wtf just happened... If you have to fix something major every 6 months it's because you're ignoring all the minor stuff, and if that's the case than yeah, maybe rotaries aren't for you
Trust me, I know
I've had 3 rebuilds since 2009 (the first two were trash because the "professional" that did them was a cheap ass motherfucker who cut corners, didn't follow specs, and didn't give a FUCK about attention to detail when it came to my car, the third broke in a fluke accident involving an oil line walking loose on the highway) and I just pulled the engine out of my car last night for the 4th rebuild
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