FML and all things rotary related that i touch =(

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OK this may not be in the right section so mods please move where you see fit.

Im in some REAL need of advice. My story is long so if you plan on reading, get comfy.

So i first started my rotary journey back in 04 when i got an 04 rx8. winning blue, fully loaded, the whole nine yards. it was my first car (hell of a first car, i was very fortunate) loved it to death, handling was superb and self corected itself like no other, great beginner car. then i got the modding bug.. greddy sp2 exhaust, intake rims body kit cf hood. yada yada. being a first car i didnt know how to work on it so most of the mods were installed by shops/others. i got the speed bug then went for the greddy turbo kit. at that time the only turbo kits out were sfr and greddy. i opted for greddy as it was more practical budget.. i was one of the first in the NE to have a greddy... i was running it with the intx and had it tuned and installed by jpr... about 6 month down the road it blew, eshaft broke.. i believe it was my fault. i was young, stupid, and not well educated. i think i didnt do my oil changes as religiously as i should have. ok expensive lesson.

sooooooo remans shopping i went. ended up going with mazmart as i heard good things about them.. i was at school at pennstate so closest rotary shop to me was kdr, dropped the car off at kdr until engine arrived. first engine in and after about 2 months got the car back.. stripped the turbo kit, sold it off and left it NA. drove arlight 2k miles gone by first oil change came out like a milkshake (still a noob) i though maybe it was the gaskets resealing or some crap. then after adding about 2gallons of antifreeze in a week i knew somethign was up. called dave to check it out, turns out block was cracked. awesome.. thankfully (i forgot the owner of mazmart) sent me a new one free of charge. ANOTHER month later im about to get my car back dave calls me and goes, fired up fine but out of the x amount of years ive worked on rotaries the pulse of the car does not sound right. a call back later confirms bad compression on one of the rotors. FML. call mazmart again sends ANOTHER engine. finally everything works out, get my car back after a total of like 5 months. runs awesome but now i have a bill of 2 engine pulls/ installs ontop of the original price i paid for the FIRST pull/install and the one engine i paid for. mazmart did pay HALF of the extra labor i had to do for all the engine swaps but it still was 1xxx more then what i should have paid.

SO after all these headaches, time to sell. i looked into is300 but it was priced out of my league.. i kinda gave up on cars for a while and just mellowed down with the 8. ended up selling it last september and picking up a 7. so i flew to IL to buy the 7 from sean at aspec and drove it back to NJ in one shot... INTIALLY i bought the 7 to do an lsx swap on it. i was gonna drive it around for a little then tear it apart winter and have it running for spring. the parts and upgrade were gonna fund majority of the lsx swap.. i enjoyed the stock twins for a while then it started having stall out issues so i just took the car apart early... i litterally stipped car to the chassis with the chassis harness doors and hatch left. but after taking it apart after the influence of my rotorhead friends, convinced me to put the rotary back in. so back went the recently rebuild mild streetport engine. baout 7k miles. so i drive it about another 2k miles (DGRR) and back. on the way back it doesnt feel right then within the next few days i find out its blown.

so im now im in this cross roads of life. i LOVE the rotary but i feel like im just having the worst luck. heres one way to put it. ive had 2 cars, 5 engines, 5 years, and im yet to break 50k miles ACCUMULATIVE. is it time to give up on the rotary? sad thing is i ahve 1600 secondaries waiting to go in and an AEM water meth kit hooked up ready to get wired up. what sucks is i was taking all the precautions i could think of to prevent blowing the engine but now this..? i having the engine still in the car and in one piece im not 100% what caused this. but from the previous stalling issue and what not me and my friend think this blown engine wasnt my fault and had prior issues before my ownership...

honestly, if you were in my shoes, what would you do? im already in 1700 debt for parts i bought to try and make the engine more reliable and safe... money isnt tooooo big of an issue but i really would like to keep cost down to a minimum. is it time to give up on rotaries given my past? time for pistons? if so lsx or another car? please shed some light =(