Collected the new car yesterday morning:







After 146 miles...things went wrong...


Guess who is now trying to finance an engine rebuild


[Edited by Robertio - 12/20/2002 6:27:32 PM]

 

I guess no one can see these images due to the url not being scoobynet?

Will try to host them somewhere else (if only I could remember my webspace )

 

i can c them.........

sweet motor btw

 

Cheers, well if it is only me that can't see them that is OK

 

Bugger mate!

It looks though. How long before it's fixed?

 

Unknown Chris, it caught me by surprise as I was planning on getting it rebuilt next summer, and hadn't got around to really researching it yet. It will probably take me a 2-3 weeks to sort out a spec, and then a couple of months to get it sorted out
(and a couple of years to pay off the few grands worth, sob sob)

 

Oh Wankel

 

You don't have any luck with cars do you?

Looks good though!

 

You aren't wrong there Crush, even got a remote control car as a Christmas present at work today, took it out the box, switched it on and it didn't do anything This despite the fact the person who bought it had tested it at their house the previous night.
I think I'll just ignore cars and take up a new hobby

 

146 miles? That's rough. If it's any consolation, the car I bought prior to the Scooby lasted 21 miles before the clutch died

 

I was gonna buy an rx7 b4 the scoob but got warned off about the engines. My saab 900 gearbox went on the way home from buying it.

 

I was gonna buy an rx7 b4 the scoob but got warned off about the engines. My saab 900 gearbox went on the way home from buying it.

 

That's rotten luck m8

Did you import it yourself?, how many miles has it done?, I thought these engines were good for 70k.

Hope you get it sorted quick, and think of the 70k more miles it should last if rebuilt well

 

check what type of oil is used have heard storys of people filling up with the wrong type
Adrian

 

Rob, I have been following your posts to FDUK, I hope you get this sorted soon.

Dan

 

what's with the numberplate? looks a bit Japanese to me (i'm guessing these photos were took in the UK, otherwise i would look really stupid )


kev

 

What happened the caterham?

 

theyre fantastic cars but so unreliable, i had one for 3 months b4 my scooby, started to go wrong so my m8s garage sold it 4 me lol harsh but someone elses problem now hehe

so much fun to drive though

 

Just don't show Side Show Bob

He still waiting for his 93 Twin turbo to be delivered

 

Hey Robertio, been following this on the fduk site too, met you at one of the Surrey meets (Graham, aka IntegraR, you very kindly warned me to get my brakes warm before going all out on that little run ).

Very bad luck, but once sorted, you're going to have a (hopefully) reliable, awesome car that im sure you'll love as much as the Scoob. The rebuild, althou costly, does give you a car with a good as new engine, and from the pics, the bodywork looks mint, so althou the money may hurt now, you'll have a nearly new supercar!!

Are the garage you bought it from going to foot some of the bill?
Mine arrives in February, with around 55k miles on, but ive sort of costed in a rebuild in around 6 - 12 months, so am hoping it lasts that long (Miguel has had a good look at it and is very positive about it, plus taking out years warrrently with Newera).

It looks absolutely amazing mate, and it'll be a red rocket that stomps on just about anything!! these are seriously quick cars, Best Motoruing vids show their talents well, as in quicker than GT-R34's, Evo's etc.

Whats the spec etc on the car?

[Edited by SideShowBob - 12/24/2002 9:52:30 AM]

 

Hey lan man, too late!! seen it!! recon ill keep the rover instead

[Edited by SideShowBob - 12/24/2002 9:52:08 AM]

 

Robertio, Miguel recommended RX Motors in Dorset for a cost effective but really good rebuild, may be worth trying them.

 

The rest of the car is absolutely mint otehrwise it would have been going back to where it had come from. Hopefully the warranty will cover a large part part of the rebuild cost (will be early next year before I find out for sure) so I'll be mostly contributing towards the enhancements

The car is a completely standard MY94 Type-RS, soon to have Apexi power FC & GT FMIC plus a few other bits and pieces They should see 70k+ miles before rebuild time, but it does depend on how they have been treated up until that point, so I should have a lot of trouble free motoring once I get it sorted out.

The westie is still around, although I do plan to sell it come spring / summer to fund the current repairs.

[edited to add]
The car had just been imported into the country by a thrid party, only been in the UK for a couple of weeks. It had been through the SVA, etc. but I'm still waiting for the UK reg document, hence the Jap plates (makes it difficult when you phone up the AA and they ask what the registration of the car is )

[Edited by Robertio - 12/24/2002 12:27:25 PM]

 

What you mean you don't know Japanese ... shame on you Robertio lol.

Nice motor. Sorry you only managed to get 146 miles out of it ... that's about your limit anyway isn't it?

 

I got slightly more last time, I think it was over 300 miles before the last one broke down

 

I had a 95 RX7 RS which needed a new engine after 2 weeks...slighly better. I used a company call Rotechnic's who recon'ed the engine, whilst it was out I had it ported and a few other engine mod's, a new clutch and a 4" exhaust minus the cat! It cost a few grand but it made one hell of a fast car that sounded soooooo nice!! Rotechnics are just West of Reading.

Good Luck!