RX-8 Owner from Finland

Greetings from Finland!



Just thought to share with you my RX-8 which I bought in january.



Before bying, I had read this forum and all other places for things to worry about when bying one, still I had to get one! :) And finally, after a year hoping to get one, I did!



So, I found cheap (budget :( ) 2004 RX-8 in lightning yellow, leather seats and high power engine which had 79k on the clock











Previous owners had installed some chinese exhaust header, remus rear silencer and huge wing on the boot :D



Originally, the car started nicely, no rattles or anything, i drove it about 2000miles and then the worst possible thing happened :(



Huge oil leak, terrible vibration, took it to my workplace to see what's going on.



Did a compression test for it and didn't look too good..







That's around 53psi, per rotor

























Stripped it apart and doesn't look too good :(



























IMO there's really nothing useful left in that engine?





Currently im on the look out for a new engine. From Mazda dealer new engine is 6400euros which is about $8700 ?