I'm currently looking to get an 04/05 as there currently in my price range and its been my favorite car since its come out but had a couple of questions since that seems to be the most problematic year.
Know a decent amount about the rotary as I had 87 FC in my teenage years and we have a family 85 FB sitting in the garage that my dad restored. So I definitely have experience with flooding issues as the FC I constantly had to take the plugs out crank and clean the plugs and always started back up, funny though ended up straight piping it and the flooding became extremely rare. anyway onto my rx8 questions.
So seems to be a lot of 04-05 in my area for around $4k-$5k, been trying to find one that has a rebuild already done to, so I can feel a little more at ease.
anyway lets say I find one with a rebuild done to it and mazda did the rebuild, they have all the documentation of when etc.. does that mean lets say the motor now has 60k miles on it, is it covered till 100k since mazda extended the warranty a couple years ago.
obviously if it has starting issues especially after driving its a big sign of compression issues??
anything in particular I should be looking for?? I know someone is going to mention a compression test and to me most people won't bother taking the time out of there day to do that, they'd rather just sell it to someone who doesn't care about additional request and shelling out $200+ for a rotary tester and not actually owning the car yet is a no no for me. I mean if I buy one I'm definitely going to get that as it seems a goodway of being able to tell when its time for a rebuild to avoid extreme damage...
also the updates that came out for the 04/05 like the ecu flash etc are those covered regardless of mileage??
I was also researching if issues arise like apex seals breaking what can be done as shelling out $700-800 for a single housing would be a pain in the ***. I saw a couple company's doing resurfacing of the housings for $300 for both, has anyone had experience with this. Doesn't seem to bad if it does work compared to having to buy new housings. I'm pretty mechanical and I plan to do everything if I get this bad boy including a rebuild if I have to as it doesn't look complicated at all to do. I've done clutches, tranny swaps, timing belts, water pumps, etc. so I'm down to just jump in if I need to, just want to be prepared as I'm very OCD about knowing what I have to do if it arises.
Seems to me if this works and you do your own mechanic work that you could rebuild your own engine for under a $1k compared to $2k plus labor for someone else to do it, would I be correct in this??
I'm in Orlando in case anyone is wondering.
appreciate the input and the help.
Know a decent amount about the rotary as I had 87 FC in my teenage years and we have a family 85 FB sitting in the garage that my dad restored. So I definitely have experience with flooding issues as the FC I constantly had to take the plugs out crank and clean the plugs and always started back up, funny though ended up straight piping it and the flooding became extremely rare. anyway onto my rx8 questions.
So seems to be a lot of 04-05 in my area for around $4k-$5k, been trying to find one that has a rebuild already done to, so I can feel a little more at ease.
anyway lets say I find one with a rebuild done to it and mazda did the rebuild, they have all the documentation of when etc.. does that mean lets say the motor now has 60k miles on it, is it covered till 100k since mazda extended the warranty a couple years ago.
obviously if it has starting issues especially after driving its a big sign of compression issues??
anything in particular I should be looking for?? I know someone is going to mention a compression test and to me most people won't bother taking the time out of there day to do that, they'd rather just sell it to someone who doesn't care about additional request and shelling out $200+ for a rotary tester and not actually owning the car yet is a no no for me. I mean if I buy one I'm definitely going to get that as it seems a goodway of being able to tell when its time for a rebuild to avoid extreme damage...
also the updates that came out for the 04/05 like the ecu flash etc are those covered regardless of mileage??
I was also researching if issues arise like apex seals breaking what can be done as shelling out $700-800 for a single housing would be a pain in the ***. I saw a couple company's doing resurfacing of the housings for $300 for both, has anyone had experience with this. Doesn't seem to bad if it does work compared to having to buy new housings. I'm pretty mechanical and I plan to do everything if I get this bad boy including a rebuild if I have to as it doesn't look complicated at all to do. I've done clutches, tranny swaps, timing belts, water pumps, etc. so I'm down to just jump in if I need to, just want to be prepared as I'm very OCD about knowing what I have to do if it arises.
Seems to me if this works and you do your own mechanic work that you could rebuild your own engine for under a $1k compared to $2k plus labor for someone else to do it, would I be correct in this??
I'm in Orlando in case anyone is wondering.
appreciate the input and the help.
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