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[turbob16hatch]

You'll have good luck with a KA24DE.  They are cheap and plentiful if anything goes wrong, and stock for stock hold a lot more power than SR20DET will.

+1

Worse for worse, you could rebuild 3 KA's for the price of a 13b rebuild.

where you buying rebuild parts? unless your talking total destruction rebuild.

I has seen a friend rebuild his 13b in front of me and it was the easiest looking thing ever, and cost around $400 in parts/seals. Took him maybe 45 min to finish it up.  the hardest part was cleaning out the vasaline to get it to start.

Ran strong for about a year then he blew it up on 20+ psi on a gt42. (ran antilag alot) so...... they can be reliable. Just not when difter wannabe's try and mess with them.

Disagree.  How many rotaries are running around that could be rebuilt without new rotor housings? If you start with a good block and reseal it sure. But those are few and far between. When you do find a good motor, they are $$$.

Im far from a wannabe, and my motor was built by one of the best rotary guys on the east coast.  There was nothing reliable about it, and I feel very comfortable in my hate for the wankel.

Wasn't referring to you as a wannabe just people like nopistons.

there no more unreliable then any other engine when doubling or tripling the hp in oem form. they don't suck as bad as most say they do.

[Joseph Davis]

You'll have good luck with a KA24DE.  They are cheap and plentiful if anything goes wrong, and stock for stock hold a lot more power than SR20DET will.

+1

Worse for worse, you could rebuild 3 KA's for the price of a 13b rebuild.

where you buying rebuild parts? unless your talking total destruction rebuild.

I has seen a friend rebuild his 13b in front of me and it was the easiest looking thing ever, and cost around $400 in parts/seals. Took him maybe 45 min to finish it up.  the hardest part was cleaning out the vasaline to get it to start.

Ran strong for about a year then he blew it up on 20+ psi on a gt42. (ran antilag alot) so...... they can be reliable. Just not when difter wannabe's try and mess with them.

Disagree.  How many rotaries are running around that could be rebuilt without new rotor housings? If you start with a good block and reseal it sure. But those are few and far between. When you do find a good motor, they are $$$.

Im far from a wannabe, and my motor was built by one of the best rotary guys on the east coast.  There was nothing reliable about it, and I feel very comfortable in my hate for the wankel.

Wasn't referring to you as a wannabe just people like nopistons.

there no more unreliable then any other engine when doubling or tripling the hp in oem form. they don't suck as bad as most say they do.

Then buy one.

[NoPistons!]

Exactly, JD.  Go buy one. 


Yeah.  I'm a wannabe drifter.  Gonna go pro and all that shit, get my d1 gran prix license, get the gold, fuck jap umbrella girls, get in all teh mags and keiichi tchuchiya or however you spell his name (too lazy to google it) will suck me off between rounds.

Living the dreeeeeem, son.

Real talk, as long as i'm having fun i honestly dont give a fuck.  I do not care if a 300hp ka is just as reliable as a 300hp rotary.  DONT CARE.  That's your opinion.  Not written in stone fact.   It's my car, my time, my money.   I'll do what I want to do regardless if you want to spout your gay banter or not.

[Joseph Davis]

Exactly, JD.  Go buy one. 

Pass.  I've seen enough second hand.

I'll do what I want to do regardless if you want to spout your gay banter or not.

Gay banter?  I'm not the one advocating rotories.

[NoPistons!]

I was agreeing with you.

Assclown.

[Joseph Davis]

Assclown.

 

[NoPistons!]

I did digging more on the ebay wastegates.

People have used them and NOT have them stick but they've done several mods to get them to work well.

Spring:

Problem:  Sometimes, they are cheap shit material and heat causes them to "sag".  Wastegate will blow open and the car will not build boost.

Solution:  Buy a brand name spring.

Valve sticking open/closed:

Problem:  Shitty tolerances dont account for thermal expansion of shitty materials.

Solution:  Sand valve and polish to a mirror finish.  Check with a dial indicator/digital calipers.  Re-assemble and put high temp anti sieze on the valve shaft.


Torn diaphragm:

Problem:  Shitty material

Solution:  Buy a new one from the company who's gate your knock-off is based on.  (also applies to cdm bov's)




These are what the supra guys have been doing with them anyway.


So we can just throw egt's out of the equation of these failing after all precautionary measures have been taken.   

[Joseph Davis]

By the time you do all that, a used brand name unit is a better deal.

[patsmx5]

By the time you do all that, a used brand name unit is a better deal.