Official Sasquatch Re Build Thread, Part 2 New Rotary then, new trans, all german turbo Options

[Mike Bellis]

I started a new thread for the re build of the Turbo wankel project.

Here is a link to the begining.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=113156

With a little help from my Brother and Son, we got the car into the garage and I tore the engine out. It took a little over an hour to pull.



The turbo looks ok. It's a little dirty but I can't see any knicks in any blades. Shaft play is minimal and it spins wirh air without drag or noise. I will have to take it apart to find any further signs of damage.



As expected, I blew the apex seal of rotor 2. The white specks in the picture is where the seal should be. There is very fine grit in the exhaust port. Rotor 1 looks fine. Time for a rebuild or JDM crap motor. I will have to look at my budget, A rebuild is 2-3 times the cost of a JDM motor. Either way, all the components will bolt on. There is a chance if I go JDM, that I will have to modify the engine brace for different motor mounts.



Here's some pics of the package...

[Lennies914]

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EJ25D with 5 speed

Too much time on CL while the site was down.

[Mike Bellis]

EJ25D with 5 speed

Too much time on CL while the site was down.

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I know what you mean.

That green 914 from Idaho motivated the change. I would never driven the rotary that far. It makes a better race motor than a street motor.

I'll see if I can drive it to Moab one of these days. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

BTW, Nice score! Subie... doobie... doo...