B00stCreep

I'm looking for a new used sports car and I was thinking of buying a 3rd gen RX-7. I was just wondering how different it is having a rotary engine under the hood. From research and talking to people I hear they flood easily and the lack of low end torque mean you'll be switching gears alot. But what are the day-to-day things that are different from a piston engines. Do you have to let the engines warm up for a while....and stuff like that?

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drftk1d

you let them warm up for like 2 mins then just drive around below 3k and once its warm let it rip

gas mileage kinda sucks on them but it can be decent if you drive like a pussy

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RX-7 TII

my89rx7gtu

I get 260mi.-270mi. on the whole tank with 2-3gal. left when I fill it up.
Is that good or bad?

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'89 mazda RX7 GTU
Rebuilt engine, pre-silencer, cone intake air filter, 15k+mi. on rebuild, runs great.
'87 mazda RX7 (gxl)
Current Project-car. Plans: 1. get it running, 2. aux. BP & SP. and more mods.

Kavorkian_Scarf

They arent too too bad on gas. For their engine size they are terrible (1.3L) but the effeciency compared to say a 4.5 L isnt bad.

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badassfocus1101

just get in the damn thing and drive it...who cares about gas mileage..... drift it and do donuts. who cares, put it to use for what its for, u want a granny car go get a damn lumina..lol

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oh, u got pistons.....ha u F****n blow, get rotors

drftk1d

ive been getting good highway mileage using cruise control at 65 mph (which is about 2500 rpms)

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RX-7 TII