beastman_5

Hello everyone,
Been a while since I last posted. Well it seems that rotor #1 has blown for the second time on this car. The problem is that I am currently at school in RI and need to take the car home to jersey. It barely starts and the 0-60 is 25 seconds but it runs (like a tractor). Backfires and vibrations but max speed is 60-70 MPH depending on slope. I will leave at a time with no traffic, but if the car stalls or turns off it will not start again while hot. But heres the question. Since Injectors are still firing into the dead rotor wasting over 50% of fuel and some compression is still holding back the second rotor, would it be better off unplugging the two front injectors and spark plugs to maximize MPG and reduce the load of the dead rotors? And who thinks the car actually makes it the 140 miles? Going to try and flip the coils (1 to 3 and 2 to 4) to see if the constant misfire changes rotors to see if its an ignition problem as a last resort. If rotor 1 still misfires then Ill part out or sell the shell. Lmk what you think!

beastman_5

Also I have a cobb Acessport, any ideas on tuning for 1 rotor?!? (Just kidding btw)

200.mph

iTrader: (9)

i was talking to a guy at deals gap a few years ago who popped a rotor in his fd. drove it from nc to nj or ny. took him a while and had to down shift a lot to make it up hills but he did make it

beastman_5

^ so should I go through the trouble of removing spark plugs and injectors, or just try as is?

200.mph

iTrader: (9)

that i dont know. i know he drove a hell of a lot further on one rotor tho so i guess its possible

Jastreb

iTrader: (1)

Do you still have a cat?

beastman_5

Nope, catless midpipe racing beat axel back. I have confirmed missfire rotor 1 and I have some other codes for intake flap or exhaust flap something? I know I have an ssv stuck too and lean code for first rotor.

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Don't drive it, you can ruin the engine and make parts that were reusable, unusable. Don't be stupid, rent a truck and trailer.

200.mph

iTrader: (9)

i said its possibel 9k, i never said it was smart lol. fd guy had a built motor at home and didnt seem to car about the one he limped home

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Oh it's definitely possible, we had one get driven to us that sounded liked a diesel tractor. The insides were fakked. To this day we still can't understand how it still started.

The engine was useless of course.

hoosier1104

iTrader: (2)

Survey says.......................that thing is fucked.

Do not do it. Like 9k said, rent a truck and trailer. Do not do something stupid that will potentially cost you more in the long run.

ZiG

all that air going into the exhaust could really screw with the O2 sensor readings and just cause even more problems. I wouldn't.

mazdaverx7

iTrader: (6)

I wouldn't risk stalling the engine and being so far from home. I've driven about 20 miles on one rotor and it wasn't enjoyable. It was however a necessity and I chalked that rotor and housing up to the garbage when I pulled the engine apart. I personally wouldn't do it. Rent a car for the weekend and figure something out.

BOOSTD 7

Hell, back in the late '90's I had an RX-7 that I drove the 40 mile round trip back and forth to work every day for 8 months on one rotor. I still laugh ever time a modded WRX drives by, sounds exactly like my 1 rotor did.

jamesfickackerly

I had a similar problem. Fortunately I had a friend who was a mechanic at Mazda dealership. He helped me resolve the problem.

b005td7

Does the c coils come standard in 2010 ?

Shaozhou Zhang

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