wow

 

yeah, that was my initial reaction as well! I'm heading down there in a while to chat with the service guys.

 

Jedi-
1. How many miles on your rx-8 and manual tranny?
2. Any symptoms before it completely screwed the pooch?
Thanks

 

best of luck with the fix

 

Had 29,998 when I dropped it off. As of this morning, 30,002. I assume the Techs took it out to try and replicate the issue

1st to 2nd had been acting up for a few months now. From time to time, it would grind but it wasn't consistent. I normally don't get tooo high up the rpm band in 1st so I didn't know if it was user error (though unlikely) or the car.
The past 2 weeks, EVERY time I'd do it, it would grind.

 

i was told saturday my car will be done today and ready for pick up

 

hope all is well Mike!

 

wow
cool

 

Don't even know you and I've felt your pain from 3k mikes away! I hope all is well when you get it back! Good Luck!

 

Bad engine was caused by bad flash that didn'thave the MOP provide enough oil.

Also, some auto's only have one oil cooler.

 

got the car back
dealer charged me 5 hours of labor for my tein coilover suspension
saying it was aftermarket and hard to take off
how lame is that
its the same as stock
im gonna fight that for sure

 

wow

 

other than that the car drives well
i was having problems before with the high rpm range and the car bogging down

drives well now

 

I don't get it Mike. What does your coilover suspension have to do with getting a new engine??

 

wow

 

good question

i asked the same thing
mazda dealer told me the front suspension was and is pulled out to install the engine

but why would that matter if i have aftermarket coilover
dumb

 

What a CRAPPY dealership.

God forbid you have Aftermarket wheels because those 'aftermarket' lugnuts must SURELY be more-difficult to remove than stock!

:-/

 

Alright, EVEN IF they did have to remove the coilovers, I installed a FULL SET of Koni's and S-Techs on a friend's car (NEVER having done this before) in under that amount of time.
Give me a lift, and more tools, and I guarantee you I can uninstall / reinstall front coilovers in UNDER 90 minutes.

 

You got totally screwed. Sorry.

 

^^^^^^^is it necessary to remove the front suspension for the engine swap or not??

 

did you see my car???

MM recently did an engine swap so hopefully he can shed some light as to whether it's "necessary" or if Mazda just put it in the Tech insturctions...

 

Every warranty-work engine swap I've read about did it the same way:

"Drop the front suspension"...

However - to that end, the only bolts required to be removed are those at the top of the strut - which typically are OEM nuts re-used...except now they bolt to the coil-overs, NOT the OEM shocks, etc.

It's complete BULLSHIT - seriously. There are pics somewhere on the forum where a guy took pics of his car during the warranty-engine swap. IIRC, the OEM shocks/struts are just sitting upright in the air; still attached at the bottom.

 

Found it:

 

The FSM says to do it that way.
It is not only unnecessary, it is way more difficult - lift or not - than just pulling it out the top like a normal car.
It also requires that you do a wheel alignment when you are done.

 

wow