ROTARY! Mazda Rx-8 13B Renesis JUNK Engine Teardown. Series 1 6-Port Disassembly. Is It All SCRAP?

A Rotary! Yes its been 3 years since I've torn down a rotary engine on this channel so I thought it to be rather prudent to reset that counter. This is the engine from what we were told was a 2004 Mazda Rx-8. This was allegedly a bad engine that my brother took back as a core when he sold a good engine. This has been in his garage for years! Not knowing the full story, miles, or situation, this teardown sheds some light into what can fail on these engines.
Every week, I teardown at least one bad, blown or core engine to find out what happened, what caused it, and what parts survived. Here are a few of my favorites from the past:
Mazda 2.5 Skyactive with only 30K    • Dead At 30K Miles!? Mazda Skyactiv-G ...  
Legendary Toyota 2GR-FE 3.5L    • Toyota Lexus 2GR-FE Teardown! Prematu...  
Audi V10 With INCREDIBLE Damage    • DEVASTATED Audi S6 5.2L V10 Engine Te...  
Honda J Series, Absolute destruction!    • Honda J Series V6 Teardown! How Did S...  

Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run Importapart, a full service auto recycling business. Part of our model includes buying blown up, core and broken engines to dismantle and salvage the good parts. We do not rebuild or repair engines, merely supply parts to those who do.
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As always I really hope you enjoyed this teardown. I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one!
-Eric