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z-beater 05-11-08 01:47 PM

All 6? That is the first time I've ever seen that.

I am running an A1000, works great just a little noisy.

TDIT 05-11-08 02:35 PM

If you have any pics of the apex seals I'd love to see them. I'm a disty of TuffStuff apex seals in Australia. I'm gathering people's stories about their apex seal failures as, the more info I gather, the easier it becomes for people to spend a little more on virtually unbreakable's. For example: RX3 13BT running the quarter in Australia, putting down 530 to the road, had a major lean out two thirds down the strip due to fuel starvation. The pilot kept the hammer down and managed a sub 9 with a low trap time. When the engine was pulled down, there was a crack in one housing due to heat stress, but the seals hadn't cracked or broken apart. They had bowed under the massive amount of heat, but they held together so there was no secondary turbo damage. So as you can image, the more people that share their stories of seal failures, the better.

Cheers and many thanks!

StumpDrummer 05-11-08 02:51 PM

I really am hoping this is not the problem !!,pull your distributor and check the gear and pray it aint stripped get a flash light and check the gear it mates up too inside the engine if either one is strippedout get ready for a rebuild....I highly recommend Atkins Rotary Engine

Hit Redline 05-11-08 10:59 PM


Originally Posted by z-beater (Post 8180602)
All 6? That is the first time I've ever seen that.

I am running an A1000, works great just a little noisy.


Are you running a sump or surge tank? How low do you let your fuel gauge get?


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