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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 08:09 AM
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Help me ID this apex seal

The first apex seal on top came out of my "rest of the world" fb bodied, no emissions, sa22c vin, rear seats, rotor shaped wheels .... first gen .... 81.

the second, came out of a friends 80

and the third, its a normal, brand new, mazda made 12a apex seal

Ive never seen before an apex like the one in my car on a first gen

If anyone has some info please share

Thank youuuuu
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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Check if the material is ferrous (with a magnet), I'm thinking Iannetti cut a relief in his seals like that.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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Check if the material is ferrous (with a magnet), I'm thinking Iannetti cut a relief in his seals like that.

well, my engine was never opened before so.... I dont know

they are ferrous.

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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 08:58 PM
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quick note: it only had one spring.

looking at its desing, you might think it came with two, but no.... just one
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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You should crosspost this to the rotary performance section. Those guys in there really know their stuff. How has the prject been going? We need an update!
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by -xlr8planet-
well, my engine was never opened before so.... I dont know

they are ferrous.

It was just a guess, ask the RP section, someone is bound to know.
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 01:01 PM
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You should crosspost this to the rotary performance section. Those guys in there really know their stuff. How has the prject been going? We need an update!

Hi Ian!

well, as you can see, I got a few parts.

Im still measuring things and cleaning up.

got racing beat templates so I will street port it and then will have the irons lapped.

The interior needs as much work as the engine so...

The problem is that I dont have any free time lately
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