My First Rebuild "PICS"
 

I'm still a little wasted from last night, so I won't type much.



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new side seals that need to be cut.

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Your irons look great - are they new or reman?

lapped

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I lost a corner seal spring on the floor, and could not find it. It was getting dark, and I was getting very worried that I would now have till wait till Monday to close it.

So I got the bright idea to sweep the floor with a maqgnet:D

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My batteries on the camera died. I'll take some pics of the engine in a little while.




I had watched the Atkins video on my laptop so many times, that by the time it got to the rebuild, I did'nt even need it:

BTW: Atkins Original VHS tape $20 shipped

Looks good man... but are you building it on top of a bucket? Brings new meaning to building on a budget! :)

Good luck with it man and give us some more pics!

Looks good, I am gonna rebuild on one sometime... Where did you get your porting template? Did you just draw it out yourself?

My friend got the template from some dude named "Switche" here in Miami. He's a local guy that builds some fast as rotaries

:D

BTW: Atkins Video SOLD!

Man I'm so happy!!! I can't wait to install the Microtech and fire her up.



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Damn that looks good dude nice and clean I love the 3rd gen intake looks super sweet.

wow...you never cease to amaze me...was gonna do a rebuild on a 12a that I have just for the heck of it but have never set aside the time...sure gonna set apart some time now!!

Cosmo:D

Do it man!! It's so damn easy I don't see how people pay for this shit (Unless they don't have the time)

I could now say " I Built this Engine"

how much did the complete rebuild kit cost you?

Muahahahahaha:D
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Now I just have to make my dipstick like my friends

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Looks Great Luis!!

Did you need to rebuild it, or was that just your choice? I remember not too long ago you
putting up videos of it running on the street.

Did the engine let go?

$800 New FD housings "from a friend"
$130 Lapped Irons
$230 Atkins 3mm seals
$125 Atkins Gasket set
$62 "4" from my friend at MAZDA
$357 Engine internals

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Alex,

Engine was still running, but I wanted to refresh it to go with Microtech and Bigger turbo.

When I opened the engine I found that the previous builder used 88 and 89 housings, and My friend had a new set lying around in his living room so I bought them.

wow looks amazing, I eventually should get that atkins video, ive heard nothing but great things about it.

Looks good bro! How detailed where you with "tolerences and specs" ? When I rebuilt my first engine it ran great and still does, but I hear many builders talking about measuring and all but in my opinion if it ran well before you took it apart it should still be within tolerences and workable.....right? I'm currently building another 12a and I tried all the measuring they talk about in those videos and Hanes book and it just drives me nuts!

Man, those engines look hot!

Not very!! Everything was pretty much brand new, so there was'nt that much to measure

Wow, I need that kind of ambition.

nice work man,how much is a how reabuild kit for the 12a and the 13bt ???????

So is that powdercoated or painted? And IIRC you polished the rotor housings? Looks really good mang! :D

Painted. Lets see how long it lasts:D

yep! they're polished

Now that's SWEET!
Thanks for sharing- really super photos. :)

measuring the hell with it, I have built about 15 motors(piston motors) the only thing I ever measured was the crank journals to know what size of bearings to order, and they are all running strong except for a d-50 motor i rebuild for a friend it had a cracked piston that we didnt realize but it ran like a bat out of hell on 3 cylinders hehehe

Luis:

I grew up in Puerto Rico where the are lots of rotaries, but your
car is the BADDEST I've ever seen. Hope you enjoy that bad boy
for 50 more years, at least.

Thanks bro

My dad is form Aguadilla. It must be in the blood:D

yo wussup man, hey that motor looks hot. congrats on the first build. I was gunna ask you if you were from PR. Anyways good luck..

Houston, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!

I had to open the engine again.

I was ready to check for end play, but the E-shaft would not move. It would only move if i tapped it with a rubber mallet. So I opened the block and found a small scratch on the shaft and that's where it was stuck. It also ruined the bearing. So My friend gave me a new shaft and I bought a new bearing. I'll close her again tomorrow.

I'm actually happy I get to do it again:D

^ a little extra practice never hurts!

looks really nice, how did you go about polishing those housings? they look awesome!

I wish i had the money for fd housings, a full rebuild kit, a bigger turbo (hell any turbo at all) and a microtech...i hope you enjoy the shit out of it for me!

I paid some old Cuban man $120 to do both.

Income tax check:D

on your laptop?

the atkins video?

I WANT!!!!

ppppleeease

did you close the motor?? wat scratched your eshaft??

damn that engine loos almost as good as the cleavage on your avitar.. i do have a question .. what are lapped irons?

Not yet, Maybe tomorrow

I have now idea, but I should have inspected it more throughly b4 installing it.


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Since you're in Argentina, if you get me Keyra's address http://www.kontraband.com/show/show....n=index-topten , you can have the Video and my motor:D

What!!! that bitch is hot. I seen the pics but damn. Yo today I went to walmart and I saw a china with her mom dressed like a str8 up school girl. Pig tails, the white top, plad skirt and sure enough those white stockings. I couldnt stop staring. But yo that keyra girl is off the chain.

nice photos. also, nice save with catching the shaft issues before trying to fire it. hope all goes well.

Yep!! Thank god I checked.

I should close the motor on Sunday and install it on Monday. I'll post some more pics.

That girl is driving Argentina nuts

A rich kid down here claims he banged her, but I want evidence.

she about drove me to a nut.

Motor is closed and all seems to be good.


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My CP rack and pinion kit arrived yesterday, so I'll be installing the kit and then the motor.

Installing the CP rack kit is no picnic without proper tools. But I'm getting there.

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This may sound like a stupid question, but is there anyway to reapply the nitride coating? And if not, what does the nitride coating do for the housings?

holyshit a CP! you´re god

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Well fellas, so far so good. Over the next few days I'll be installing the fuel system and hopefully the Microtech. Then we'll see if my rebuild is a success.

Wish me luck:D

Luis, today I installed the microtech. Its really str8 forward and im sure youll have no problems in it. BTW good luck.

Thanks

I've installed an LT8 in my friends car and it started right up on the first try. I do need some coils though. Mooooooooore money:D