2nd Gen General Discussion The place for non-technical discussion about 2nd Gen RX-7s or if there's no better place for your topic
Sponsored by:

are the side housings usable?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 02-22-18, 12:12 AM
  #1  
Full Member

Thread Starter
 
Jesus Eunos Vega's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: compton
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
are the side housings usable?

hey guys, getting ready to rebuild my s4 4port engine. front rotor took a dump and suffered some carnage. so now im in the market for a rotor and rotor housing, while cleaning the parts i noticed some scorch marks on the side plates, now im looking for some advice to see if i can reuse them, should i go wax on wax off style on them or would getting them lapped help lol? also, my rear rotor housing has the water port for the turbo blocked off, can i throw that housing in the front and buy another rear for the rear lol? my nail can easily get cought in it.
Attached Thumbnails are the side housings usable?-img_20180221_220751.jpg   are the side housings usable?-img_20180221_220841.jpg   are the side housings usable?-img_20180221_220903.jpg  
Attached Files
File Type: zip
Photos.zip (1.22 MB, 1 views)
Old 02-22-18, 07:54 AM
  #2  
roTAR needz fundZ

iTrader: (1)
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Freeland, MI
Posts: 2,614
Likes: 0
Received 31 Likes on 31 Posts
pictures aren't really good enough to give you a good answer, the second picture it looks like there is a HELL step on it.

#1 is follow the FSM, and get some better pictures, cause these pictures make it look like its junk
Old 02-22-18, 10:34 AM
  #3  
Full Member

Thread Starter
 
Jesus Eunos Vega's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: compton
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
sorry about that,my phone sucks lol. these shold be better. they dont feel too bad compared to other i seen but im not to sure about them. midplate 2
mid plate 1
front plate
Old 02-22-18, 01:45 PM
  #4  
roTAR needz fundZ

iTrader: (1)
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Freeland, MI
Posts: 2,614
Likes: 0
Received 31 Likes on 31 Posts
3rd picture i'd say is junk because its got a gouge right where the corner seal goes over

Theres alot of scratching otherwise. I'd be reading the FSM and checking the step wear and flatness
Old 02-27-18, 04:08 PM
  #5  
rotorhole
 
insightful's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2017
Location: retired rotorist
Posts: 680
Received 70 Likes on 66 Posts
shes boned, wtf killed those irons? looks like damage i see from ceramic apex seals...

all that scarring is going to make it burn lots of oil and trying to salvage them from machining and nitriting usually costs more than its worth.
Old 02-28-18, 02:36 PM
  #6  
Full Member

Thread Starter
 
Jesus Eunos Vega's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: compton
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
Originally Posted by insightful
shes boned, wtf killed those irons? looks like damage i see from ceramic apex seals...

all that scarring is going to make it burn lots of oil and trying to salvage them from machining and nitriting usually costs more than its worth.
thats what i was thinking, it was with mazda oem, or maybe atkins, not sure. motor had detonation. and the whole side of the rotor got screwed. luckily i picked up another mid plate. just wanted to know if this was salvageable. thanks
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
SndOfProgress
General Rotary Tech Support
16
10-26-07 06:37 AM
aGoGo
2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992)
14
06-26-06 11:34 AM



Quick Reply: are the side housings usable?



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:51 PM.