fd tstat housing on a fc?
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02-19-12, 01:04 AM
#20
Wow.... thats a huuuuuge effing chunk just blown off...
Did you buy that part new or used? I mean the way it seems to have kaboomed off indicates a bad casting. Personally I would just switch to a S4 waterpump/housing/neck and not have to worry about spending out the *** for an aftermarket neck.
Did you buy that part new or used? I mean the way it seems to have kaboomed off indicates a bad casting. Personally I would just switch to a S4 waterpump/housing/neck and not have to worry about spending out the *** for an aftermarket neck.
02-19-12, 08:01 AM
#21
Wow.... thats a huuuuuge effing chunk just blown off...
Did you buy that part new or used? I mean the way it seems to have kaboomed off indicates a bad casting. Personally I would just switch to a S4 waterpump/housing/neck and not have to worry about spending out the *** for an aftermarket neck.
Did you buy that part new or used? I mean the way it seems to have kaboomed off indicates a bad casting. Personally I would just switch to a S4 waterpump/housing/neck and not have to worry about spending out the *** for an aftermarket neck.
02-19-12, 11:51 AM
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the funny one is the FD AST's. the aftermarket ones fail really quick, its usually a QC thing, they are built so badly, they barely worked in the first place.
02-19-12, 12:19 PM
#23
hmm, $23 for a used plastic piece that will maybe last a few years or the aluminum one which should outlast the car.. decisions decisions.
if you blew up the aluminum one i would have contacted mazdatrix and they likely would have sent you a new one with an apology.
true that but in that case those AST replacements are made with cheap materials, i have yet to see an AST that is worth it's weight in salt just in the name of saving $10 in materials for decent thickness wall tubing and plate materials. problem is they always warp at the neck because they're flimsy.
if you blew up the aluminum one i would have contacted mazdatrix and they likely would have sent you a new one with an apology.
true that but in that case those AST replacements are made with cheap materials, i have yet to see an AST that is worth it's weight in salt just in the name of saving $10 in materials for decent thickness wall tubing and plate materials. problem is they always warp at the neck because they're flimsy.
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02-19-12, 12:44 PM
#24
hmm, $23 for a used plastic piece that will maybe last a few years or the aluminum one which should outlast the car.. decisions decisions.
if you blew up the aluminum one i would have contacted mazdatrix and they likely would have sent you a new one with an apology.
true that but in that case those AST replacements are made with cheap materials, i have yet to see an AST that is worth it's weight in salt just in the name of saving $10 in materials for decent thickness wall tubing and plate materials. problem is they always warp at the neck because they're flimsy.
if you blew up the aluminum one i would have contacted mazdatrix and they likely would have sent you a new one with an apology.
true that but in that case those AST replacements are made with cheap materials, i have yet to see an AST that is worth it's weight in salt just in the name of saving $10 in materials for decent thickness wall tubing and plate materials. problem is they always warp at the neck because they're flimsy.
02-19-12, 12:59 PM
#25
well, it's just made of cast aluminum. it's not as difficult as you would think to get impurities into the mix if you aren't careful. cast parts fail more regularly than we would like to think if the people casting the parts are doing it on a friday afternoon mentality.