Wankel7

Always wondered about this....On my engine (Atkins rebuild) there is no hole/threads for the long bolt that goes thru the middle of the LIM.

So what intermediate housing is in that engine?

Thanks

JAmes

Wankel7

Oh...91TII

Wankel7

Up

Wankel7

Gebus....up we go again.

1987RX7guy

iTrader: (3)

**** bitch

Wankel7

Nah, just bloody curious.

1987RX7guy

iTrader: (3)

sure......

gergrx7

you probally got a NA intermidiate plate. i know i used a s5 na middle plate in my rebuild and didnt realise it untill after i put motor in car that it couldnt go in there so i just drilled and taped a whole.

Wankel7

Yeah, I might need to do that.

How is the NA intermediate different than a TII intermediate? on S5s?

HAILERS

Go here http://www.mazdatrix.com/c-2.htm and you'll see both na and turbo one above the other. Not a pretty site. Who rebuilt that engine??????????

Wankel7

Thanks ... that is a good way to look at it.

Atkins redid the engine.

They did a streetport on the engine. I guess I will find out what it really looks like tomorrow when I split the engine.

So, what are the differences in the intermediate housings...s5 na vs. s5 tii?

Thanks!

James

HAILERS

OOOps. Sorry, had my head stuck up my dark spot when I wrote that above. I got to looking at the end housings and got real excited. I forgot your talking about the intermediate housing. That part of the gasket looks similar so there does not look to be a flow problem. Sorry, never seen a series five na..turbo side by side. Shoulda kept my fingers off the keypad. Have a good tear down.

Wankel7

Hoping to have a jolly good one today...but that freaking eshaft bolt up front held strong against my 240ft lbs impact wrench. Need to take the engine somewhere tomorrow...that has a better gun than I

James

MARTIN

which bolt, up front or in the rear???

Wankel7

It is the long bolt....that goes thru the lower center of the LIM.

James

MARTIN

O yea...

HAILERS

If you can lock the flywheel down, you should be able to get a breakover on it and a long pipe on the breakover to get it off.

If nothing else.....a beakover and socket then strike the breakover with a twenty lb sledge hammer repeatedly. Not wind up and hit, but several solid blows.

Wankel7

Ended up taking the enigne to a shop that had a stronger gun than I....so that held off a lot of cussing They sure locktighted that thing hard. Seemed like the torque setting was 90ftlbs.

James

KompressorLOgic

iTrader: (6)

yeah that bolt is a bitch! the manual says to put lock tight on it AND torque it to 90 ft/lbs.

we had to use a blow torch on it, hit it with a hammer a few times then the air gun finally got it loose!

Wankel7

Yeah, that bolt coming loose sure can screw the pooch!