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Old 08-07-05, 03:12 AM
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is RA the only maker of teflon encapsulated coolant orings?
i'm wanting to get some teflon encapsulated orings for my rebuild, and i'm wanting to get some quicker shipping so i can have my rebuild done before the end of the week.
does anyone other than RA make these orings?
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How much are they?


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i have no clue, the whole oring kit is 160 dollars.

the problem is they wont ship stuff fast.
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It's probably rebadged McMaster-Carr ****...
$10 each from McMaster-Carr - need 4.


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It's probably rebadged McMaster-Carr ****...
$10 each from McMaster-Carr - need 4.


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I used to think that as well, especially because RA uses standard sized o-rings rather than metric and I believe McMaster Carr does too? Can't remember... But I thought RA claimed they did not when questioned, hard to say. Same **** either way.
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Yep, McMaster-Carr is SAE, not metric.
It take a little "tugging" to make them fit, but they are CHEAPER than stock!
I use them in all my rebuilds, including all customers engines now.



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I've actually been thinking about giving them a shot on an engine some day, maybe the next build, I got OEM for the latest one
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how much are the OEM ones? i've had great luck with the RA ones... maybe i'll just order them with my atkins order monday instead of the RA stuff.
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$22.xx from Mazdatrix.
http://www.mazdatrix.com/getprice.as...m=10-B71A-N326

$25 from the local Mazda dealer (over here).


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I've always got my shipping quick with RA or do you mean like next day air etc...? I ordered the oring kit and it was here in like 3 days and same with the apex seals.
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my last order was about a month ago from them, and i ordered it on sunday night (technically monday at about 2am) and didnt get it til friday. i'm wanting to put my engine back together wednesday and i dont want to be stuck with my thumb up my *** waiting for parts again.
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