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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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Unhappy question about rebuild

i have a motor that was rebuilt by rotary performance with 3mm seals and a mild port, i blew one of the rear apex seal and i was wondering if it could be a quick fix
to just replace the rear seals without taking the whole motor apart, just the rear rotor housing and rear iron.
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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 04:32 PM
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if not i might have some parts for sale
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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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For tha cost associated with rebuilding half the engine it is not a lot more to do it correctly and rebuild the whole thing. You must have had a major malfunction for it to break the 3mm seals. If it did blow them then you most likely need a rotor and housing as well.
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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 06:07 PM
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thats what i was thinking, well i guess its up for parts,,, to the classifieds it is!!!
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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 11:21 PM
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Chris and Ari at RP build stout 3 mil motors, what happened for it to blow? I'd track down the cause before I even pulled the motor.
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 02:23 AM
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sorry, i didnt in any way try to point finger, its just that sometimes its the first thing people ask is where did you build it.
this was a great build, fantastic porting and sealing. What happend was that the turbonetics t61 blew so i replaced it with a t71 turbo and there was alot more mass even at the same boost that the haltek needed to be retuned. so most likely it detonated.
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