racing beat side housings? aluminum!!??
 

anyone have any experiance using these side housings? there expensive yes of course but still saving an extra 50 or more pounds from your motor sounds good to me..

I already have new rotor housings and a atkins rebuild kit on my shelf for when my motor pops i can get it rebuilt.. I bet i have over 2 years till it pops tho.. so maybe ill save up money and buy these just cause they look cool as hell!

anyone got an opnion on them one way or another?

Don't know anyone personally who have run them as they're CRAZY expensive.

I'd call Racing Beat and have an in-depth discussion with them on those housings. Let them know what your goals are for the motor - power and what use (street or race).

You definitely don't want them for a street car if you have to resurface the housings every 5,000 miles or something crazy. Not saying that's the case, but that's the kind of thing I'd want to know before spending some crazy damn money on them.

Dale

You might read this thread:
https://www.rx7club.com/race-car-tech-103/racing-beat-aluminum-side-housings-761053/

thank you guys.. again :D

Isnt one of the probs with a rotary engine, the fact taht the metal and aluminium heat up at differant speeds? wouldnt these be a good idea to stop this?

I thought the 16X was going to use an aluminum side housing...

negligible benefits...make that NO benefits over stock ones, for a street car.

RB is counting on the 'wow' factor (aka ricer boy drool) to confirm the "a fool and his money are soon parted" adage.

I disagree with you. (they have a very specific purpose)

these are designed for weight reduction.

I called and talked to them more about these side plates.

they told me that with MAJOR modification they could be used for street cars, but the modifications would have to be done by someone else. (meaning its really not worth the effort, if even they wont modify them for street use.)

they are designed for P-Port engines. plain and simple, these are worthless for side port applications.

so saying that they are just to attract the "ricer" crowd is really discrediting a great company, who has been around for a long time and really have contributed a lot of R&D to our cars. just because they don't fit the purpose you need them for, doesn't make them ricey or worthless.

They mention on their site "If you desire Racing Beat to Street Port, Bridge Port, or J-Bridge Port your housing(s), us for details on porting configurations available." so I think they can be ordered side ported. The problem is that no one has tried these in a street car (or at least posted about it) to know if there are any problems with running this in a street car. Like are they're any problems with continuous heat cycling and general wear.

42.5 pound weight reduction at the front without sacrificing anything at all would be a good if they're no disadvantages from regular irons (ignoring the cost which is what everyone looks at).

thewird