Well its time for a rebuild, It smokes pretty good on warm up and have gotten a few puffs of smoke on hard shifts. Im taking a chunk of my tax money to bless my car with. So my big question here is what rebuild kits would you guys recommend along with apex seals ect. I just want a good stock rebuild that will hold up to occasional hard driving....lol

Id appreciate your input on some full rebuild kits you've had experience with. I have been shopping around and comparing atkins and racing beat and I can see the price difference but quality wise would I be better off just going with racing beat and spending the extra money?

 

As far as i remember rb sells mazda parts. Atkins use viton rings.

Viton rings can be a bitch to work with but it will last longer than stock.

Not sure about apex

 

Rotary Aviation sells a kit that I've heard good things about. <http://rotaryaviation.com/overhaul_kits.htm>

 

Rotary aviation with super seals! Use there kits in all of our customers cars as well as our own. Even our 965rwhp race car!!! Can't say enough good things about them!

 

For an n/a engine I would go with OEM.

 

Im on a budget but if im opening her I might as well replace as much as I can! Such a hard decision I just have to con my wife into letting me spend the extra cash hahaha

 

i have had good luck with atkins....i dont like their viton rings, they are a bear to get in. however the apex seal and side seals have been very good to me.

 

Well I decided to go with the atkins overhaul kit C with mazda apex seals,mazda corner seals and plugs, stock side seals, mazda main bearings, mazda rotor bearings, and a set of thrust bearings. Ordered last night along with shocks, struts, springs, all energy suspension bushings for the whole car, and steel braided brake lines from racing beat.Oh and the atkins rebuild dvd hopefully everything will be here friday! Oh yea atkins was out of mazda side seals and said they wouldnt have any for a few weeks so I had to upgrade to there cryo side seals for $40 extra