tehbadmambajamba

Hi - my names tyler. im new to the rx7 world and deff. new to rotary engines. my friend and i got a 79 rx7 given to us. supposedly has a blown head gasket. but we thought that since it had been given to us that we'd go through and replace all seals and gaskets. i from what i hear the original owner had just done work and had let a friend take it for a ride and hammered down a little too hard. so heres my problem. ifv found several engine rebuild kits. one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA...Q5fAccessories for $134.90 that diesnt have "apex". and another http://www.atkinsrotary.com/store/pr...roductid=16918 for over $700. so do i need to get "apex seals" or will that work fine??

RotaryRocket88

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Rotaries don't have head gaskets. There aren't even heads. Replacing a blown coolant seal means a full tear-down and rebuild. And really, if you're going to go that far, just replace it all. Doing soft-seals only isn't worth it in my opinion.

tehbadmambajamba

so i should go with the full apex seal package? and if so is there any place that might be cheaper that you would know of?

fcs3l0ve

there is no apex seal package, a master rebuild kit is what you want with the apex seals and all the springs and other gaskets and $700 isnt bad considering other places charge about $1,000 but maybe if you look you'll find one cheaper.