machining your own apex seal???
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machining your own apex seal???
anyone ever made there own apex seals?? im going to try and mchine a set , what material should i use?
any sugestions to experiment with on desing and material???
and what are the dimensions???
any sugestions to experiment with on desing and material???
and what are the dimensions???
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I think for dimension purposes that you should carefully measure a seal from Atkins or RA. Design and material, is somehting you have to find out while experimenting. I would say It should be hard, with a somewhat flexible core and have good lubricating properties. Too hard will eat the housing and rotor. Too soft will wear fast and easily. Furthermore you should calculate/watch the expansion properties of the material.
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I'd let the folks who have put lots of money into material R&D machine mine. Folk over the ~$180 and build a motor you know has quality seals. You could easily spend twice that try to master the art...just my $0.02
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These are questions that are backed up by pages and pages of math. Like the acceleration rate of the apex seal and whatnot. Its all in Kenichi Yamamoto's book. All that stuff is beyond me, but if your serious about this, www.rotaryrefs.net
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Materials selection is a big consideration. Using an uncoated material too similar to the housing could result in galling and instant junk engine. There are some great coatings available which you could use on top of the proper material.
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I'm not trying to come across as an ***, but realistically anyone who has to ask those questions are most likely not able to make the seals, or at least ones that work. Material choice of coarse will determine the final size of the seal (expansion and clearance).
Make something that doesn't require a doctrine in metallurgy, like an abradable compressor housing for near zero clearance of the compressor wheel. Now there’s something do-able, simple to try (I might add WAY less expensive) and useful.
~Mike.............
Make something that doesn't require a doctrine in metallurgy, like an abradable compressor housing for near zero clearance of the compressor wheel. Now there’s something do-able, simple to try (I might add WAY less expensive) and useful.
~Mike.............
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AGREED^^^
Those things might look simple, but the actual dimensions is NOT the hard part.
Material selection and tempering is the big problem.
Apex seal expand faster then rotor (groove)?
Stuck apex seal and possible engine damage...
Apex seal expand slower than rotor (groove)?
Excessive blow-by and loss of power...
Apex seal too hard for rotor (groove)?
Clearances go to hell and possible engine damage...
Apex seal too soft for rotor (groove)?
Premature failure of apex seal...
You get the picture?
-Ted
Those things might look simple, but the actual dimensions is NOT the hard part.
Material selection and tempering is the big problem.
Apex seal expand faster then rotor (groove)?
Stuck apex seal and possible engine damage...
Apex seal expand slower than rotor (groove)?
Excessive blow-by and loss of power...
Apex seal too hard for rotor (groove)?
Clearances go to hell and possible engine damage...
Apex seal too soft for rotor (groove)?
Premature failure of apex seal...
You get the picture?
-Ted
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Originally Posted by RETed
Apex seal too hard for rotor (groove)?
Clearances go to hell and possible engine damage...
Apex seal too soft for rotor (groove)?
Premature failure of apex seal...
You get the picture?
-Ted
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Originally Posted by Bluem
anyone ever made there own apex seals?? im going to try and mchine a set , what material should i use?
any sugestions to experiment with on desing and material???
and what are the dimensions???
any sugestions to experiment with on desing and material???
and what are the dimensions???
Dude, your from the PR...I would have figured they had their own homegrown stuff down there
James
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It's basically the thickness of the size of the rotor seal gap minus .002in., width of the rotor housing - .004-.012in, and I forget how high it is, probably around 3/8"
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Originally Posted by RETed
Apex seal too soft for rotor (groove)?
Premature failure of apex seal...
Premature failure of apex seal...
Probably going to build engines with carbon-aluminum seals from now on, simply because they're more housing friendly.
I don't do turbos, which also helps.
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Originally Posted by peejay
Better seal failure, than destruction of the expensive parts.
Probably going to build engines with carbon-aluminum seals from now on, simply because they're more housing friendly.
I don't do turbos, which also helps.
Probably going to build engines with carbon-aluminum seals from now on, simply because they're more housing friendly.
I don't do turbos, which also helps.
Go ask all the people who had their Hurley seals fly out of their engines.
It still necessitates a very expensive engine rebuild, whether it be time or money.
I call that a poor excuse for poor quality parts.
I've been an advocate for Mazda OEM apex seals since day one.
I've never had a problem with the Mazda OEM seals.
I've never been a fan of these aftermarket apex seals.
One by one, they have all fallen.
About the only other option is ceramics, which cost an are and a leg!
I'll stick to my Mazda OEM apex seals while you're rebuilding engines...
_Ted
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Originally Posted by RETed
That's what Hurley claims...
Go ask all the people who had their Hurley seals fly out of their engines.
It still necessitates a very expensive engine rebuild, whether it be time or money.
(...)
I'll stick to my Mazda OEM apex seals while you're rebuilding engines...
Go ask all the people who had their Hurley seals fly out of their engines.
It still necessitates a very expensive engine rebuild, whether it be time or money.
(...)
I'll stick to my Mazda OEM apex seals while you're rebuilding engines...
I'd rather rebuild cheap than have a dead car because I can't find any good used replacement housings/rotors cheaply. (A pair of new rotor housings alone would cost more than I put into an entire car!)
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Originally Posted by Bluem
if i was building a honda engine yes i would. since thats what the oem parts are.
What about racing beat carbon/aluminum seals? Anyone have opinions on them?
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