PTS apex seals
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'Tuna'
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PTS apex seals
Anyone have any experience with these seals?
www.performancetestedseals.com
According to them it's guaranteed not to break
www.performancetestedseals.com
According to them it's guaranteed not to break
Last edited by crispeed; 12-22-05 at 02:25 AM.
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At US$171.86 PER seal? And they "Bow" instead of breaking in pieces? And then when they "Bow", they can be pulled out, straightened up and stuffed back like nothing happended? This is not an April's fool joke, right?
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Originally Posted by LUPE
Interesting.......
I am going to try them soon.....
I heard that Abel Ibarra use them and many other top rotary racers use them....so if it works for them, why wouldn´t it work for me?
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Originally Posted by LUPE
Where are you guys seeing a price? Are they ceramic? Use stock springs with them?
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Originally Posted by EFINI_RX-7_RZ
At US$171.86 PER seal? And they "Bow" instead of breaking in pieces? And then when they "Bow", they can be pulled out, straightened up and stuffed back like nothing happended? This is not an April's fool joke, right?
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Well a couple weeks ago I sent them an e-mail asking about housing wear.
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Hi I was wondering how well your seals held up in a street driven car? I understand that these seals are idea for Hi hp engines but how safe are they on the rotor housings? Could someone get 100,000 miles out of an engine with these seals?
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HI I dont know how long they will last as we are still testing them in a street car.These seals were designed for racing, and do not wear the housing or rotors. The seals cost $1300.00aust so they are a bit expensive to use on street car engine.
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Originally Posted by jdmluver
You do see the machining grooves in the seals but they do work.
Are you talking about the machining grooves on the seal faces making it look like it has a rough texture? On my RA seals I could see small machining grooves along the length of the seal face(small lines). To me it looked like a miniature concrete nail. Currently I'm doing an experiment with my RA seals and sanding down 3 of the seals faces to make them perfectly smooth. The other 3 I left alone. I'm trying to see if the smoother surface cuts down the initial housing wear and chatter that some people are claiming that the RA seals are doing to the housings. Then after 10k, I'm going to pull the engine apart and do an inspection and compare housings.
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There was some guys @ Atco selling "Goopy Seals" for about the same price...
Does anyone know if its the same seal being sold here under different name??
I know Abel and other 3 rotor cars running them...from one, I heard they had yet to break a PTS seal.
If they are unbreakable and twist like some pics I've seen......they remind of race pistons rings !!! I've seen melted Al pistons and rings were in one piece.
Does anyone know if its the same seal being sold here under different name??
I know Abel and other 3 rotor cars running them...from one, I heard they had yet to break a PTS seal.
If they are unbreakable and twist like some pics I've seen......they remind of race pistons rings !!! I've seen melted Al pistons and rings were in one piece.
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So they're super tough seals that are not hardened and they will not wear the rotor housing?
I just want to get this right.
We also gotta define how we use the word RACE. There are people running 30 minute heats racing just like there are people running 9 seconds of WOT before shutdown racing. Big difference.
I just want to get this right.
We also gotta define how we use the word RACE. There are people running 30 minute heats racing just like there are people running 9 seconds of WOT before shutdown racing. Big difference.
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Originally Posted by Judge Ito
goopy apex seals is totally a different company..
JD
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