Rotary Aviation Super Seals??
I'm in the middle of a rebuild right now (13b-rew), I'm getting the atkins master kit and my mechanic recommended that I go with the Rotary Aviation Super Seals over the atkins or mazda-oem apex seals. Has anyone used these? Because I know someone will suggest it, I would go with ceramics but $ is an issue. I just need some input from the experienced... (this is a 2mm job btw)
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Originally Posted by retaliate1st
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I'm in the middle of a rebuild right now (13b-rew), I'm getting the atkins master kit and my mechanic recommended that I go with the Rotary Aviation Super Seals over the atkins or mazda-oem apex seals. Has anyone used these? Because I know someone will suggest it, I would go with ceramics but $ is an issue. I just need some input from the experienced... (this is a 2mm job btw)
Anthony |
how many miles do you have on them and what kind of abuse have you put them through?
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I always use stock. Mazda seals are excellent for the vast majority of motors, there is alot more R&D behind them than any aftermarket seal can offer.
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Originally Posted by retaliate1st
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how many miles do you have on them and what kind of abuse have you put them through?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16pq...id%3D104900868 Anthony |
Originally Posted by AnthonyNYC
(Post 6964845)
I have about 2000 miles on them now and I drag race the car on 20-25psi at the track. If your car runs lean or detonates for any reason, these seals are known to warp and not break which usually takes out a housing and a rotor. Here's a vid a friend put together...
Anthony |
Are the super seals the same as the "new" seals they started to offer a few years back?
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the RA seals are damn near indestructable....in one vehicle ive seen, there have been multiple cracked irons...dented rotors(from detonation) ..all kinds of broken corner seals..but the apex seals have always been in tact and reusable
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Originally Posted by xfeastonarsex
(Post 6970466)
Are the super seals the same as the "new" seals they started to offer a few years back?
Anthony |
I'm nervous as to the long-term use of these seals. The RA seals have been shown to wear out apex seal grooves in rotors as well as rapidly accelerate the wear on rotor housings. Will these do the same? Only time will tell (if there is no QC from RA disprove this, that is).
B |
I know alot of people say that the super seals are the way to go but I bet it has something to do with how hard the seals are. Since it's so hard it seems like it's unbreakable but with my new housings, I went with stock seals because I've seen what these ra seals do to housings first hand.
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Originally Posted by BDC
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I'm nervous as to the long-term use of these seals. The RA seals have been shown to wear out apex seal grooves in rotors as well as rapidly accelerate the wear on rotor housings. Will these do the same? Only time will tell (if there is no QC from RA disprove this, that is).
B |
Originally Posted by BDC
(Post 6973705)
I'm nervous as to the long-term use of these seals. The RA seals have been shown to wear out apex seal grooves in rotors as well as rapidly accelerate the wear on rotor housings. Will these do the same? Only time will tell (if there is no QC from RA disprove this, that is).
B Will these seals do the same? First I would not associate them with the older RA seals since they are a totally different seal made by a different person. I know the person that makes these seals and spoke to him indepth, in person, about the wear etc on a daily driven car. He provides them to RA who then sells them. He assured me that they have been testing these seals for a few years and they wear normally. I only found out about them last year since few cars in the modified class are running them. I have them know in a few street/drag cars so we'll see at the end of the season how they wear. Anthony |
Originally Posted by BDC
(Post 6973705)
I'm nervous as to the long-term use of these seals. The RA seals have been shown to wear out apex seal grooves in rotors as well as rapidly accelerate the wear on rotor housings. Will these do the same? Only time will tell (if there is no QC from RA disprove this, that is).
B |
There is some good info on this thread from page 4-6. We have a bad habit of getting off topic ;).
https://www.rx7club.com/rotary-drag-racing-167/ken-scheepers-new-record-7-27-%40-186-mph-644876/page4/ |
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