Rotary Aviation Super Seals??
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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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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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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...
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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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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).
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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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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).
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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/
https://www.rx7club.com/rotary-drag-racing-167/ken-scheepers-new-record-7-27-%40-186-mph-644876/page4/
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