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General => General Technical => Topic started by: andrewrx7 on November 14, 2005, 03:25:33 PM

Title: Questions about this cutaway pic...
Post by: andrewrx7 on November 14, 2005, 03:25:33 PM
I downloaded this pic ages ago for my wallpaper at work.....and sitting here drinking my tea, I start to ask myself questions about it.....can anyone enlighten me with answers?!

i) from which engine/model/car does this come from?

ii) is it a std internal, or uprated?

iii) why is there 2 ports on the left half and only 1 on the right?

iiii) the top apex seal is perpendicular to the housing, the other 2 aren\'t - is this normal? I\'ve only seen an apex seal once, ages ago at a visit to Carls\' workshop, and can\'t remember if the contact face is squared off or rounded.

Thanks!

(Finished my tea now - back to work, then!)
Title: Questions about this cutaway pic...
Post by: McCARTHY on November 14, 2005, 03:30:26 PM
isn\'t that rotor choped in half???
Title: Questions about this cutaway pic...
Post by: mullins on November 14, 2005, 04:08:26 PM
Quote from: andrewrx7I downloaded this pic ages ago for my wallpaper at work.....and sitting here drinking my tea, I start to ask myself questions about it.....can anyone enlighten me with answers?!

i) from which engine/model/car does this come from?

ii) is it a std internal, or uprated?

iii) why is there 2 ports on the left half and only 1 on the right?

iiii) the top apex seal is perpendicular to the housing, the other 2 aren\'t - is this normal? I\'ve only seen an apex seal once, ages ago at a visit to Carls\' workshop, and can\'t remember if the contact face is squared off or rounded.

Thanks!

(Finished my tea now - back to work, then!)

i) RX-8
ii) Standard (but it\'s a cutaway pic of the rotor)
iii) (It\'s a side on pic) Top two are inlet (6 port) and bottom one is exhaust
iiii) All contact the same, rounded