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General => General Technical => Topic started by: dubber91 on May 13, 2006, 02:25:10 PM

Title: can you use 12a ends with 13b rotor housings?
Post by: dubber91 on May 13, 2006, 02:25:10 PM
to change from 6 to 4 port?

Just a crazy idea...

Steve
Title: can you use 12a ends with 13b rotor housings?
Post by: MikeLMR on May 13, 2006, 06:01:51 PM
I don\'t think its a straight swap, for a start Mazda moved the o ring groves from one housing to the other after the last of the 12a\'s so anything later will be the wrong way round.
Title: can you use 12a ends with 13b rotor housings?
Post by: kev-yorks on May 13, 2006, 06:09:28 PM
There now machining 13b housings down in Aus to suit 12a plates and rotors as there are no more new 12a housings about. So it may well just be a case of machining a "o"ring groove to suit. Best bet is give one of the engine builders a bell.
Kevin
Title: can you use 12a ends with 13b rotor housings?
Post by: drutin on May 20, 2006, 12:32:58 PM
howzit :)

depends on what 4-port or 6-port engine your talking about :0

the later 2nd generation rx7 series 4/5 and 6-8 use the water seals in the side plates
but the old generation 1 rx7 series 1-3 and rx3,4,5 and old cosmo 13B\'s had the water seals in the rotor housings, which you could use 12A side plates especially the tallport center plate in the 13B as as far as im aware the only 13B to have a tallport motor was the rx5 engine from factory not rebuilt by someone :)
the jap spec rx7 series 2-3 and hb cosmo had old type water seal 6-port engines

so you have to use side plates/housings with the waterseals in the same place to interchange 12A/13B housings

unless as said you get the rotorhousings/side plate water seal groove machined $$$$$

later
Title: can you use 12a ends with 13b rotor housings?
Post by: dubber91 on May 20, 2006, 01:44:13 PM
i have a 1988 13b.....what series is that?

Steveo
Title: can you use 12a ends with 13b rotor housings?
Post by: drutin on May 20, 2006, 05:55:37 PM
howzit :)

its a series 4 rx7, generation 2, FC, it will have the water seals in the side plates :)
you can use turbo series 4 or 5 side plates front and rear
to get your 4 port configuration,
hope that helps ?