How much?

[deanflowers]

sorry but how much are new housings these days??

i need one i know maybe two

[*Bowsy*]

i\'m ordering the kit today and i\'m about 50% through stripping the engine bay all ready for removal  

I will prob get new housings but i\'ll wait till i\'ve stripped it all down first and see what the original housings are like

[Bobfish]

housings are pretty much mandatory replacement for a rotary, its the end plates you have to inspect for wear.

Housings go for circa 300, see the various RX7 vendors in the uk for details.

[Wav]

housings are pretty much mandatory replacement for a rotary, its the end plates you have to inspect for wear.

Why? surely it all depends on what you want out of the engine and how much $$$$ you have spare. If the budget is tight, and the housings are in perfectly reuseable condition I don\'t see why you would need to change them. Put it this way, even if you can directly relate using 2ndhand housings to a lower/shorter engine life, then even if they last half the time (extreme example perhaps) then that could potentially be 30,000miles. Now say you only do 6000 miles per year, then that newly built engine with 2ndhand housings and all new seals would still last 5 years, however, if building yourself then it would have cost almost half in parts in the first place. Or you use new housings, throw a tip a year down the line and you\'re back to using 2ndhand housings, to save $$$, with a much lighter pocket from the first rebuild  

Obviously this is only my opinion and should not be taken as gospel, which it won\'t I\'m sure, lol.

Good luck with the build,

Paul

[Grizzly]

I have to say i think like Wav, the idea is to check parts, if there good reuse them don\'t change stuff because you read it some where. The whole idea is its done on a budget. So do your home work and find out what the acceptable tolerances are.

You would only replace both housings if you where searching for power, No Budget and Every Psi of Compression makes a diffrece and all that.