Rebuild time with some porting!

[Fats]

Right then, I\'ve decided to pull the engine and strip her to bits over the winter months, not just because i\'ve got nothing else to do but do fancy a refresh.

The rex has been running for a few months now with the single tub sweet as a nut and still is, but when I had a compression test before it was mapped the front rotor showed 6.9 rear 7.5, carl said there was nothing to worry about but i don\'t fancy killing her and costing a fortune in rebuild cost\'s if it does go bang.

Is it worth me buying some templates and having a go porting or send it to carl and let a pro sort it, And whats the general price on a rebuilt kit if theres such a thing..

Andy

[rx7boy]

http://www.fduk.org/forum/showthread.php?t=11329&highlight=rebuild

[m1tch]

Porting costs about £400, it might be best for a pro to do it as if you mess it up then its not good and u will need new parts lol

[Fats]

http://www.fduk.org/forum/showthread.php?t=11329&highlight=rebuild

Cheers mate!

Porting costs about £400, it might be best for a pro to do it as if you mess it up then its not good and u will need new parts lol

my thoughts exactly mate! dont fancy nailing my plates and housing Lol

[Jim_rx7]

You can get a full rebuild kit from atkins rotary in the US for about £550 which is what I\'ll be using.

[Fats]

You can get a full rebuild kit from atkins rotary in the US for about £550 which is what I\'ll be using.

yeah I\'ve seen there price\'s doesn\'t seem to bad but there cheaper for a reason, how would Atkins part\'s compare to Mazda part\'s?

[SmbFD3S]

I\'m in exactly the same position as you mate albeit mine are still twins and will be having a streetport too.... Templates are available from net but i\'ll be sending mine off, better to be safe i reckon.
 
Just looking to do a refresh and wanted to do it while the engine was fine, so whipped it out last night
 
I\'ve emailed Pineapple racing as want the heavy duty water seals, and everything else is Mazda OEM which i\'d prefer unless anyone has any proof that something else would be better ?
 
Just wondering if anyone else do rebuild kits over here ??

[AshRX]

looking into ceramic tips at mo........but undecided about them. Good read on them on //www.rx7club.com

[karl_tate]

i got the pineapple racing full rebuild kit and its great quality with mazda OEM parts

[Jim_rx7]

Have you had a reply with regards to the heavy duty seals? How much are these?

I\'l be needing some water seals and all other seals etc very soon.

[karl_tate]

yeh i got the HD seals as well with the kit, they are 185 usd plus shipping

[Fats]

i got the pineapple racing full rebuild kit and its great quality with mazda OEM parts

Are the rebuild kits from pineapple mazda parts or aftermarket?

[fd3s_]

Are the rebuild kits from pineapple mazda parts or aftermarket?

I think its a combination of both or you can select your own parts. I looked on there my self and I\'m interested in their heavy duty water seals as well as their street port templates. The ceramic Apex seals are tempting but for an extra $1560 it will take some serious thinking.
 
My water seals gone on Friday or at least that what the symptoms look like. Continues coolant loss over 3 days, then lost rear rotor on Friday. Hardly done 2000 miles after single turbo conversion and running 1 bar of boost. Engine only had like 36,000 on it, what a shame...
 
Want to rebuild this thing to handle more power and last longer.