What apex seals are you using???

[DSNorth]

Ohh and in reply to the original thread, ill be using hayward seals

[DR SCHNITZEL]

what a nice theoretical conversation, i think ill use Carl from now on to be fair.

[DSNorth]

Like I said mate, I have never claimed an engine rebuild from the guy. However, Liek i said, all i can say is that after a weeks reserch into these cars, this is the 1st time ive actually felt comfortable and informed abuot purchasing and runnign now

Give him a call, he will talk your ear off. Although we had ben on the phone 10 mins before he invited me down and threw me in the bridgeported single turbo.

And if you do go down there, get him to show you the " apex hammer test "

[Bob Monkhouse]

Me and Grants just got back from Carls and I can now reveal what his new seals are made from!
      He\'s making them from old wiper blades(the bit of metal that holds the blade stiff can also be used for a sideseal, you just have to be accurate when cutting them to size with a pair of pliers. I can guarantee the new rubbery seals work(I was wondering why they were called \'bendy seals\' and now I know!!
     The only downside on running these seals(apart from not being able to see where we were going on the way back oop nooath as we used the wipers from Grants car) is that they do tend to squeak a bit. We are now experimenting on using Fairy liquid as a two stroke oil, I\'m fairyly confident this will cure the problem!!!

[kiwimazda]

lol:Talking1

[Bob Monkhouse]

After working all night (well, a couple of minutes this morning), we have found that Fairy liquid does indeed stop the new seals from squeaking. However the car now looks like a bubble machine driving down the road.Obviously more experimenting needs doing.
 You can be assured that we will not stop pushing the bounds of technology(and the truth) to bring you the latest on our highly technical research. As someone once said, \'Every bubbles passed its fizzical\'.