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Tweak
04-19-2010, 02:35 PM
Well as others have posted i blew my motor also right 2 blocks from the house looks like front apex took a shit.. made it with enough speed to cruise into my front driveway anyways mine was the black 2nd gen with the bronze Mazdaspeed ms01's
TwEaK
War Eagle
04-19-2010, 03:17 PM
That sucks but at least you made it back.
djmtsu
04-19-2010, 03:37 PM
Good god, alot of rotaries died this year.

I'm glad I left mine at home!!
lwnslw
04-19-2010, 08:44 PM
DAMN....
sorry to hear about it Luis.... Hope you get her up and running again real soon....

It was good hanging with you again...Next year we will bring you some maduros...

Joe
Tweak
04-19-2010, 08:54 PM
LOL! ^^^ seriously i should have it up in a little bit i have a few spare parts but now i have to have to find a rotor and have it milled but all in all i should be good it was good hanging with you guys! miss miami =( lol but had a blast tearing up the dragon
TwEaK
blue240fromdragon
04-20-2010, 03:34 PM
Well as others have posted i blew my motor also right 2 blocks from the house looks like front apex took a shit.. made it with enough speed to cruise into my front driveway anyways mine was the black 2nd gen with the bronze Mazdaspeed ms01's
TwEaK

That wouldn't happen if you were running an sr20.:rofl:
Tweak
04-20-2010, 03:35 PM
pfft... Sr20 is garbage son! what happened when i blew the doors off that 240 OOOOO shit son!

TwEaK
blue240fromdragon
04-20-2010, 03:37 PM
pfft... Sr20 is garbage son! what happened when i blew the doors off that 240 OOOOO shit son!

TwEaK

We had to push start your car after stopping at TGIF's, that's what happened.
Tweak
04-20-2010, 03:39 PM
:icon_no2: :iagree:
Tweak
04-22-2010, 10:07 AM
Well recent update!

pulled the engine out in a whopping 2 hours had it apart in about 3hours heres just 3 pics

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/catweak123/IMG_0136.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/catweak123/IMG_0138.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/catweak123/IMG_0139.jpg

after Kevin (Rotary Resurrection) took it apart for me we found aout 7 (3mm solid corner seals) completely broken and out of the 6 apex seals 1 did survive so i have trashed both rotors and both housings! YAY! :(

Well off to work i go now to keep the rotary dream alive...
TwEaK
sk8world
04-22-2010, 12:57 PM
whats on that rear housings?
Tweak
04-22-2010, 01:15 PM
the blue hose? i run 5/8th oil line for heater hose (as it can handle high temps and is flame retardent)
TwEaK
sk8world
04-22-2010, 01:19 PM
not the rear iron, the rear housing. Looks like it has ?? all over it.
Tweak
04-22-2010, 01:24 PM
OOOO lol i see it i started to powdercoat the housing and stopped halfway threw thinking that it would warp the housing.. so it bubbled up =/
TwEaK
classicauto
04-22-2010, 01:24 PM
appears to be boiled off paint?
lwnslw
04-22-2010, 11:15 PM
That wouldn't happen if you were running an sr20.:rofl:

sorry BUT the SR20 isnt what it's cracked up to be....

I have a buddy that has gone thru 5 SR20 motors and I have yet to blow any Rotary that I have built... ANd yes...I run my Rotary's real hard....


L8R
blue240fromdragon
04-24-2010, 09:22 AM
sorry BUT the SR20 isnt what it's cracked up to be....

I have a buddy that has gone thru 5 SR20 motors and I have yet to blow any Rotary that I have built... ANd yes...I run my Rotary's real hard....


L8R

The same can be said for any motor. It all depends on the people that run them. If your buddy went through 5 motors I would think he was doing something very wrong. There are plenty of people that have made good reliable horsepower on sr20's because they do it right.
FDwarrior
12-13-2010, 02:27 PM
Any ideas on what happened? That housing looks insane, I have rarely seen both housings and rotors get trashed.

As far as sr's go, I love them for daily driver engines. My sr got 32mpg, but I would never use one to try and make horse power. I think the rotary is easier and cheaper to make power, along with having more displacement.