Turbo II-FB

has anyone besides felix wankel had problems with them

gergrx7

Nope mine work fine.

VietFC

we think he just pinched them during assembly. It's easy to lose track of the o-ring on the middle iron when it faces downward.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

1K + and no problems here.

ddub

Yep, which can happen to any brand of coolant seal if you're not careful.

SonicRaT

iTrader: (6)

There's nothing wrong with the seals damnit!

Turbo II-FB

how many mile do each of you guys have on the RA kits and are you running higher boost I heard they are horrible for High boost like 10-15 psi

kevinbtz

iTrader: (4)

I have 3,000 miles on my seals from RA

Turbo II-FB

but what about higher boost

kevinbtz

iTrader: (4)

I am running 7 to 10.... I have the latest batch of apex seals

Turbo II-FB

I ordered mine this tuesday how long did it take for you to get yours becasue I cant wait
I ordered the oring kit and the gasket kit and the basic overhual kit at the same time

jhammons01

Those seals suck!! They are the worst and those that use them suck as well!!!





J/K I just wanted to keep your blood from coagulating on a Wednesday night. I would ahve run them had they been easier to buy from....and by that. I was trying to call and we played phone tag and I then I was at the Cherry Exit on the 405 in Long Beach so I pulled off and went into Mazdatrix.........parts bought.

DannyD

i put 2000 on mine before lost a side seal, but they worked great that whole time.
Now im using mazdatrix and i got 1000 on those and they working great also.

Turbo II-FB

has anyone else lost a side seal with the RA KIT?

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

side seals usually only fail due to improper installations, coolant seals usually fail due to improper installations or lack of inspection for other possible causes of future failure(coolant seal wall thickness), apex seals usually fail due to improper tuning. RA apex seal springs are known to have issues but commonly only fail with improper tuning.


i'm tired of all these BS posts of people bashing on manufacturers...

Turbo II-FB

well I talked to ra and they said if I was going to run higher boost to buy race springs are they talking about the corner seal race spring

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

apex seal springs.

DannyD

I wasnt bashing any manufactures!!! as for my side seal failure, im still using my RA seals and they work great. i truthfully dont know why my side seal went, it ran fine for a 1k break in, but once i started boosting my e6x was going crazy with break up and maybe detonation. i still dont understand why i lost a side seal. all other seals were fine.

RotaryEvolution

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not you, people in general, i have seen many threads like this go into the toilet because people blamed their problems on parts not themselves.

DannyD

oh, my bad then. lol

ddub

Yep

Isn't the bashing bandwagon great?

ddub

Did you reuse your side seals or were they brand new in the rebuild?

kungfuroy

iTrader: (6)

I think you ordered too much. If I am not mistaken, the o-ring kit comes included with the basic overhaul kit

DannyD

they were brand new on my first motor, now im reusing the same ones, i just replaced the busted one.

Turblown

iTrader: (12)

You should use oem apex seal springs with the RA apex seals. I have 7k on a motor with the RA seals, sees 14psi almost as many times as it has miles.